I recently joined a tour promptly at 8 am from Palm Cove. After leaving the cove we headed north along the Captain Cook Highway towards Port Douglas. Richard our guide told us a great deal of local history and interesting facts through out the tour. Our first stop was the park in Craiglie on the outskirts of Cairns at the historic bullock cart wheels for a quick toilet stop. Then off through Port Douglas and past the marina to admire the many beautiful sailing and marine craft it was then up to Flagstaff Hill to take in the panoramic view of 4 mile beach.
After leaving Port Douglas we then progressed on to the Daintree Village to take a look at the interesting woodwork museum and gallery before making our way to the Daintree cruise centre , for morning tea and a one hour Daintree River Cruise. It is always relaxing to take a cruise along the river and your guide will point out different bird life and the history of the river. Then we alighted the boat to make our way back to the Daintree Tea House, where the choice of lunch consisted of either Barramundi, Chicken or Kangaroo with an exotic side salad of fruits and fries. The chef “Richard” and Tea house proprietor presents what I think to be 1 of the best tropical fruit presentations this side of the Daintree River.
After leaving the Tea house the bus then made its way down to Mossman Gorge. Here the tour group had the option of a 1 hour walk with Richard around part of the gorge or take a “Ku Ku Yalangi – Dreamtime walk” . I chose this option and we were joined by our guide and Aboriginal Elder Robert. He took us on an interesting tour into the oldest rainforest in the world to talk about the history of his people and the significance of the mountains and gorge to his village tribe. We all wanted to stay longer with him as he had so much to tell us. We even tried bush foods and checked out a traditional humpy set up. The other place he took us was a sacred women’s area, I like to think of it as a traditional aboriginal women’s spa. (You can only travel to this area with an aboriginal elder as they have permission to do this). It is a stunning creek and water fall location.
After leaving the gorge we then headed out to Hartley’s Crocodile adventures at Wangetti. I found Hartley’s to be one of the best and most interesting afternoons to take in the crocodile attack show at 3 pm and look at all the lizards and snakes and of course all the cute and cuddly animals like wallabies and quolls and koalas.
It makes for a great afternoon for any people of any age. I especially found the Cassowary’s amazing, especially up close and personal with the safety barrier in between of course!
After departing the animal park at 4:30 pm it was then we made our way back to Palm Cove. I had a wonderful day this side of the Daintree River and my only suggestion for this tour would be to spend longer with the “Ku Ku Yalangi “tour at Mossman Gorge.
Lachie Knowles – TTS Palm Cove.
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