Tonight we're sleeping in a 14'x14' cabin in a tropical fruit farm in the Daintree Rain Forest. This is called a "farmstay" accomodation, and it's quite unique. When we drove up,our reservation was under "Kevin," so when I gave them my last name they didn't recognize it and thought I had just dropped in unannounced.
The drive north from Cairns took us a couple of hours, but it was spectacular. April said it looked like Hawaii. Lush green mountains falling away to a crystal blue sea. The road, for the most part, was a narrow, two-lane, barely-paved track with a steep rock wall on the left and dense jungle on the right. The occasional rocky stream crossed the road, generally under it , but a couple had been routed right through the roadway. We saw a cassowary leisurely crossing the highway at one point along the way. They're a quite dangerous, but beautifully-colored relative of the Emu.
The cabins here at Cape Trib Farmstay are solar-powered, so there is no air conditioning. The temperature is in the low 80's (F), but it started raining shortly after we arrived so it's pretty humid (no surprise in a rain forest).
Tomorrow, we pack up and drive back south, stopping at jungle boardwalks that meander through the forest. We'll re-cross the daintree river on the ferry and spend tomorrow night at the Daintree Mangroves Wildlife Sanctuary.
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