Monday 14 January
Still hoping to be able to get out to the Great Barrier Reef but because of strong winds coming in from the NW (very unusual) the sea is too rough for the boats to tie up to their moorings so will not go out.Some companies have large pontoons moored out on the reef where the guests can sit and go diving but they cant use them at the moment.Hope this improves before we leave.
Julia and I went up to Karumba by the old scenic railway which was built in the old days and now offers a very interesting journey along a winding track through the rainforest with fabulous views of waterfalls and the flatlands behind Cairns and the Atherton Tablelands.Karumba itself used to be a small hippy village but is now a rather ordinary tourist centre.We stopped briefly at the butterfly centre before going down on the Skyrail which is a superb gondala ride over the treetops of the forest.This has been built so that you can hardly see it from anywhere and it quietly glides along offering a wonderful experience looking down and through the rainforest with a couple of stops whre you can get out and walk about.In all it is about a 45 minute ride down.
Called into Cairns Yacht Club, where Jenny does all her sailing, for a couple of drinks and watched the forest opposite change to all sorts of colours with the changing sunlight, a really lovely spot.
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