Rex Lookout -on the road from Port Douglas to Cairns

Rex Lookout -on the road from Port Douglas to Cairns

to take the skyrail to Kuranda.

We leave the Caravonica Terminal far below us

in a gondola suspended on the cable-way

that travels above the tropical rainforest.

With the canopy on the side of the hill, it is almost in your face

and a good way to see all the plants that live in the canopy top.

We climb even higher

and looking down can make you dizzy

but to the side

it is awe inspiring.

Having reached the top, there is a sky way “plateau””

that travels high above the rainforest.

Looking back at the pylons

and out across the landscape.

The railway cuts into the hill opposite.

The Hydro- Electric Power Station

harnesses power from the Barron River Falls

that tumble deep into the gorge far below.

At the moment the falls are a trickle

But they are ferocious during the “wet” !

The water is held back by

a dam at the top of the falls.

We take off again across the terrain,

heading over the Rainforest

that lies deep below us.

Kuranda is seen over in the distance

The Skyrail crosses the Barron River.

Looking back at the rainforest on its banks.

The body of a wrecked aircraft at the entrance to the Kuranda Heritage Markets.

At the end of the day we return to Cairns

Preferring the gondola to the train option.

Jim and the airsick unwell

webwuff, caught on

candid camera.

On the way home we stop in at Palm Cove, also aptly named.