22 July – Tuesday
A bit damp and overcast this morning before we headed to Kuranda. As we have already done the train and Skyrail trips, we decided to take the road this time. The humid 26 degrees in Cairns quickly converted to a cool 21 at Kuranda and had us wishing we had longer sleeves.
We made a slight detour and headed for the Barron Gorge first, with a lovely walk through the rainforest to the train station and lookout. The Gorge was created by the great carpet snake, but fortunately we didn’t see either him or his cousins in the jungle – but I did keep a very sharp lookout though! We were amazed at the number of houses scattered throughout the jungle; certainly not somewhere I would really want to live, especially with all the snakes and cr
eepy crawlies.
Kuranda was rather quiet today, possibly because of the cooler weather, although there were a few Pope pilgrims about, plus some Korean tourists and the usual European backpackers. Kuranda is definitely the place to go for souvenirs – only the very fussy tourist would not find something to buy here. Everything from the usual tacky souvenirs to some rather exquisitely crafted glassware, t-shirts galore, of course, and plenty of aboriginal arts and crafts.
A bit damp and overcast this morning before we headed to Kuranda. As we have already done the train and Skyrail trips, we decided to take the road this time. The humid 26 degrees in Cairns quickly converted to a cool 21 at Kuranda and had us wishing we had longer sleeves.
We made a slight detour and headed for the Barron Gorge first, with a lovely walk through the rainforest to the train station and lookout. The Gorge was created by the great carpet snake, but fortunately we didn’t see either him or his cousins in the jungle – but I did keep a very sharp lookout though! We were amazed at the number of houses scattered throughout the jungle; certainly not somewhere I would really want to live, especially with all the snakes and cr
eepy crawlies.Kuranda was rather quiet today, possibly because of the cooler weather, although there were a few Pope pilgrims about, plus some Korean tourists and the usual European backpackers. Kuranda is definitely the place to go for souvenirs – only the very fussy tourist would not find something to buy here. Everything from the usual tacky souvenirs to some rather exquisitely crafted glassware, t-shirts galore, of course, and plenty of aboriginal arts and crafts.
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