Kuranda

After a short break from blogging, I realized that I left my readers (if they are still there) hanging. So without further ado, we continue on our holiday! After the diving trip, we decided to sleep in and figure out what to do the next day after we got up.

Last minute, we decided to take the skyrail to Kuranda, which is a small town within a rainforest. Here we are climbing into our 6 person gondola.


As we climbed up to the mountain tops, there was an amazing view behind us. Doesn't this photo look fake? It was not photoshopped at all!!


Unfortunately, there side was not as exciting as ours. At least they were the ones who got to enjoy the great view behind us!


Elaine and Sophia were trying to get as close to the window as possible.


Along the way to Kuranda, the gondola has 2 stops that you can get out of. The first one, we got to walk around and learn about the rainforest. We found a vine hanging out over the boardwalk, so we acted like monkeys. First, there was Eddie trying to swing around.


Elaine got some pretty good high onto the vine.


After learning about the rainforest, we went to the next station. David was leading the way for us.


The second station was the Barron Falls. Unfortunately, it was hard for us to take a photo with people and the massive falls.


There was a little information center where we studied about rainforest creatures and food.


Elaine used the microscope to observe the veins in leaves and other random objects.


After our sky ride, we reached Kuranda! The cassowary was here to welcome us.


After walking around the town in the heat, we found this fun mural and acted like little kids.


Eddie practiced his didgeridoo playing skills.


We finished exploring the town in time to catch the train back to the city!


Even though we had assigned seats, we all took turns squatting in the aisle and looking out the windows.


We got to see some more falls on the way back as well as all different views of the rainforest and eventually the coast line.


The most irritating part of the trip was the girl who had a window seat and slept for the entire trip. GRRR!!!


Since it was our last night in Cairns, we decided to go all out and had a fancy dinner. We sampled kangaroo as well as emu. Everyone seemed to enjoy both meats and wished they had been more experimental earlier in the trip!

The next stop in our journey was Ayers Rock.