Cape Tribulation...
Today we drive as far north as we can to Cape Tribulation, so named by the great sea captain Cook, who crashed his boat just a bit further north & had to stay in what is now Cooktown for 6 weeks to repair it! Are we not the best sailing nation? How on earth we won all those sea battles is beyond me!
The drive involves a small drive on/off ferry. Wow, once we cross on the ferry it’s like you enter another world. The rainforest is deep, more dense & more lush. You really do feel like you’ve gone to a different place. It is a lovely drive, about an hour, to cape trib. We stop at the bat sanctuary & see young fruit bats & stroke them. Well worth the 4 dollars entry fee. We lunch at cape trib & return later in the afternoon to Port Douglas.
If any of you get out here & i sincerely hope you all do, please visit this part. If we are lucky to return we will definitely hire a FWD vehicle & go further north to Cape York with lots of insect repellent. As wonderful as it is the insects are rampant now & i’ve given up brushing them off as there cannot be much blood left.
Love & bite free hugs,
Jeff & Janet
Jeff & Janet
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