First and most importantly - Happy Birthday Aimee. 10 today. Where have the last ten years gone?
I have had a fabulous day today. I took the 10.00am Kuranda Scenic Railway from Freshwater station (just around the corner from where I am staying) up to the rainforest village of Kuranda. http://www.kuranda.org/?
The journey took one and a half hours to slowly climb 327 metres to the mountain top village, including a photo stop,
Due to the number of people (and screaming kids!) waiting on the platform, I upgraded my ticket to 'Gold'. So I peacefully travelled in style and comfort in an armchair with unlimited drinks - hot, cold or alcoholic - and an endless supply of lovely food. My style of travel! The railway is very historic and is over 100 years old and the website is definitely worth a browse http://www.ksr.com.au/Pages/Default.aspx
Kuranda village is full of markets and cafes, and is somewhat 'touristy', but is interesting to wander around. I visited the small zoo where I just had to cuddle a koala!
And I also saw kangaroos with little joeys in their pockets as well as wallabies, and many exotic birds in 'Birdworld'. Kuranda was a great place to visit.
But the icing on the cake was the journey down. I took the 'Skyrail' - a 7.5km cable car high over the top of the rainforest canopy. http://www.skyrail.com.au/
It was truly a wonderful ride and lasted an hour. I had a cable car to myself which was lovely, but a bit freaky whenever the system stopped briefly, as it occasionally did!
We passed over the Barron Falls
and the cable car stopped at a couple of stations for us to get out and have a walk through the rainforest on a boardwalk and to take some photos
It was a wonderful experience and the views were just spectacular
As usual, there are loads more photos on Picasaweb https://picasaweb.google.com/judystevens17/AustraliaAprilMay2011#
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