Friday, July 21, 2006
COOYA BEACH
Wednesday 19th July:
Took Twistie for an early morning walk along the creek and to the park. Packed up early and we were on the road by 9am. Deb from Undersea Explorer had kindly offered to let us park at her beachfront house in Cooya Beach which is 15 minutes north of Port Douglas.
It's a great spot, the van fits in nicely under Deb's garage awning. Went for a lovely walk along the beach.
Thursday 20th July:
The weather is magnificent today so we decided to explore the Daintree and Cape Tribulation area. We had and early morning walk along Cooya Beach before heading off on our day's journey.
First stop Daintree Village with it's "Big Barra". Unfortunately the timber museum didn't open until 10am so on we went to the fer
ry crossing. Deb had lent us her ferry card so we got across for free. (Every little bit helps!) Next stop was Alexandra Range lookout where we got a good view of the Daintree River mouth. Further up the road we stopped at the Jindalba Boardwalk which is built among the rainforest. We took the short 700m walk crossing lovely forest streams cascading over the
rocks.
Further along the road we turned off to Cow Bay, it was OK but not quite as good as some of the other beaches along the way. The road then climbed over Noah Range, along the way we were fortunate to s
ee a cassowary on the side of the road. We stopped at Marrdja Mangrove boardwalk and had a wander through massive mangroves with glimpses of Oliver Creek. Kept our eye out for crocs but didnt spot any.
We arrived at Cape Tribulation at lunchtime, just in time to share the beach with loads of tourists from the buses.
Nevermind we had the inside goss and headed up the road to the Cape Trib Beach House resort. We wandered through the resort (tried to look as if we belonged there) and out onto the beach. This is truly where the rainforest meets the sea. There were massive trees growing out onto the beach and wonderful freshwater streams flowing out of the forest onto the beach.
As it was lunchtime we found a spot along the road back to stop. W
e set up our chairs and esky and enjoyed the view on our private beach.
"Cafe Cape Trib" & "View"
We stopped at the Daintree Icecream Factory on the way back and enjoyed a mixed tub of icecream consisting of Yellow Sapote, Wattleseed, Soursop and Jackfruit flavours. Our last stop before the ferry was out to Cape Kimberley. There was a lovely beach overlooking Snapper Island and great camping area.
"Ferg on Daintree River Ferry Crossing"
Wednesday 19th July:
Took Twistie for an early morning walk along the creek and to the park. Packed up early and we were on the road by 9am. Deb from Undersea Explorer had kindly offered to let us park at her beachfront house in Cooya Beach which is 15 minutes north of Port Douglas.
It's a great spot, the van fits in nicely under Deb's garage awning. Went for a lovely walk along the beach.Thursday 20th July:
The weather is magnificent today so we decided to explore the Daintree and Cape Tribulation area. We had and early morning walk along Cooya Beach before heading off on our day's journey.
First stop Daintree Village with it's "Big Barra". Unfortunately the timber museum didn't open until 10am so on we went to the fer
ry crossing. Deb had lent us her ferry card so we got across for free. (Every little bit helps!) Next stop was Alexandra Range lookout where we got a good view of the Daintree River mouth. Further up the road we stopped at the Jindalba Boardwalk which is built among the rainforest. We took the short 700m walk crossing lovely forest streams cascading over the
rocks.Further along the road we turned off to Cow Bay, it was OK but not quite as good as some of the other beaches along the way. The road then climbed over Noah Range, along the way we were fortunate to s
ee a cassowary on the side of the road. We stopped at Marrdja Mangrove boardwalk and had a wander through massive mangroves with glimpses of Oliver Creek. Kept our eye out for crocs but didnt spot any.We arrived at Cape Tribulation at lunchtime, just in time to share the beach with loads of tourists from the buses.
Nevermind we had the inside goss and headed up the road to the Cape Trib Beach House resort. We wandered through the resort (tried to look as if we belonged there) and out onto the beach. This is truly where the rainforest meets the sea. There were massive trees growing out onto the beach and wonderful freshwater streams flowing out of the forest onto the beach.
As it was lunchtime we found a spot along the road back to stop. W
e set up our chairs and esky and enjoyed the view on our private beach."Cafe Cape Trib" & "View"
We stopped at the Daintree Icecream Factory on the way back and enjoyed a mixed tub of icecream consisting of Yellow Sapote, Wattleseed, Soursop and Jackfruit flavours. Our last stop before the ferry was out to Cape Kimberley. There was a lovely beach overlooking Snapper Island and great camping area.
"Ferg on Daintree River Ferry Crossing"
