5/19/2008 Daintree Forest, River Cruise and Discovery Centre

We headed up to the Daintree Forest in order to be there for the 9:30 AM River Cruise. Apparently, it was too early and too cool since we only saw ONE crocodile on our hour long cruise. Nevertheless, it was a lovely, slow ride on the Daintree River as the day was warming up. After a stop for coffee, we took the 5 minute ferry ride across the river to the Discovery Centre. The self guided audio tour took us through the rainforest along paths and up on top of towers where the view was amazing (at the top of the forest). Since it is fall here, there wasn't as much activity as in the spring, but we really enjoyed the walk and learning about the different aspects of the rainforest. We headed further up the coast for lunch and stopped at a great little place at Lync Haven, a camping retreat with an outdoor restaurant. Back at the cottage we once again relaxed for the evening along with the lizards and curlews as well as our wine and cheese, not to mention the wonderful view of the ocean. We could get used to this.......