We spent most of last week up at Cape Tribulation, north of Cairns - taking beack and rainforest walks. It's a World Heritage Area, where the rainforest meets the Great Barrier Reef. Over the weekend we rented a car and drove inland a bit, exploring the Atherton Tablelands, just west of Cairns. Lots if rainforest and bush walks. Once night, we spent about an hour standing in the rainforest, listening, trying to spot some wildlife with a very bright spotlight we rented from the hostel. We ended up seeing a bright green frog sitting on a branch, and a huge black spider with yellow dots, sitting in the middle of its huge, raindrop covered web. Then yesterday we finally saw some kangaroos, hopping around in the bush. I was already getting worried that we would have to leave Australia without having seen kangaroos...
Today, we took a boat out to Green Island, a tiny island off the coast here, and spent the day snorkelling in turquoise waters...we saw lots of colorful fish - and a huge sea turtle!!! Tomorrow we are going on a 2-day/1-night boat trip for some more diving and snorkelling, Friday is Mark's birthday, and Saturday we are off to New Zealand, to start our bike ride.
More soon...
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