After being exhausted from Green Island the day before, we all went for a good big long slumber and a big lie in. After lunch on the Saturday, we pondered a trip on the Skyrail, which is a cablecar route starting north of Cairns, going over the rainforest and ending in Kuranda, a village in the Atherton Tablelands.
We arrived at the terminal at 2pm and boarded the car, then were swept off high up the side of a rainforest-covered mountain! Pere and I were greatly excited, while Mark, Lep and Bec suffered brief panic attacks before they got used to it!
The ride gives you two stops where you can do a boardwalk in the rainforest. The first is at the top of the peak, the second at Barron Gorge.
Since it was dry season, Barron River was pretty dry! There was a photo on the information board which showed it as a HUGE river and waterfall in the height of summer (wet season).
No sign of a crocodile :(
At the other end of the skyrail is the village of Kuranda. Since the skyrail brings so many tourists, it's a very touristy place, which would probably be very pleasant if it hadn't been tackified up by the tourist industry. Still, it wasn't unpleasant having a stroll around, and we didn't have long anyway before it was time for the skyrail back to Cairns.
On the drive back up to Port Douglas, we stopped of at Rex Lookout on the coastal road (just as the sun was setting), which gives you this fantastic view:
Back in Port Douglas, we went for fish and chips at the Fresq cafe for dinner. Mmmmm fish and chips.
2 comments:
was there a train? why do i remember a train?
YES there is a train - it's called the scenic railway or something and it goes from Cairns to Kuranda via some similar stuff..... we wanted to go on it but we couldn't really afford it for all five of us. the skyrail was cheaper, haha
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