Oz - Cape Tribulation, Daintree & Port Douglas

Cape Tribulation is about a 3 hour drive from Cairns.


I did a bus tour thing and was glad I was not doing a day trip. We zipped up the road and did a Croc Cruise on the Daintree River and we did see a few crocs. We then did a boardwalk through some rainforest but it was more like a stroll. Not my kind of stride!


Next we arrived in Cape Tribulation and the place I was staying was nice enough, but totally isolated. It was a 9km return walk to the nearest supermarket! Luckily I had stocked up before I arrived.


Out of boredom I did another daytrip to the reef on the Rum Runner. It was a bit of a crowded boat, but at least not too many people were sick. I did a dive, but was pretty disappointed as the visibility was worse than down South and I had been told it was supposed to be better at Cape Trib. I skipped the second dive and just snorkelled instead. I actually saw more snorkelling!



The next day I just hung about at the beach bored before getting the bus to Port Douglas via Mossman Gorge, which was overrun with tourists!

Port Douglas is a really up and coming hoighty toighty place and is where you might bump into Hollywood stars. Not me though! I just spent the day by the swimming pool topping up the tan!