On Friday, we decided to take a trip north with a small tour group - over the Daintree River to Cape Tribulation. When we were in Port Douglas about 18 years ago the tarmac ended at the river which is about 20 miles north but now it carries on to Cape Tribulation although there is still no bridge across the river and a chain ferry that takes about 20 cars is used. From Cape Tribulation the road is 4 wheel drive all the way to Cape York at the 'top' of Aus on the East and all the tourist trips are by plane lasting 3 days. There is still no mains electricity or drainage north of the river.
We are now north of Broome but south of Darwin and it is almost the winter season which means the temperature is about 27C - hotter than usual but also a bit wetter too... So today is quite cloudy as you can see from the photos.
The trip went up the coast past the beach where the unfortunate lady was taken by a croc .. The beach is still closed and they are hunting for the crocodile which none of the locals agree with - it seems that crocs are protected provided they don't come after the tourists! We saw only baby crocs on our trip up the Daintree River and their survival rate is only about 1% - imagine if it was more! We finished the trip with a visit to a waterfall for a swim although - it was too cold and there were too many fish and eels for me. The photo shows how dark the rainforest can be!
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