RHH's photos with the keyword: daintree national park

This is called a creek, but seemed more like a river, and rather deep at that when we were crossing it. That's however, is only part of the story in this photo. The day it was taken the girls wanted to go shopping, so my wife, my son and I decided to go back to the rainforest and hike in a less touristy area than Mossman Gorge. We settled on a hike to the Devil's Thumb lookout and soon discovered the hiking away from the tourist areas was a different experience. At this point we had not even begun the hike but had had trouble finding the track and were facing hiking through the water here. Even after this the track was hard to find in spots, very steep and with the light rain that was falling, very slippery. We had to deal with a lot of spiny plants including Hairy Mary, Wait-a-While Palm, and Lawyer's Cane, but it was the leeches that defeated us. My son, who had only hiking sandals could not keep the leeches off his feet and we finally turned back. So, while the photo suggests a quiet peaceful hike through the forest, it was anything but.

This is the Mossman River which runs through Mossman Gorge in the Daintree Rainforest in Daintree National Park in northern Queensland. We hiked the trails in Mossman Gorge yesterday, an overcast and sometimes rainy day. The rainforest was spectacular and the hike superb even for those of our group who are less than avid hikers. Today we saw our first crocodiles and visited a sugarcane and cocoa plantation. So we've had a busy but wonderful trip thus far and have enjoyed the food and wine as well, though the beer is so-so.