We traveled from Mataranka and made it into Port Douglas after four long days of driving. In between, we went through Bob Hatter Katter country, where nearly everyone we encountered on the highway wore a big big hat in the car.
North Qld is home to many National Parks but none more famous than the Daintree. The park is split into two sections and one needs to catch the barge to cross the Daintree River to access the coastal section. It is a combination of rainforest, jungle, beach and mangrove with sugar cane plantations littered everywhere. A very unique and beautiful place.
Km Traveled: 25299!! Booyay we have reached 25000 clicks. (2664km in the last week)
Places visited: Three Ways, Camooweal (for lunch), Mt Isa, Julia Creek (for lunch), Richmond (for some dinosaurs), Charters Towers (for a free shower!), Townsville, Cairns, Port Douglas.
Highlights: the beautiful thermal pools in Mataranka; cute little desert mice scurrying over our tent all night; friendly QLDers, the welcome sight of Mt Isa (reminds me of Broken Hill); the beautiful east coast and the sugar cane plantations; and the amazing Daintree NP. There is also an awesome ice cream place (Floraville) at Cape Tribulation but I'll let Krystal tell you more about that one.
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| A very weird setup. Surely this is illegal to have a wooden hut on the back of the ute. Remember it in Terminator 2? |
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| Many trees in the Daintree coil around each other and fuse together. We found this unique one on a quiet section of the park. |
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| Some lost chooks in the Daintree!! |
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