Precious Kaleidoscope goes camping...

Cairns, The Tablelands and Cape Tribulation

Upon arriving in Cairns and checking out the party scene for a couple nights we decided to rent a van, a few tents, get some hot dogs and beans and go on a good old fashioned camping trip. But before I discuss that I must relate an experience of Jordan's, who went to a local bar with a couple of friends and ran into none other than Matthew McCaunahey. That's right all you ladies, Mr. Rothe was within 10 feet of the sexiest man alive himself - I can feel the jealousy through the fiberoptic cable. But on to the trip...

We picked up our Toyota Taurago in the morning and off we went to the tablelands, a beautiful stretch of countryside filled with beautiful gorges, waterfalls and lakes. Day 1 was spent viewing these beautiful landscapes before making camp next to a majestic lake.

As the sun lightened the morning sky on day 2 we were already on the road, passing through small towns on our way to Kurunda, where we took a gondola tour overtop of the rainforest canopy, stopping to view rainforest animals, flora and fauna. We then boarded our van once again and made the trip up towards Cape Tribulation, a world renown beach location about 100km north of Cairns. Our night was spent cooking hot dogs over the fire and camping in the rainforest next to the beach. Simply marvelous!

Day 3 took us to Cape Tribulation and then back down towards Cairns, stopping at a crocodile, snake and animal farm for a tour, some crocodile feeding and an all around good time. Soon another day had passed and we were back camping on the beach. Oh, what a life we lead.

Camping was an awesome time for all; sociables in the car, beach sing songs, roasts, definitely an awesome way to see tropical North Queensland.