Yesterday we drove all way up to the Daintree National Park. We even found a free camping spot just inside the woods. This piece of forest constitutes the last remnants of the jungle that once covered the whole of Australia hundreds of million years ago. Most of the continent dried up since, but in this rain forest ancient plants and animals, that became extinct all around the word, would survive. It is therefore something like a Jurassic Park for botanists and shows how the world looked like about 110 Million years ago. Honestly, these woods look quite a bit different from the rainforests I have seen elsewhere!
Most of the forest is highly protected. The walks to see the forests
are elevated above the ground to protect the sensible root system of the
trees (no wonder these plants usually died out).
We started with
the Mossman Gorge, passing a depressing aboriginal settlement.
Then we
took a river tour at the town of Daintree to see the mangroves and some
crocodiles (and got some crocodile meat rolls for lunch :D).
find the babies ;)
The ferry would then bring us across the river of Daintree to Cape
Tribulation. This tiny town marks the end of the civilized world in
Australia. There are no fortified roads leading further north. So even
if we wanted to, we couldn't continue with our campervan :P.
the end of our journey north :D
05.04.2016
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