Amazing August (Part 2)

I’m still in Cairns. In part two of Amazing August, we take a couple of trips to some well-known destinations.

Amazing August FNQ Edition

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Green Island / Great Barrier Reef

I don’t like boats.

I especially don’t like small boats that travel quickly over bumpy ocean, where small children passengers scream like it’s a roller coaster.

The island at the end of the trip is good though.

And there are cool birds.

There were some moments on a glass bottom boat and something called a semi-submersible.

I’m sure if you’re not prone to seasickness, these are great.

It was very beautiful and I never want to do that again.

Daintree

This was a day trip (and it involved a boat, but this one was on the river). We drove to Port Douglas to meet up with the little tour group at 7.40 am.

The tour covered the two main sections of the Daintree National Park (CYPAL): Mossman Gorge and Cape Tribulation. Daintree National Park (CYPAL) is the traditional country of the Eastern Kuku Yalanji Aboriginal people.

We had morning tea at the visitors centre. I don’t like tea but I thought I needed to try the tea that’s grown in the area (by Daintree Tea Company) and what do you know, I’m a tea drinker now.

Our next stop was the Daintree River boat ride, where the goal was to see crocodiles.

One thing we learned about was some of the many dangerous plants in this area, and I made up my mind very early on not to touch anything. This song from Little Shop of Horrors kept flashing around my head all day.

After lunch we continued further north to the Madja Boardwalk.

Our final stop was Cape Tribulation, before we went to the Daintree Ice Cream Company on the way back to Port Douglas.

We got dropped back at our car at about 5.00 and had another hour’s drive back to Cairns, a slow trip in parts because of roadworks repairing the damage from Cyclone Jasper in 2023.

It was a busy day and I’m really glad we went.

In Amazing August Part Three: what I did when we got home.