Saturday 8th September
We got up and packed up before checking out of the hotel.Once we were all done in Port Douglas we drove south back towards Cairns. We spent the day riding the Skyrail cable car from Caravonica to Kuranda. This is a 7.5km cablecar that runs across the rain forest. It was a great experience. Below are some of the pics from the journey to Kuranda. More about what we did later in the day at end of this post.
http://www.skyrail.com.au/
Once we were in Kuranda we walked through the shops and markets before getting some lunch. After lunch we decided to check out the southern hemispheres version of Birdworld at the aptly named 'Birdworld'
http://www.birdworldkuranda.com/
We saw lots of cool birds including the Cassowary which we had seen many a sign for earlier in the trip.
We took the cablecar back and then headed to Cairns airport. We watched the second half of the Swans game in the bar and then boarded to fly home. Fairly uneventful flight until last 2-3 kms where the strong winds were throwing the plane around. We were fine with it but people were screaming in fear which was a bit unnerving. A smooth landing though so all good.
We met Bill and Carol at the luggage collection and headed back to reality.
We got up and packed up before checking out of the hotel.Once we were all done in Port Douglas we drove south back towards Cairns. We spent the day riding the Skyrail cable car from Caravonica to Kuranda. This is a 7.5km cablecar that runs across the rain forest. It was a great experience. Below are some of the pics from the journey to Kuranda. More about what we did later in the day at end of this post.
http://www.skyrail.com.au/
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| On the way out of station at the bottom. |
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| Me |
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| Kate |
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| Getting Higher |
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| Don't look down |
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| Tightening up a few bolts |
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| Higher Still |
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| Behind the dam |
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| Behind the dam |
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| Crossing the river before Kuranda. |
Once we were in Kuranda we walked through the shops and markets before getting some lunch. After lunch we decided to check out the southern hemispheres version of Birdworld at the aptly named 'Birdworld'
http://www.birdworldkuranda.com/
We saw lots of cool birds including the Cassowary which we had seen many a sign for earlier in the trip.
We took the cablecar back and then headed to Cairns airport. We watched the second half of the Swans game in the bar and then boarded to fly home. Fairly uneventful flight until last 2-3 kms where the strong winds were throwing the plane around. We were fine with it but people were screaming in fear which was a bit unnerving. A smooth landing though so all good.
We met Bill and Carol at the luggage collection and headed back to reality.
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