Notes from Cairns

Satiated from the richness of the Daintree and Great Barrier Reef, Vilis and I eased back, strolling peacefully through the Cairns Botanic Gardens early this morning, and then spending an hour in the ...

Great Barrier Reef

At 8:30 a.m., Vilis and I boarded Reef Magic’s high-speed catamaran, which transported us 45 kilometres away from Cairns to Moore Reef on the outer Great Barrier Reef. The catamaran pounded over...

The Daintree, North Queensland

At 5:30 a.m., with the tropical dawn chorus in full swing, Vilis and I crawled out of our sleeping bags, enticed by the two-hour cruise of the Daintree River awaiting us. A pheasant coucal added its v...

North to Daintree Village, North Queensland

At 6:15 a.m., beneath a blue sky touched with cloud clinging to the peaks of North Queensland coastal ranges, Vilis and I headed north from Townsville on the Bruce Highway, our destination Daintree Vi...