Daintree forest and Port Douglas

After a relaxing time in Palm Cove we drove up to the nearby town of Port Douglas. This is where the "Rainforest meets the great barrier reef". As we have seen the great barrier reef we went and explored a bit more of the rainforest.
Our first stop was the Mossman Gorge, a very well maintained park with a great walk amongst the trees and a few places to swim in the gorge. It was the first walk in the rainforest without rain which made us take our time and made it easier to be amazed at the height of the trees. Our second stop to explore the Rainforest was at a Daintree Discovery Center which was rich in information about the faune and flora. We missed a Cassowary by minutes but still enjoyed this little place that had walks on all levels of the forest , from the ground floor to a 23m observation tower above the canopy.

After all this exploring more relaxing was on the menu. We chose our hotel's swimming pool to catch up on some reading. Port Douglas has a lot of nice little restaurants and bars and a beautiful four mile beach, but I seems to be mainly for retirees, think we have brought the average age of the town down by at least 10 years 🤭Read more