Rainforest Day 2 and onwards to Port Douglas

Today we woke up and packed our belongings so we could go for a quick hike before getting picked up and heading to Port Douglas. Once we were packed and fed we went off to Emmagen Creek. It was a quick 50-minute walk up the road to the unobvious trail off the road. We were looking for the white gate, which signifies the turn off of the main road… but there was no gate just two rusty poles that could have held the gate at one point in the last 20 years.

We headed up the trail and quickly made our way to the swimming hole. Now, it was cloudy again so we were not planning on swimming. Which was fine with us since the bushy trail and creek bared the resemblance to what could have been the beginning of a crappy scifi/horror movie. Here we are:




Overall it looked nice…just a little creepy being there alone.

On the walk back we stopped off at the giant strangled fig tree:



We then continued out way back on the beach, which ended up being a rocky road to the hostel.

We rejoined the tour and headed to Port Douglas. On the way we stopped off at the Alexandra lookout of the surrounding area. The highlights included the Daintree River flowing into the ocean, Snapper Island and the Low Isles (where Steve Irwin was SCUBA diving and stung by the stingray).




The next stop on the tour was the Mossman Gorge. Here is Marian with the main Gorge viewpoint we saw:



Then we were rushed back on the bus and dropped off at our hotel in Port Douglas.