Day 55: Port Douglas - Cape Tribulation

When it rains, it pours.

We set off for Cape Tribulation this morning. The closer we got, the heavier the rain. This was not looking to be a fun trip.

We did get to drive through beautiful countryside, ranging from sugar cane plantations to huge rainforest vegetation speckled with tantalising glimpses of the "reef". Some of the palms you could easily sit on and sail down the (croc infested) river.

Part of the rainforest is protected by the Daintree National Park and has a Wet Tropics National Heritage listing. It contains some of the most primitive forms of plant and animals and the largest number of plant and animal species that are rare, or threatened with extinction, anywhere in the world.

Pretty incredible.

So we finally get there, crossing the Daintree river on a ferry and meandering along the rainforest mountain roads that is part of the Great Dividing Range.

We arrived at Cape Tribulation Camping Ground around lunch time and it hasn't stopped raining since we crossed the river. The thing about rainforests, everything seems to be bigger and bloated... especially the raindrops.

Emelie