Cape Tribulation

I was to quick talking about Magnetic Island and probably also a bit asleep so I forgot the entry about one of the most beautiful places I have been to. After Cairns I didn't go down towards Townsville but made a 2 days tour with my diving buddy Peter to Cape Tribulation where the Great Barrier Reef meets the Rain Forest. On our bustour the first stop was a river cruise where we were supposed to see crocodiles and actually saw one particularily big one called Scarface, but after having seen already quite a few it wasn't that special anymore. After a small boardwalk we went were dropped off at our hostal, which was made up of different little cabins in the middle of the rainforest. Really charming. The afternoon was spent with a walk along the beach in wonderful white coral sand and on one hand a blue turquoise ocean and the other one a lush rainforest. Our idea was to spend the night on the beach although supposedly there were crocodiles around but we thought we would be brave enough to do so. So after a nice dinner at the beach bar and it was dark, and I can tell you it was pitch dark without a moon in the sky, we made our way to the beach with a bottle of wine to make us brave. We ventured only some metres into the beach, having still the entrance to the hostal walkway close by and sat there for a while. Then suddenly Peter jumped up and dragged me along and shouted something about a noise, we both panicked for a second and ran a view steps backwards. No it wasn't a croc, it was only me making noises running with my fingers through the sand. But this shock showed us that we weren't made for sleeping at the beach after all.

The next morning we went on a horse ride along the beach and through the rainforest. That was brilliant, especially as I was able to canter along the beach which is such a great feeling of freedom. Nearly at the end of our trip we stopped at a water whole (croc free) to go for a refreshing swim. Very nice.