The second part of this journey takes us to Cairns Daintree rainforest area. The Daintree forest is the oldest in the world, with more than 130 million years. What a coincidence, that this forest is so close to the reef. It seems to me to see ancient trees, and maybe meet one of those Ents, shepherds of trees that appear in "The Lord of the Rings ¨.
Our trip begins in Cairns, where we go to the rental car agency. We discovered that the place is full of car rental agencies, dive schools, and cheap accommodation. This is an ideal place to come without booking anything, and simply find the best way to spend the holidays. A paradise for young and adventurous. I'm not much of the former, but some of the latter.
already in the car, follow the coast. I have not allowed to upload more than 300 meters during 24 hours after my last dive, which is still the danger of decompression. With what we're quiet, watching the seascape, and without approaching the nearby mountains.
The aim of the day is to visit the valley of Mosman, one of the places where you can enter the Daintree forest. Almost in the forest we stopped at a native population which organized walks with local guides, but bad luck makes this one of the few days that have party, a special party held only them. With what we have to wait for another day, and we entrándonos in the valley, a narrow valley and forest, until the forest path.
The forest itself is a bit disappointing because so many tourists that the charm of being in the world's oldest forest breaks. And the trees, ancient anything. They are all young trees, although the forest is old the trees are not. No giant trees, at least in this area, and the only wildlife we \u200b\u200bsee are tourists, and a wild turkey that will not stop following us.
That this is not our day.
We reached the town of Daintree, where we take our property. The owners are a family bird enthusiast, and from the garden you can see birds of all types on favorable days. Today is a rainy day, and birds are elsewhere. But the place itself is quiet, and all occupants are fond of birdwatching, this hobby is bird watching. It is a hobby that I acquired when I lived in Scotland, a place where people collect everything: there are those who collect Mountain Climbing (¨ hillwalking ¨), who collects model trains traveling trying to find new ways (¨ trainspotting ¨), and of course, who collects birds, taking photographs and recording their behavior.
The village is just three streets, a shop, telephone booth, a tourist office closed at this hour, and a couple of restaurants for tourists. We had dinner in a restaurant, the only one open that day, and it is full of locals enjoying a substantial dinner and cheap.
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