Wednesday 6th of April

Today I visited Skyrail Rainforest in Caravonica, just north of Cairns.

It is a cableway, hanging over the beautiful rainforest, so you can see it from above.

It stops at three different stations, where you can get it and have a closer look.

Well, I shouldn't be surprised, since Cairns is in the subtropical zone.

Getting started... full of expectations!

Ranger Phil tells us many interesting things about the rainforest. The tree behind him is 30-35 m high, and 500 years old. They usually become 1000 years old...

Here is a caterpillar (larv) hanging on a twig. It is exactly in the middle of the image. Hadn't he pointed at it, I would never have seen it!

This little insect also has a good way of camoflaging himself. Looks like a small piece of wood. Suddenly wings appeared, and he flew away!

We continue our way. This is a magnificent gorge!

Here is Barron Falls, our next stop. (You know how much I love these waterfalls, don't you? :-) )

Another image of Barron Falls, standing on a viewing platform.

This is how we travel over the rainforest. All these wonderful trees, just below our feet!

And the beautiful Barron River, just outside Kuranda.

Kuranda was the end station and, as it turned out, a tourist trap. I realized that when I was asked "Don't you want to walk around the village?". So I returned to Caravonica.

I later visited Kuranda by car, and got confirmed that it indeed was a tourist trap. Just lots of souvenir shops. So I didn't miss anything!

Here I am on my way to Emerald Creek Falls, outside Mareeba. Yes, another one of those wonderful waterfalls!

Suddenly a sign appeared, saying "8 km of dirt road". Well, I thought I would continue anyway, since I am already so close.

The road turned out to be very muddy, and my car got very dirty. But I will not give up this easily!

Big holes in the road made it difficult to drive, but I managed to get through.

Isn't the road really suberb! :-)

And sometimes the water floats over the road...

Just had to drive slow, and everything went smoothly!

I did find some lovely flowers on my walk to the waterfall.

I could get very close to the waterfull, so here is an extreme closeup!

Emerald Creek Falls from a distance.

Look at the force in the water! Absolutely fantastic!