Day 10 - The Daintree

On Friday June 29th Jen, Craig, Chris and I met downstairs for our buffet brekkie, then drove to Port Douglas for lunch, stopping along the way at a lookout over one of the lovely bays.

While in Port Douglas I had the best seafood Thai green curry, with beautiful fresh prawns, mussels and baby octopus. We then went on to the Daintree for a River train cruise along the Daintree river. The Daintree is the largest rainforest in Australia and the oldest in the world at over one hundred and thirty-five million years old, and is home to an amazing array of wildlife. Our tour guide was very informative and knew where all the crocs could be found, as well as details about each one. We only saw a small part of the rainforest, but even in that small span of river we saw three territory-holding male crocs, along with a couple of small, well concealed juveniles. We would have seen females as well but a motor boat sped past us and startled them into the water. We also saw a sea eagle and egrets among other birds. The croc photos are well worth opening full size for a better look,we were able to get quite close. See if you can spot the juvenile in the photo of branches. You'll need to open the photo full size, he is very well hidden but very clear once you spot him.


After the cruise we went for a walk along privately owned boardwalk, but did not see any wildlife other than mosquitoes. We did however see this pretty little waterfall.