We flew up to Cairns on May 30th which is in the North-Eastern part of Oz. It is much warmer and humid here then Sydney and it’s their winter season. The hostel is pretty cool as all the main parts have no outer walls and is open. We met some really cool people here at the hostel. One guy we have been hanging out with is a real cool guy named Robin from Sweden. We also met a fellow Canadian from Alberta named Jay who we hung out with before he left down the coast. On Friday Casey & I headed up north a bit on a tour to Cape Tribulation and the rainforest. It was amazing!!We had a great guide who told us so much about each place. One thing was to realize that Cairns is really in swamp country and it’s home to crocodiles. We headed up to Cape Trib and stopped in a few really cool places along the way one was Port Douglas which was a cool small town that a really wealthy man saw as a great place to encourage tourism and put the city on the map. We then headed up to Mossman Gorg which was stunning we walked through the rain forest and she showed us some beautiful things it also had a beautiful creek in the forest you could go swimming. There are only very specific places you can swim up here due to the Crocs. We also saw a huge spider with a crazy strong web, the web could be tugged on with your finger and not break! We then headed up to the Daintree River where we took a boat tour and saw 3 female crocodiles (yes in the wild), 1 baby croc, a tree snake & a python. Next we headed up to Cape Kimberly to the Koala Resort for lunch and saw a ton more of those crazy spiders, they are called Orb Web Spiders check them out on the internet, not poisonous but a painful bit. After lunch we headed up and stopped at an ice cream shop where they make their own ice cream from local fruit & seeds. They are also completely self sufficient up there run by solar power and generator. We also stopped at an amazing look out where you could see the mist of the rainforest on the mountains and where Casey licked the butt of a green ant! No really he did, the guide asked him if he trusted her and told him to lick it, he said it tasted like citrus and then his tongue felt numb in that area for a few minutes. Finally we were dropped off at our hostel which was in the rainforest but close to the beach. We walked out to the Myall Beach which was stunning. Cape Tribulation is where the rainforest mets the Great Barrier Reef. To go any farther north you have to have a 4x4 due to the unpaved roads. Our hostel was very interesting it was called PKs Jungle Village and there were some interesting characters there like a local who hung out at the bar night & day with a pointy hat a beard down to his middle chest and a stroller of the cutest puppies. The kitchen was mmm....words can’t describe........let’s say I wanted to find a place to eat out but there was nothing around. When we went back to our room I noticed something on the wall that wasn’t there before and it was big and hairy!!! Yep it was a huntsman spider and Casey my hero killed it after 3 or 4 massive hits with his shoe. Surprisingly I did fall asleep that night. The next morning Casey & I had another wonderful day we went horseback riding through rainforest and on beach, absolutely amazing. We also stopped with the horses at a swimming hole which was tucked away in the forest and was something out of a movie. Then went back to find a little cafe to eat at and then hung out at the amazing pool at our hostel till our pick up. It was an amazing experience.
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