Our trip has started off great! The drive from Cairns north was beautiful and out first stop was in Mossman to visit a beautiful, clear, green river. At one point there is a gorge which falls into a calm pool so I went swimming even though the water was freezing cold-- "when in Australia!" After Mossman we went on a river cruise in the Dain Tree Rainforest. The region gets an average of 6 meters of rain per year. Luckily it didn't rain while we were there, but we did get to see 4 crocodiles. One was super fat and about 5 meters long. We actually spotted him in the water and then watched him climb out onto the bank. There was also a bright green tree frog that found his way onto the boat and the driver carried him around so we could take some close-ups.
The last thing we that day was stop at an exotic fruit farm and had blueberry, passion fruit, macadamia nut, and wattle seed (tasted like coffee) ice cream. They were all delicious but we also ate some ants off the banana trees. Well, we didn't actually eat the ants themselves but we crushed their clear green abdomens and licked off the juice. It was really sour, but I was told it's a great source of vitamin C!
We spent two nights up in Cape Tribulation and on our last day we decided to hike Mount Sorrow... turned out to fit the name. Nothing terrible happened it was just really long and really hard. The ridge of the mountain is 3 km straight up and it took us about 2 hours. Then when we got to the top, it was foggy so there wasn't much of a view. The way back down was almost harder because it was so steep. I even fell once and rolled down the track a little! It was kind of a bad way to end our day, but at least we tried it.
We stopped for one night after Cairns in Mission Beach and just relaxed there. But we did get to see people land their sky dive on the beach, which was cool. Now we are in a wonderful place called Magnetic Island. There is a full moon, which makes the ocean and beach beautiful at night. The shore is lined with large boulders and trees; it is very picturesque.
I have to post this quickly because I am almost out of internet time, so please excuse any grammar errors!
4 comments:
The adventures continue! Sorry about the fall and the ant juice, yikes! Thanks, too for posting!
We miss you!
MOM
You probably don't remember, but the Aussie ants aren't your first insect snacks. You ate bugs all the time when you were little. -- Dad
What kind of food do you typically have at meal times?
We eat a lot of PB and J's, granola bars, stuff like that, oh and canned soup because it's easy. We try not to buy meals at the backpacker's because it is expensive and not that great. What's nice is most places have kitchens where you can cook and keep your food!
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