CAPE TRIBULATION Or Kulki (gool-gee) as the traditional custodians prefer. Well this place may have been reeked with havoc for the late Cpt. James Cook- but we love it!!! Another gem like 1770, which is very rarely advertised or talked about on the ol' grapevine. Had we realized how magnificent it is up here we would have skipped cairns and Port Douglas and spent two weeks with a foot in each tremendous world heritage site- the Daintree and the Great Barrier Re...

KURANDA SCENIC RAILWAY- BUTTERFLY SANCTUARY- SKYRAIL Kerry was keen to journey up to Kuranda via rail, so we did the touristy thing and traversed the peak via this amazing engineering feat. I am often in awe of the effort that past pioneers have embuded. The many roads and railways that have been quite literally laid by hand, we often utilize daily without a thought or genuine feeling of thanks. Someone had a desire, a dream, a vision- too make beautiful areas i...

OPAL REEF- CALYPSO SNORKEL & DIVE What a magnificent day! Ginger tablets in tow and we were off on the gorgeous little Calypso snorkel boat approximately 45km off the Port Douglas coast to Opal Reef. The Australian government has actually made a wise decision in regards to environment protection, in that each company is designated a section of the reef, whereby they are able to run their tours, whilst also being responsible for preservation and protection of...

CLIFTON BEACH-PORT DOUGLAS-MOSSMAN GORGE- SOUTHERN DAINTREE RAINFOREST NP PORT DOUGLAS Friends used to live here and Kerry had been here many moons ago, though under duress as nanny in her former life. So we decided to cruise about town, check out the sights, swim in the stinger net zone @ 4 mile beach and plonk ourselves on the sand with a good book. To me, it resembles Byron Bay. Extremely commercialized, although at least the 4 mile beach is still protected ...

TABLELANDS RAINFOREST REGION-YUNGABURRA-MALANDA We decided to take a day drive throughout the Atherton Tablelands, 'valley of the mists'. We visited The Curtain Fig Tree, which is an interesting reflection of the spirit world being manifested in nature- an example of over cloaking. A seed of the fig tree implants in the crown of the host tree, it grows roots that encircle the host tree and vertically to the ground- anchoring it to the earth. The host tree is st...