So, after a slightly rocky start, Sarah found us! With her delightful company also came the sun. It's a real shame that she got eaten by a shark riding a crocodile while lassooing a jelly fish as we were enjoying her company – Pat and Ray: JUST KIDDING. She's fine!
Today has been a bit action packed. The injection of youth has made us have to do things. So, we got up at 7.45 (criminal) for a beach walk/run before breakfast. The sun was up! It was too hot by 9am! Yay! The beach is fringed with coconut trees and it all felt very tropical indeed.
We then headed up to the Daintree River for a river cruise with Bruce Belcher, a family owned business. We had complimentary tea and coffee before and then our boat ride was with Bruce himself (a dead nice guy). On the cruise we saw 3 little crocodiles (ranging from 10 inches to 2 foot) and an amesthyne python curled up in a tree. We also saw a BIG croc (about 3 metres) hanging out on the river bank. The Daintree itself is a pretty cool river – it felt and looked wild. Then – how cool is this – we got a free pie and can of drink each as we had booked on the midday tour!
After that we went to the Mossman Gorge. Unfortunately the main walking track was shut but we still got to see the lovely raging river running through it. Then we swam in it! There were perch and catfish swimming beneath us. You had to be careful because it was a bit wild and the current was strong. A real laugh though.
As if that wasn't enough for one day already, we then headed into Port Douglas to have a potter and pick up a smoothie. Port Douglas is a really laid back place with loads of boutique shops and cafes. Think Clifton Village but less pretentious, cheaper, and sunnier.
We hot footed it away from there at 5ish to go to a lovely restaurant / bar on the waterfront. The pull here was thus:
they feed a large grouper fish everyday at 5. It was MASSIVE. His name is George.
It was bar snack time til 5.30 – so for the princely sum of $46 (£30) we had two buckets of fresh prawns, some beer and wine, and chips. AWESOME!
Our action packed day is not yet over – Martin now has a drinking pal so we are going to the local bar that does cane toad racing...
Tomorrow should be great – we're going snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef!
So, Tropical Wetland Northern Queensland – massive thumbs up from us all. There's so much to see and do here that we should have spent a month just hanging out here!
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