Rain drops keep falling on my head

Our two night sailing excursion to the Great Barrier reef was cancelled due to the 2 to 3 meter (9 feet) waves and the 60 foot sailboat. It was rainy another day in Cairns so we rented a car and headed to the best place to be when it is bucketing...the rainforest.

With a quick stop to an Aboriginal Cultural center. We saw a few demostrations, movies about the history and culture. Our highlight was throwing a spear and boomerang (harder than it looks, folks). The Daintree rainforest was only 1.5 hours north. We had a great drive along the coast up into the rainforest. We took a 3K hike and got drenched (see picture). Then we stopped at a fruit stand, a MANGO Winery (Yummy) and through many small towns past some gorgous rolling green hills.

Today was spent driving the "waterfall circuit", through the only tropical dairy land, past crater lakes and back to Cairns. We ate lunch at a fabulous tea house on one of the lakes with scones to rival Aunt Mary's.

Tomorrow we have a 2 day/ 1 night reef trip planned on a bigger catamaran. We are hoping for some better weather!

A quick Happy Birthday to Grandma!