Up early again, this time for Alicea, Steve, Anna, Mark and myself to do a guided tour of the Daintree rain forest.
We met the minibus for Tony's Tropical Tours at Woolworths in Mossman. From there we drove Mossman Gorge and then to the Daintree where we wandered through the forests while our guide, Steve, told us all about the wildlife and plants there. When we arrived at Mossman Gorge we met a bush ranger who was releasing a snake that had been caught at one of the nearby hotels.
We did a cruise down the Daintree river looking for crocs, but only saw a baby one before we met up with the guide on the other side of the river and then drove to Cape Tribulation, stopping for another rainforest walk where we saw a couple of snakes.
Steve, the guide, kept us entertained with stories throughout the day and was really knowledgeable.
The rainforest walks were really interesting and we saw lots of different plant species.
After lunch we went for a swim in a watering hole at Noah's Creek which was very refreshing and then had a wander along Cape Tribulation beach.
On the way to the Daintree Ice Cream shop we stopped to see a cassowary that was in the middle of a river. That caused a bit of a traffic jam as other cars stopped and we believe that the guide got told off at the next stop.
The ice cream was good and after that we made our way back to Woolworths where we picked up the car and drove back to the house.
I made a mushroom risotto which went down well. I then tried to check in on our flight but the website showed a message saying that the flight was cancelled and that we had no baggage allocated for the return trip. After about 20 minutes waiting on the phone, it was finally sorted, but I couldn't check in online as it errored on the last screen.
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