| Kuranda
Skyrail, Rainforest Station and Scenic Railway
This was one of our
big tour days, where someone else did the organising and map reading.
Skyrail, at
7.5 km is one of the world's longest gondala cableways. It gives a
birds-eye view of the rainforest and has two stops en-route to Kuranda.
To avoid disturbing the rainforest, each tower was placed by helicopter.
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This Kauri tree is some 50
metres high
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AA Golden Orb spider
His web shines golden and he was bigger than the span of a mans hand.
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Barron Falls
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Laurie is getting hooked on iced coffee
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pretty little village of Kuranda
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Gene Bear gets got by a tyred
crocodile
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Gene Bear makes new friends
(hussy!)
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Spot the giddy bear!
(clue it's not the koala!)
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A trip on a WW2 'duck' was great fun and an opportunity to get right into the
rainforest.
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An Elk Antler fern
(they even have Christmas in the rainforest)
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The Pamagirri tribe gave us a
dance show that was really good
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Laurie was chosen to show them
how to do the 'shake a leg' (warran-jarrra) dance
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After didgeridoo lessons....
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..we were shown how to throw a
boomerang.
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...both our throws came back
Q. what do you call a
boomerang that doesn't come back?
A. A stick!
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Kuranda Scenic Railway
The final part of the day was the ride back to Cairns on the scenic railway
which takes an hour and a half.
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We arrive at our destination
after a great day
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