Skyline Gondala

We took a ride on the Skyline gondola to connect with the Kuranda scenic railway. We had done the Kuranda scenic rail approx 30 years earlier when the Skyline had not been built.
It is an impressive development and all within pristine rainforest parkland.
The gondolas stop off at three different points along the way to showcase different aspects of the rainforest…interestingly the apex predator in the forest is the Amethyst Python which can grow to 8 metres and eats the tree kangaroo amongst other things.
Got some good shots of the strangler vines doing their thing slowly killing the host tree over time and then standing independently.
In most of the forest there are multiple canopy levels as plants compete for the sunshine and prime position and believe me the competition for that space is fierce.Read more