If yesterday was waterfall day today was lake day. We saw two crater lakes: Lake Eacham and Lake Barrine. We did the Lake Eacham circuit walk before heading to Lake Barrine where we did the hour lake cruise - very informative! Plus we got to see turtles and a water dragon. We also went to see the cathedral fig tree. We then headed to Lake Tinaroo - lots of water skiing and boats! Lovely area - amazes me how you can go from rainforest to farmland within 100 metres...

We left Cairns yesterday and travelled to Atherton via Kuranda. Stopped at Kuranda and had a look around the village - lots of unique arts/crafts. We also had a look at Barron Falls before heading into Atherton (stopped at Jaques Coffee for a pit stop along the way). Today was waterfall day. Although we didn't see them all we did see: Millaa Millaa falls, Zillie falls (bad track meant we couldn't get a good photo), Ellinjaa falls, Mungalli falls (we stopped at Mu...

Our second day in Cairns where we did some sight-seeing, did some shopping and had a dip in the pool (was 28 degrees and not raining!) we then went to the c*** and bull for dinner. Value for money. Josh had a croc and roo special, I opted for just the roo meal. I should have taken note of the couple near us who ordered one meal and shared. The serving sizes were massive - I think I had a kilo of skippy in my plate. We gave the meals a good shot however there was ...

Yesterday Josh and I went to Mossman Gorge. This meant a car ride on the ferry across the Daintree River. We stopped at the Daintree Village before heading to the gorge. There is a new information centre and visitors can no longer drive to the gorge itself instead you go by shuttle bus. Unfortunately a bridge was broken so we were only able to walk a third of the track which was dissapointing. We headed back into Mossman and back on the ferry to camp. The rain wa...

Today we left Hahn River crossing and travelled through the rest of Lakefield National Park to Old Laura. Old Laura is an historic station. It is here that we said farewell to the PCOA crew who were heading to Cairns - had the adventure of a lifetime with them. Josh and I then travelled along battlecamp road (named due to a battle that occurred between the indigenous people and white settlers). Battlecamp road ends at Cooktown. We had a quick stop for alcohol, fu...