Well not sure the boys agree but for me this was great day, certainly value for money!!! We had an early start at 0800 but it was well worth it as Ross our driver and guide for the day pointed out at our first stop on the tour. Although I must mention we weren't the only people in the minibus, we did have Mark and his daughter Chloe from Sydney and Stella & Barbara from New York.
We started off at the Mossman River gorge which was absolutely beautiful and quiet due to the time of day. The walk through the woods up to the roaring river was fantastic, along the way we spotted a Dragon Lizard perched in the tree courtesy of Ross's keen eyes.
As you can see it was a fair size and very well camouflaged, we did see a few more but nowhere near the size of this one. After this we jumped back in the van and zoomed off to Daintree River for a cruise and to do some croc watching. Ross did mention that it wasn't really the right time to see crocs as the females would be nesting but we lived in hope!!! Anyway we boarded the boat after a comfort break and off we went on the search. The next pictures show we weren't dissapointed and we saw 3 crocs, 2 decent sized ones and a baby one.
So cruise over we were collected by Ross and made our way to Cape Tribulation with a picture stop and morning tea and coffee which proved very interesting. Check out the view:
As for coffee we stopped at a cracking beach and saw some more breath taking views and some interesting wildlife.
This is a picture of Steph, Me and Colin the Coconut.
And this is a Golden Orb Spider which was about 20cm from leg to leg, bloody huge but apparently they can get up to 40cm across that would be really scary.
The day just got better and better with the spotting of a Cassowary in the wild the Raptor relative! But the locals have a bit of a sense of humour and had been doing a bit of graffiti on some local road signs!
Suddenly it was lunchtime after which we went for a swim in a local stream which was amazing and so refreshing!!!
And finally a yomp through the jungle to see some bloody old tree's and more wildlife which could kill you!!! We were lucky we weren't attacked and survived the whole expedition. Although Steph did over do it a bit with the heat, food and walking and was a little sick, but once it was up she was fine and we moved on to the final stop of the day - ICE CREAM - made with some very strange fruits with even stranger flavours obviously none for Steph.
Well the day was done and we were dropped off at 6pm by the wonderful Ross and we collapsed into the apartment knackered!!!
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