The Daintree Rainforest, Australia

The Daintree Rainforest was amazing. It was a little north of Port Douglas and we were glad we chose to rent a car so we could go wherever we wanted to in it. We went to a part called Mossman Gorge at first and then took a car ferry over to Cape Tribulation. It was all so green and fresh in there and we had fun exploring it! Crossing the bridge at Mossman Gorge. It was definitely a bouncy bridge!

A gorgeous scenic view looking over the rainforest to the ocean...way better in person though!

We read great reviews on trip advisor how yummy this ice cream place was on the way to Cape Tribulation. LIES. Our opinion: It was gross! But we ate it all because we paid for it. It was funny cause we would both keep stopping and saying, "Oh you can eat the rest. I'm done" and then the other one would say, "Oh no, you can have the rest." haha, that usually does not happen with us when the ice cream is really good! :)

Guy doing his thing and driving on the other side. He rocked it!

They had signs all over the road to watch out for Cassowary birds. I wanted to see one so bad so we were on the lookout the whole time! They are native only to northern Australia and they are endangered so we didn't think we had a very good chance to see one

This sign was funny. The top one is supposed to be a speed bump sign but someone turned it into a dead Cassowary sign. And one of our highlights of the trip...we actually saw a wild Cassowary in the rainforest. Another car was stopped so we stopped behind them and got out to see what they were looking at. Sure enough, it was a Cassowary back in the trees. This was the best shot we could get of him because he kept moving further back but I was seriously so happy. They are really rare to see! They are weird looking birds....kind of the size of an ostrich, red and blue head, and they have this huge crest on the top of their heads.

It was good we were there in the winter so we didn't have to worry about the jellyfish

The beach by Cape Tribulation. This was a really cool beach because it was the rainforest on one side and then the Great Barrier Reef on the other. These were some weird looking trees with their roots above the sand. We found SO many cool seashells that had gotten stuck in there. One of our favorite things to do on this trip was find seashells for our boys. I also decided to start a sand collection from the places we've been so I brought home a little Great Barrier Reef sand.

I loved all the twisty vines and trees that grow in the rainforest. It was just amazing to walk through and explore.

This was by far the coolest tree I have ever seen

Guy next to our favorite tree

We spent quite awhile exploring these rocks finding lots of shells and creatures. Our days seemed to always start out sunny and end up really cloudy. But luckily, we never had any really stormy days...just lots of clouds!

It's hard to see but there's a little crab up next to the left rock just hanging out

I did not see this water snake, or eel, or whatever it was. Thank goodness! I can remember asking Guy what he was taking a picture of and he said nothing. He knows me too well because I would have for sure freaked out. I was already panicking because of the huge jumping spider that was jumping from rock to rock towards me. I love nature but not always all of nature's creatures! On the beach you would see all these little rolled up balls of sand that Guy told me was turtle poop. haha. But really there are these little crabs that live under the sand and they roll up balls of sand and push them through their holes on the surface to make their tunnels below. It's pretty amazing actually because there would be full beaches with these sand balls all over them. I can only imagine how many tiny crabs lived below! Guy's money shot! We could hear tons of birds in the rainforest but it was hard to see them. Guy spotted these two and was able to snap a picture real quick before they flew off. They were gorgeous!

And we saw two crocodiles in the wild which was kind of freaky but luckily they were on the other side and far away. You can't swim in any of the rivers there because crocs are everywhere!

The rainforest was one of my favorite things we did in Australia. It's hard to pick a favorite but it is top of the list for sure!