CAPE TRIBULATION

Yes, we HAD to go as far as the bitumen would take us so set out crossing the Daintree River on the ferry and  slowly took in all the sights heading north.  Stopped at the Alexandra Range Lookout Point before stopping off at the Discovery Centre, but as we had recently walked the treetops at MaMu felt it would be very much the same.

The next stop just left me amazed.  The Daintree Icecream Company.  OMG how yummy was this flavoursome icecream.

These were the flavours today.  The soursop has a lemonade taste.  TOTALLY DELICIOUS

I strolled the grounds taking plenty of photos of the flowers from the ginger bushes.  So many varieties and then Wayne joined me to stroll the orchards to view all the different fruit trees with a list explaining all of the species.

Driving slowly up the road as dozens of signage warns one to look out for cassowary's.  I thought I spotted one amongst the thick forest beside the road.  We arrived at Cape Tribulation Village but Wayne thought he saw a sign pointing further on.......no we hit the metal so found a place to turn around and turn off for the lookout.  History here as Captain Cook named Cape Tribulation were the ship ran aground on the reef just off here before sailing on further north to Cooktown to repair the ship.

One can see the reef jutting out from the closer mainland.

Driving up here reminded me of Jurasic Park with huge forest, large ferns (ten times the normal size) and the rainforest seems so dense everywhere.  We ran into a couple from our caravan park also up here for the day and they mentioned to stop at the Marrdja Boardwalk after the Noah Range heading south.  So after some lunch and a stroll out to the Mangrove Boardwalk we turned south still looking for a cassowary.  Here we are at Marrdja Boardwalk about to start in and a tour driver mentioned a cassowary had been sighted just down the walk.  Ya, we have now spotted our first cassowary in the wild.

How close is this view of this extinct ground bird.  Only 1400 known to still be in the wild.

Well, after this exciting vision we throughly enjoyed the boardwalk and all the interesting display signs explaining the flora and fauna in this area.  BIG palms etc. just spectacular.  JURASSIC PARK!

Well, we certainly loved this day visit to Cape Tribulation and will visit here again.  Must drive carefully as some drivers leave a lot to be desired!!  Speed limit mostly 60 and down to 40 or 20klm per hour as roads are winding and had a scary incident when a small car drove the corner on the wrong side of the road towards us.