Went for breakfast first thing and checked out of our room. On the way to check out I saw the biggest spider I have ever seen. I know I usually exaggerate the size of spiders but this one was seriously bigger than my hand, just casually sitting there on a web on someone's window (not mine, I would have died if I had opened the curtains and seen that!!) I didn't even think it was real! Then, as I was freaking out a bit as we walked to the car, there was another on...

Decided to do some walking today and check out some more of the beaches and swimming holes. Drove off road in Sams keep right to the very top of the national park to Emmagen Creek. Warning signs for crocodiles everywhere! Found a little path through the rainforest to a beautiful swimming hole, but it was pretty cold so I didn't go in! On the way back, there was some cassowary poop on the path we had just been on, so definitely some about! Sam was pretty pleased w...

Set off just after breakfast to drive up the coast to the rainforest in the very North of Queensland. Took us about 2.5 hours to reach The Daintree and cross the river on a little ferry, before driving through the actual rainforest to reach Cape Tribulation. Stopping in a little b&b called Ferntree and got upgraded to private rooms, they are like little huts right in the middle of the rainforest, I am lying here now looking out at the trees and all you can he...