Hartley's Crocodile Adventure Day

Between Daintree and Cairns, we stopped at a beach or two and also at Heartley's Crocodile Adventure.  Cheesy, but well worth it.

Uh... yes, there is a full bottle of vinegar at this first-aid station.  Just in case.

Australian Sun, I'm onto you!

Crocs.  Again.  Yawn.

Croc Farm.  

This baby croc was very smooth.  Like my Aunt's croc purse.

Katie has a little more sense than her mother.

All for show.

Not so dangerous now, eh, crocodile?! 

Perspective is a wonderful thing.

Aussies are nuts.

Croc boats.

Katie was diggin' the Cassowary eating fruit.

Spiders, Spiders Everywhere!

The Daintree Rainforest is the most remote and farthest north we ventured in Queensland.  We came here to see spiders, it would seem...

Jake's making that face because of the next photo... 

I spotted this fully grown Golden Orb Weaver.  Scale is hard to tell, so imagine that the body of this spider alone is 5 cm long.  With the legs, she's the size of a plate.  BARF! BARF!

Um... in the Daintree Discovery Center bathroom, a Huntsman spider is chilling next to a tree frog.  Just one little fact:  they are both  the size of a an adult human hand.

Jaramali Rainforest Retreat - the coolest place we stayed.

The louvered windows all had screens.  Totally civilized.

Stick insect.  It was very, very fun to hold this guy.

Exotic fruit tasting.  Surprisingly fun!

Serious Rainforest Burger

Breadfruit fries.

Mangrove forest at dusk.

Cape Tribulation beach, where James Cook hit a reef in 1770 and  decided that he doesn't like it.

Katie is very upset because we interrupted her eating... SAND.

Best idea ever.

Most expensive gas ever.

Our Queensland plates.  Most people had "The Sunshine State" logo, but we ended up with "The Smart State".

As usual...

Atherton Tablelands and Mamu Rainforest

Fantastic park with walkways suspended above the rainforest canopy.

I love how excited Jake gets about Rainforests... :)

The famous Milla Milla falls... Meh.  

Uh... I WISH we saw one of these!

Famous and big Curtain Fig Tree

No cats and dogs at the Curtain Fig Tree.  Ok then.

Absolutely nobody on the road 10 minutes ahead and behind us...