The End of the East Coast

After our day out on the reef we kept to dry land and took a day trip to Cape Tribulation which is where the rain forest meets the reef. It was named by Captain Cook when he crashed his ship on the reef as he felt this area was when/where all of his "trials and tribulations" started.
Our tour picked us up at our "backpackers resort" and we made our first stop at Mossman's Gorge for a quick rain forest walk.



After stopping for a tea break, we then went on an hour long crocodile river cruise. We saw 5 crocs ranging from 3 months old to 40 years old. This 3 meter female looks fake but she was 100% real! We also saw a python and tree snake on the boat trip.


From there we headed to the Daintree rain forest where we had a BBQ lunch and more rain forest walks.


This is called a strangler fig tree. These are vines that crawled up a tree, eventually killing it. Once the tree decomposed, the shell of vines is all that remains.


After lunch we headed to Cape Tribulation. You can see how the rain forest runs right into the water.


Taking this day trip was a great way to end our 3 week journey up the east coast before spending our last 2 days in Cairns soaking up the sun at the lagoon.


Late last night we flew south to Melbourne. A thing to note...not at any point in our airport experience did they ever ask for our ids, not at the check in counter or security screening or the gate. However, Nelly did get a random screening for explosives (I blame the beard). As he said, "well, they know I don't have explosives on me, but they have no idea who I am."
Such a different airport experience than at home!

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Location:Cape Tribulation/Cairns