Cape Tribulation and MORE....

Well, we are exhausted by now with it being the 6th day of our tour in Tropical Queensland. We are toured out! We have literally done everything one should do here other than ride in a helicopter!
Today was the Billy Tour rainforest expedition. A truck... Toyota landruiser high up on 4 wheel drive truck picked us up and we were off to Daintree national park and Cape Tribulation. It was awesome!! The park is spectacular, with wooden walkways and the guided tour was wonderful. I got pictures of him and though he looks the quintissential part of the Aussie outdoor guy in his Blundstones who knew all kinds of stuff about a lot of things and was loads of fun. We were dropped off at a riverboat station and ferried up the Daintree river seeing real Crocodiles on the shore. We saw lots of tree snakes and I got to see a Black Kite, a large bird of prey. I also got to see lots of Mangroves (there are 60 varieties).
Then we reconnected with the truck and drove up to the National Park and were guided trough by the driver. Then on to lunch (which the driver cooked.. he worked hard!) of the biggest steak I have eaten in years, perfectly cooked. Barbecues are a flat cook surface, not the grills we are used to seeing here. On again to a beautiful part of the park, well off road (hence the need for the truck) to a wonderful stream. Some people swam, but the water was decidedly cool, so I passed and instead, did a drawing.
We had "billy" tea, not recommended, as was the wine that was served with the exotic fruit was not good, but the fruit itself was good. Several kinds I have never heard of or tasted. Chocolate pudding fruit, a kind of Persimmon, was very nice indeed.
We were shown a couple of other nice spots, like a fruit farm that made ice cream with those fruit. They also had tea bushes. We were dropped off on the beach to look at the Coral Sea, and also a great lookout from quite a way up to look at the mouth of the Daintree river. Whew! Isn't that enough for one day? We are done.
We've decided to stick around Cairns for another day or three, to rest up and then take the train outta town heading south. I'm looking forward to some R&R!