Around CAIRNS
Early Wednesday morning we hug and kiss goodbye to Kalle at the airport, and there we are again: just the two of us. Aww. The threesome was fun :D Love you, Kalllllleee!!! From the bottom of our great big hearts and from the bottom of the world. Sad and lonely, we take the first bus to the party town Cairns, shop till we drop, and finally retreat ourselves to a weekend getaway at Cape Tribulation and Atherton Tablelands. An Aussie version of Ms Spears :) Cape Trib is fab. Hidden in the rainforests, surrounded by palm trees and wild beaches, it takes us two brave hearts 
to get there on Friday night. Leaving Cairns in the afternoon with our new rental friend Holden, and with stops along the way: Palm Cove, Port Douglas, Mossman and Daintree, we cross the Daintree River at the sunset, driving right into the dark and unknown. A narrow road through the hills and towering trees of the tropical rainforest make sure no sunshine at the daytime and no moon or starlight at the nighttime gets through to lighten your way out of what seems like a scary movie. At the top speed of 30 km/h it takes a good hour and a half to find some sort 
of a civilization at Cape Trib and shelter at the Cape Trib Beach House where million mysterious voices and whispers lull you to a deep sleep with sounds of rainforests. Only your imagination sets boundaries to what’s going on out there. Cape Trib was as far as we could go with our friend Holden, further north from there takes you only a 4WD. But you get a good idea of the tropical rainforest at the local Daintree Discovery Centre with an aerial walkway and its Canopy Tower. Due to a staggering annual rainfall of up to 4.5 metres, the rainforest, which is home to over 3000 plant species including trees, vines, palms, ferns, epiphytes, is so lush you can almost see it growing. And if you’re lucky, you might spot a python curled up in a giant basket fern or one of the region’s most famous icons, a colourful cassowary. Lucky or unlucky, we saw them both on display only. Back on the south banks of the Daintree River, which you can only cross by an almost 
nonstop river ferry (catch me if you can!), we drive into a completely different environment of Atheron Tablelands with its little country towns and beautiful waterfalls. Mossman Gorge, Mt Molloy, Mareeba, Atherton, Yungaburra, Malanda, Milla Milla and Kuranda, and the most beautiful of them all, KAIRI :) My very own town Down Under with Kairi Hotel, Kairi Store and Kairi Public School. Anyway, jokes aside and being honest, because Kairi is just another country town, one of the most beautiful was probably Yungaburra, where the 
village has existed largely unchanged since 1910 with many of the original buildings still remaining, like the historic Lake Eacham Hotel, fondly known as the Yungaburra Pub. Fascinating, just like a step back to the history. And the village seems to know the truth of the life. A sign at a local teahouse says: ‘Life is uncertain.. Eat the dessert first.’ Or did they want us to try one of their delicious cakes? (a) The Milla Milla waterfall circuit is definitely worth to see as well, and so are the enormous Curtain and Cathedral Fig trees close to Yungaburra. The only place we missed out on, but that looked like a nice village in the rainforests, was Kuranda where we arrived late and unable to find accommodation on Sunday night had to turn back to Cairns one day early.
to get there on Friday night. Leaving Cairns in the afternoon with our new rental friend Holden, and with stops along the way: Palm Cove, Port Douglas, Mossman and Daintree, we cross the Daintree River at the sunset, driving right into the dark and unknown. A narrow road through the hills and towering trees of the tropical rainforest make sure no sunshine at the daytime and no moon or starlight at the nighttime gets through to lighten your way out of what seems like a scary movie. At the top speed of 30 km/h it takes a good hour and a half to find some sort 
of a civilization at Cape Trib and shelter at the Cape Trib Beach House where million mysterious voices and whispers lull you to a deep sleep with sounds of rainforests. Only your imagination sets boundaries to what’s going on out there. Cape Trib was as far as we could go with our friend Holden, further north from there takes you only a 4WD. But you get a good idea of the tropical rainforest at the local Daintree Discovery Centre with an aerial walkway and its Canopy Tower. Due to a staggering annual rainfall of up to 4.5 metres, the rainforest, which is home to over 3000 plant species including trees, vines, palms, ferns, epiphytes, is so lush you can almost see it growing. And if you’re lucky, you might spot a python curled up in a giant basket fern or one of the region’s most famous icons, a colourful cassowary. Lucky or unlucky, we saw them both on display only. Back on the south banks of the Daintree River, which you can only cross by an almost 
nonstop river ferry (catch me if you can!), we drive into a completely different environment of Atheron Tablelands with its little country towns and beautiful waterfalls. Mossman Gorge, Mt Molloy, Mareeba, Atherton, Yungaburra, Malanda, Milla Milla and Kuranda, and the most beautiful of them all, KAIRI :) My very own town Down Under with Kairi Hotel, Kairi Store and Kairi Public School. Anyway, jokes aside and being honest, because Kairi is just another country town, one of the most beautiful was probably Yungaburra, where the 
village has existed largely unchanged since 1910 with many of the original buildings still remaining, like the historic Lake Eacham Hotel, fondly known as the Yungaburra Pub. Fascinating, just like a step back to the history. And the village seems to know the truth of the life. A sign at a local teahouse says: ‘Life is uncertain.. Eat the dessert first.’ Or did they want us to try one of their delicious cakes? (a) The Milla Milla waterfall circuit is definitely worth to see as well, and so are the enormous Curtain and Cathedral Fig trees close to Yungaburra. The only place we missed out on, but that looked like a nice village in the rainforests, was Kuranda where we arrived late and unable to find accommodation on Sunday night had to turn back to Cairns one day early.
Yey! Go Sean Kingston and 'BEAUTIFUL GIRLS', the song of the weekend! :)
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