After the rest day, it was back to touring but we got off to a saw start when we down into the car park and found the car had a flat tyre. The tyre was changed and we popped into the local Avis office where they replaced the car (it didn't seem like a good idea travelling without a spare tyre).
We headed north to visit the rainforest and the first stop was a boat trip on the Daintree River. We were on a silent, electric powered boat and saw several crocodiles from babies up to a fully mature male. We also saw several kingfishers and snakes,
From there, we crossed the river on the little car ferry and continued north to visit the rain forest discovery centre. This had a good series of boarded walks around the base of the forest as well as a tower to allow you to get up the top of the canopy and see the different kinds of vegetation at the different levels.
Further north we went as far as it's possible to drive without a 4x4 - Cape Tribulation. This is a stunning bay with a 4 mile long beach although the weather wasn't great and didn't really encourage you to sit around too long.
We then started the trip back south and called into the Daintree Ice Cream factory (which is actually part of the Daintree Tea plantation) for some very exotically flavoured ice cream. Almost back in Port Douglas we walked part of the Mossman Gorge but by this time, it was pretty wet and the light was failing.
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