The campsite (Cool Waters) is very cramped and busy (we were spoiled in our previous 2 sites as they were spacious, woodland settings) and they crammed us onto the end of the swimming pool with a length of flex for power.
Thursday 2 August Cairns
We were up early (despite my alarm not waking me!) for a drive to the Skyrail to be picked up for our Kuranda Scenic Railway day trip. The pickup was late and then the bus got stuck in traffic but we got to the Scenic railway station in Freshwater in time for the train. The journey up was amazing as we passed through 15 tunnels and 4 cuttings all of which had been hand-carved with pick axes and shovels. The gradient was steep and the train, at times, ran on tracks elevated on wooden structures! Mandy got talking (in French) to a French family sitting opposite….. naturally! On arrival we had refreshments then strolled through the tourist area to our bus stop and on to our visit to the rainforest (again) including the koala centre which included other native animals like kangaroos, wallabies, dingoes etc, a superb lunch and then a trip on an ex-army duck going through the rain forest and small lakes.
Back at the campsite we went turtle feeding then the kids swan in the cold swimming pool while Mandy cooked shark steaks and chips in the camp kitchen - shark curtesy of some Aussies who had caught it from the beach the day before and we watched them cooking it on the grill, the kids drooling, until they offloaded their spares to us!!
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