UNESCO heritage DAINTREE rainforest ~ queensland, australia

the daintree rainforest in queensland (QLD) was our first destination after we left cairns. we have spent 2 nights in a rainforest lodge in cape tribulation. this is the place where two UNESCO natural heritage areas meet: the wet tropics daintree rainforest and the marine area great barrier reef (GBR).
after approx. 10 days we came back one more time, we simply couldn't leave queensland without a detailed visit of the mossman gorge 😉.

mossman gorge

of course, it rained a lot and we have spent a lot of valuable time walking on rainforest and mangroves trails, on the beach, swum in the mossman river in the beautiful mossman gorge and in some other creek. no, we did not swim in the sea because of crocodiles and the box jelly fish. unfortunately, we didn't see a cassowary in a free nature here, but at least later at mission beach.

enjoy few pictures 😃

break for pee, walking and photo shooting at wangetti, QLD, austaralia

crazy & poor me => hard landing on the ground :-)

  wangetti, QLD, australia

 port douglas

 

banyan tree in port douglas

crossing the daintree river by ferry

 daintree river mouth as seen from mount alexandra lookout, kimberley, QLD, australia

we have seen 1,000 cassowary signs but no cassowary in daintree ...

 our stay for 2 nights, the ferntree rainforest lodge in cape tribulation, QLD, australia

 cape tribulation

dubuji boardwalk through mangrove forest in cape tribulation

myall beach in cape tribulation

 once a gymnast, always a gymnast?

Cairns + Kuranda ~ Queensland, Australia

After Darwin and the Northern Territory was the northern part of Queensland (QLD) our 2nd destination in Australia. Enjoy few pictures + insights from Cairns and its northern beaches (Machans Beach, Trinity Beach, Palm Cove, Ellis Beach, ...). Then there was a day trip to Kuranda, the Barron River mouth and much more. If you asked me, the most interesting part was probably the photography book from about 1900 i've detected in our historical hotel Lilybank in Stratford (suburb of Cairns) 😃.

Barron Falls at Kuranda

Barron River mouth as seen from the plane

Unlike Darwin or the Kakadu / Nitmiluk NP the region around Cairns was much colder and quite wet even in the dry season, so warm clothes and the umbrella were our every day companions :-). Not only during the rainforest trips but almost always 💧💧.

 Our 1st hotel in Cairns, Colonial Club Resort ~ highly recommended :-)

... with effects by Google

hey dear, it's my favourite + also oldest pullover. already more than 22 years old and still fine!

 Smithfield, Skyrail cable car to Kuranda

hippie & tourist market in Kuranda

 First German food & Beer after after 2 weeks 💃

historical train from Kuranda back to Smithfield / Cairns

Barron river falls again

some other falls beside the railway

 back to the center of Cairns

My best friend from the high school moved to Australia some 25-30 years ago. It was nice to see him again 😄.