On Monday, we did something we don't do very often. We took a day tour. I must have been getting tired of trip planning, and the ads made the trip sound so nice. A "small group" with "knowledgeable guide" and access to "places that most tourists don't get to see". We did see a lot, and we left the driving to them. It wasn't a bad tour. I just spent the day regretting that we were in a mini-bus instead of driving on our own for half the price. Remind me that I really don't care for group tours next time I'm trip planning, will you? I'm not complaining, really...other than about the fact that the advertised "morning tea" involved exactly one cup of tea and a cookie, which was a little less than I had been led to believe. But I digress. It was a good day. We were picked up at our hotel a little after 7:00am, and after a few more stops for pick-ups proceeded up the beautiful Queensland coast, stopping for a boat ride along the river, where we saw plenty of the promised crocodiles. We continued into the rainforest for a short walk along a boardwalk, and were served lunch at a wildlife refuge, where we were given sweet potato slices to feed the wallabies.
In the afternoon we were served "billy tea", a local tea boiled over a fire, and a selection of exotic fruits, and had time for a dip in a chilly freshwater swimming hole (no crocs there), before driving to Cape Tribulation for a quick look-see. The whole time we kept our eyes peeled for cassowaries, a huge and endangered Australian native bird, but did not catch sight of any in the wild, unfortunately. On the way home we were given an opportunity to buy some gourmet ice cream, an offer we did take them up on, as well, so we certainly can't complain!
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