First thing this morning Trev and Gordie were greeted by an excited Frank who thanked them profusely for their prayers for his son – overnight he had a phone call from him and things had markedly improved – a real answer to prayer and testimony to God’s greatness… We sat and spoke to Frank for a while before preparing to leave for the day.

Dave, Rosie, Trev and I had booked to do the Jungle Surfing – ziplines through the Daintree Rainforest – at Cape Tribulation, while Kerry and Gordie planned to do a boardwalk then meet us after for coffee at Cape Trib.

We drove north and caught the ferry across the Daintree ($30 for a return trip!)…

The jungle surfing was great fun – at Cape Trib we boarded a minibus which took us up into the rainforest where we were all harnessed and helmeted up (and named!!) for the zipline experience high in the rainforest canopy. Princess Leia and Superman made a pair…and Rose and Dave were Rambo and Ironman (unusual combo!!)

A short walk up to the human hamster wheel – a device which used footpower to get surfers up to the first platform high in the rainforest – 2 of us ran hard inside the wheel to power the lines to pull 2 participants up – ingenious invention and needed as there is no mains electricity in Cape Trib.

We surfed through 5 different platforms though the rainforest canopy learning fun and interesting facts about the Daintree as we went.

The most unique fact we learnt was about licking green ants’ backsides – and everyone had a go – they tasted like sour lollies – delicious. Aboriginals would eat 3 per day – a great source of Vitamin C apparently! Trev was pretty unsure but gave it a go anyway.

We hung around….

And Rose beat Dave hands down on the final leg race home!!

It was a different and fun way to experience the beauty of the oldest rainforest in the world – a glorious conglomerate of unique species of plant and animal life living in symbiosis…

Gordon and Kerry arrived as we returned to the bottom and we all had coffee and home made sausage rolls at the Turtle Rock Café – delicious!! The Toyota precision driving team were in fine form again….. expert park next to a large tree!!

A walk through the mangrove boardwalk to Myall Beach was picturesque and we then hit the road for Wujal Wujal Falls up along the Bloomfield Track – 4WD only!! Not more dust and dirt – the Pearl was not impressed.

The drive was very beautiful through rainforest and across creeks – some dry and some running. The track was in great condition but some very steep inclines had to be negotiated with a narrow winding track so it was not hard to imagine how it could become a difficult road if the surface deteriorated. We arrived at Wujal Wujal and aboriginal settlement which was very well kept – and asked directions to the falls.

At Wujal Wujak the Titan had its bonnet up – unsure what is going on there…does Branch need to do an investigation??

We were warned by the locals to stay well away from the waters edge as there were some big salties that lived up there – Rosie was excited that she may finally see a saltie close up in the wild. Wujal Wujal Falls did not disappoint – they were running and quite spectacular – they would be really impressive during the wet! The crocodiles however did disappoint – there were none to be seen….

Kerry and Gordie continued on for an afternoon at Cooktown while we returned on the dirt to the Daintree Icecream Company for some locally made exotic fruit gelato – the days flavours were passionfruit, wattleseed, coconut and dark sapote – absolutely delicious!

Back at the caravan park we had the local Spanish mackerel and chips for dinner as recommended by all the caravan park regulars!