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Cape Tribulation - East Australia
Gap Year Travel Journal

(6th - 7th April) Cape Tribulation
Just take a look at the aerial shot of our campsite for these two nights – it doesn’t get any more idyllic than that does it? The peninsula of land jutting out above it is Cape Tribulation, where Captain James Cook’s ship Endeavour ran aground on the reef and he then had to carry out repairs at what later became known as Cooktown before continuing his travels. A short path through the palm trees behind our van and we were on the beautiful palm fringed Myall Beach. And the sounds we heard at night - frogs galore and some very loud toads! We were able to do lots of walking from the campsite so it was great not to have to drive. We did a couple of different boardwalks through the jungle which really allow you to get up close and personal with the trees, creeks, swamps and wildlife. The close up of the leaves shows the mega fan palms that Mike had to use as an umbrella on one occasion. There are long twisting vines and contorted root systems everywhere as you can see in the photo with Mike. The fruits of the trees are weird and wonderful too – saw some striking orange and red plastic looking berry flowers. We had lunch at a restaurant surrounded by gorgeous tropical gardens and watched the torrential rain from our shelter with a glass of wine. At the Bat House we met a couple of rescued orphan spectacled flying foxes and were able to stroke the back of a baby one only 6 weeks old. Up at Cape Trib itself we walked on Kulki Beach and went out to the viewpoint to look back along it. We were lucky enough to see a Cassowary stalking along the beach before disappearing into the trees – there are only about 60 in this area apparently.