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Trip to Kuranda Now the first week or so, i didn't do much here, just chilled out and got all my stuff sorted! but in that time i had felt like I'd wasted a bit of time! because i hadn't really done much, of the site seeing or the days out, so a few people from the hostel where going to Kuranda a village up in the rain forest, famous for it's water falls! There's 3 ways to get there! road about $6 on the bus, sky rail $100 (and my first choice) , or on the scenic railway $45! but the plan was to get the train up and the bus back! sounded fine and meant i could say I've gone and seen something in Cairns other than the bars and lagoon! The train ride took about 2hrs 30Min's and snaked up through the mountains with commentary on how and why the railway was built! and after about an hour we came to the first of the major water fall! this was the one on the front cover of the poster! (so it was going to be amazing! right!)...... well it wasn't quite how the picture made out! it was OK, but not even a little bit like Niagara! (which maybe i thought it would be!) but that was OK because the views where nice, and we knew the big one was still to come, Barron falls! (which i thought was funny cause i thought a Barron river was dry!) so with much lower expectations waited to see it! Now at Barron falls the train stops at a viewing platform for ten Min's! and to be fair it was much more like what i thought it would be! but couldn't help thinking the platform was to far away for it to be really impressive! we then got back on the train and carried on the Kuranda! Now the reason for the not quite so impressive falls was because their rainy season is like November to February! and was now early October! so in that respect we couldn't of timed it any worse! but who knew, no one said! but now you all do, so if you want to go to Kuranda my advise is go in march! out of the rainy season but still a lot of water volume! kuranda is just a street full of over priced cafe and souvenir shops! and with a couple of hours to kill till the next bus week went on the number of walks! they had names like jungle walk! but really i could of been in a woods in England! each walk was only 15-20 Min's so we did them all, then just waited for the bus! It was good to do something different, and could be a good trip (if done in March-May but if i was to do it again i would take the sky rail up and the train or bus back actually one of the best views of the day came from the bus looking over Cairns out to sea! I did this trip a couple of weeks ago and, and it was the lack of rain! that let the views down for me! well no need to worry as the last couple of days have seen record braking levels of rain for October with 213ml falling in just 24hrs yesterday! I have other trips lined up! ones I've looked too! and will do them just before i start my descent down to Melbourne, in mid November!
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Julia Blake Sounds an interesting if not exciting visit for you. We did the same trip whilst on our trip to Australia - I remember the train ride and the amazing views but cann't remember a thing about waterfalls so guess they weren't that spectacular then! Hope work is going well and that your arm is on the mend. We are off to Mexico next week for a wedding- looking forward to it,especially the warmer temperatures as it has got quite cold here. Take care and hope your next trips live up to expectations. Everyone sends their love.