20 August 2013
Today we were heading off and going to Cape Tribulation. We had to head off fairly early because we had booked a tour to fly a microlight just outside of Cairns! Originally Joel had always wanted to do this, we saw it in WA and since we found it here he thought he would just go for it. We arrive at the airstrip and one was just coming in for landing....I tell ya they do not look that sturdy in the air! Joel started to freak out a bit and decided we should both go for half an hour rather than him going for an hour by himself. The instructor talked us into doing this as he has just done a dual flight with another couple so he was able to do both of us together.
Checked out the planes, he explained how they operate, we signed out life away to say these things can cause serious death injury etc and we were putting on our helmets and headsets and jumping into the back seat!
And we were off! They drive up the runway pretty slow and I was like oh yea this is alright...then he suddenly turns around and pedal to the metal we are bouncing along this dusty airstrip until we go up up and away! I love that feeling when you take off whether its in a jet or a little plane like this...love it! My instructor told me I mustn't be scared because people who are tense crush him with their legs cuz they are squeezing so hard and are really tense. I was loving it, we flew out over Port Douglas, saw a prawn farm, the Sheraton hotel with its crazy pool, Palmer golf course (another of Clive Palmers), could see Joel flying beside me in his little microlight...
Out over the ocean, saw turtles, dolphins, rays, and in the estuaries we even spotted a croc! Past a waterfall and back around to come into land again....bumpy landing but we made it back in one piece!
Fantastic! Joel was a little sick from it, but he said his instructor was doing crazy spins and 360's and stuff so he got a bit airsick! But it was a good experience!
Fun times had we continued onto Port Douglas and had a quick look around the shops there before heading to Mossman where we visited the Mossman Gorge centre, we had a great lunch there, was beautiful! Didn't do the walk to the gorge as we decided we would do on the way back. Then to Daintree Village where we had a little look around the shops and decided to do a Daintree River Cruise to go croc spotting.
Tour was really good, guide was very informative and knew just about everything there is to know about crocs and the ecosystem here. Saw the big bad croc who owns the joint...scarface....da dum da dum it was a pity he was in the water cuz you can't really see the sheer size of him...
Then lumpy who is apparently a lot smaller than scarface but I tell ya he looked pretty big on the bank!
Lizzy the queen croc and a few one year olds lazing around too.
Birds, butterflies, all sorts of wildlife was to be seen on this boat tour and the best thing we were the only ones on the boat!
Croc spotting over, was a good thing to do before heading further into croc country, makes it very real! Over the barge that crosses the Daintree River, very similar in distance to the Noosa barge.
Then drove straight up to Cape Tribulation and checked into to our backpackers camping spot at PK's (the guide from Ragin Thunder had suggested this place). Is a hippy looking place as most backpackers are, the camping area was nice and the main attraction is the bar here! Went for a quick walk to the beach and chucked the frisby around. Finished off with a few beers and ordered one of their tight ass Tuesday pizzas for dinner. Good times...
Carly & Joel
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