Redefining Travel
What the four wheel drive carry all did was emerge into the bright coastal sunlight
after it burst out of the cool, dark forest as it rocked down the rotted jungle track.Leaving one of the great natural wonders of the world which is the Daintree rain forest, just 10 miles offshore we faced another on in the Great Barrier Reef.
In one of the least developed regions along Australia's tropical northeast coast, northern Queensland, is where you will be able to see two wonders side by side.
You will see one of the oldest rain forests in the world inland. Stretching north and south along 1,250 miles of shore, the reef swings closest to land in this part of the northern coast. Visitors can easily access the reef and rainforest.
A submersible craft with glass sides to an underwater observatory to a diving expedition are the ways to see 1,200 species of tropical reef fish or the 350 types of spectacularly colorful living coral that make up the reef.
The point of jump off was Cairns which has the charm of a British colonial outpost, it is a small tropical city of 85,000 that is the gateway to Australia's Marlin Coast.
Twisting 21 miles up and through mountains, gorges, and rain forests to the village of Kuranda, we rode the 100 year old Cairns Kuranda Railway during our out of town trip. A drive lasting 90 minutes north along the Marlin Coast and inland toward the rain forest followed our return to Cairns.
What can be found in the nearby rain forest are 13 of the 19 families of ancient plant life still found on Earth. 130 million years is how far some of them date back to.
Built for logging, expect to pass by old rutted dirt tracks through the forest that are only passable via four wheel drive vehicles. Looking at the rainforest can be done more leisurely through pull offs with one that opens on to an hour's easy stroll along a well marked trail.
The way to describe the rain forest trips being offered by a tour service is environmentally sensitive as it starts from Silky Oaks and comes with a boat ride down the Daintree River. In terms of the old gold rush village of Port Douglas, the drive from Silky Oaks to one of the major gateways to the Great Barrier Reef was short.
For scuba divers charter boats were available, for skimmers there were sailboats, and then a fleet of twin hulled jet catamarans was available to ferry groups of people to permanent platforms atop the reef.
See the beauty of the coral reef and its multicolored fish without getting wet by taking a 30minute trip alongside the coral using one of two glass-sided semi submersibles. Guided by trained marine biologists are the snorkeling trips.
An open air coffee shop is frequented by locals in the local hotel where we stayed in and the swimming pool area has private grottoes, one behind a waterfall. With beautiful stretches of palm fringed white sand curving along the ocean is the famous Four Mile Beach located outside downtown Port Douglas.
Port Douglas is a jump off point away from sea that provides you with a different view of the northern Queensland environment.
Becoming a prime cattle raising area during the past century was a tableland high above the coast and in existence today are some of the original homesteads on the old cattle ranches.
You have Wetherby which is the site of a 1870s homestead and still a working cattle station. With the family proprietors opening it for tourists, they can see the real Australia.
Depart only when you have obtained travel insurance. Doing so will eliminate problems during your trip.
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