Kuranda Koala

Skyrail "floated" us over Queensland rainforest 7.5 km to the tourist town of Kuranda with two stops  enroute, one for a ranger lead tour within the rainforest and another for a park interpretive center. No rain as this is the dry season.  Joanne held a Koala for a photo opporunity in Kuranda. We hand  fed wallabys and checked out the shops before taking the scenic railway back to the outskirts of Cairns.

We walked to Cock and Bull, a pub about a mile from our hotel for the first not so expensive good meal we have had in Australia. Generally one gets what one pays for but sometimes one gets a break. I had a whole pint of Guiness too.

Cairns is about 1500 miles north of Sydney. I could feel the tropics as the plane landed amonsgst densely wooded hills. Our room at the Holiday Inn looks out onto the Coral Sea. A rainforest fills the atrium in the center of the hotel.   More later.


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This morning we head for the great barrier reef for three days. We will stay on Reef Encounter, a "floating hotel."