Cairns, Australia Photo Gallery

I'm up for sunrise!

We took a gondola ride to the tropical rainforest.

Brian on the Skyrail.

We had a glass floor and could look straight down. I loved those ferns and you can see our gondola shadow.

Going towards Red Peak.

A view back to the sea and our ship.

A boardwalk in the tropical rainforest.

Banyan trees will wrap around another tree for support. It will eventually kill that tree.

Rattan plant, which is very thorny and climbs anything it comes in contact with.

Kauri Pine-We were told this was the original pine tree. It has leaves and not needles.

A basket fern, which I thought was pretty cool, until I read that pythons like to nest in them.

Golden Orb-Weaving Spider-This spider is harmless to humans, although Australia has many poisonous ones.

A ranger showed me this young python.

A huge basket fern! They don't hurt the tree they are on.

View of the Barron River.

Rattan growing up to the top of the canopy.

Pretty flowering trees.

We were thankful for the beautiful sunny day in this rainforest.

Barron Falls.

Barron River.

Barron Falls

I loved seeing rainbows here at the falls.

Fan Palm.

Crossing the Barron River.

The walkway to Kuranda, a town in the tropical rainforest.

A fun sign in Kuranda.

Aboriginal art in Kuranda.

Sidewalk in Kuranda.

Coming back down.

There was a lot of sugar cane growing here.

Sea front in Cairns.

Bush Stone-Curlew, it stood so still that we almost thought it was a statue.

Walk way in Cairns.

The lagoon in Cairns.

The lagoon in Cairns.

Hymenocallis coronaria-Also known as Cahaba lily, shoal lily, shoal's spider lily.

I think this is agave. It was very tall.

Yorkey's Knob where our tenders docked.