Cape Tribulation




Some miscellaneous shots from earlier in my trip:

My first week of surfing, way back in October


Koala on Magnetic Island


The Three Sisters and the Blue Mountains



Cape Tribulation is probably the closest to paradise I have seen. Rainforest meets empty white sand beach meets the turquoise waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Captain Cook named it so because all his troubles started as he was sailing around the area. I spent an afternoon and a morning burning up on the beach there, just relaxing and enjoying the view. It was especially great because there were barely any people there, just a nude girl who had to lay down right near me. I also did an exotic fruit tasting the evening I arrived. I tried tahitian lime, breadfruit, jakfruit, jaboticaba, black sapote, sapodilla, mamey sapote, rollinia, soursop, and miracle fruit. My favorite was the miracle fruit, it was a red berry, and after sucking on it for a minute, it desensitized the sour taste buds. I had some lime slices right after, and they just tasted like sugar, even a glass of water taste like suger, it was cool. None of the fruits tasted particularly good, they were all very squashy and sweet. I only spent one night in Cape Trib, then one night in Port Douglas. I did a crocodile cruise down the Daintree river, where I saw one croc laying in the mud of the coastline. I also went to Mossman Gorge and hiked around a bit. Port Douglas was rather touristy, not backpackers either, but old people. I explored the town for the day, and lounged around the hostel pool for quite some time. Now back in Cairns, I had one last hurrah last night with the people I have been travelling with for the past 2 months. It is wierd to think how much time I have spent with these people, and I will most likely never see them again. I will definitely miss them though. I leave tomorrow at 5:50am for my 3 day bus ride straight into the outback on non-paved roads for something like 2000km to Alice Springs. They better play some movies. It will be nice to see something other than the beaches for a few days.