Cape Tribulation

We help ourselves to breakfast and are provided with two fruit baskets with a selection of fruits grown here. The mangoes are amazing, and freshly cut sugar bananas are offered for tasting. Later we are shown the packing shed and process of getting fruit ready for the market. We stay a while to help before heading to Cape Trib itself, the lookout and a second beach walk. There are only a few people on the beach, which is of pure white sand and is backed by the rainforest. We walk north and curse that we are here during stinger season which means we cannot enter the water. At all beach access points there are warning signs and bottles of vinegar, essential first aid for the less dangerous stingers in the water at this time.

We drive up the unsealed road to Emmagen Creek where we know of a further swimming hole. It is close to the creek crossing which we use, the first real test for our 4wd. It takes this in its stride, unlike a car which has somehow crossed the creek northbound and now attempts to recross heading south! Entertaining for the smug onlookers but a calamity for the driver and his passengers. Benji tries to gather a crew to assist but the car driver doesn't heed advice and is digging the car deeper into the water. We return to the car and Caro drives us through the creek and past the stranded car.

We lunch at the Cassawary Cafe and discover that it has a small pool which we make use of for an afternoon of reading, swimming and sleeping in the shade. On departure I add to my collection of images of spiders. This evening we are meeting up with two of Caro's friends for supper at “whet” a restaurant owned by some of their relatives