Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia is a long way from home, 3,578 km (2,223 miles) as the crow flies. Cape Tribulation is a renowned, biologically diverse headland in Queensland's Daintree National Park where the world's oldest rainforest meets the Great Barrier Reef. The Daintree was named by Captain James Cook on June 10, 1770, after his ship Endeavour struck a reef nearby. The population of this area 123 people.
The Daintree is of course tropical so has a dry and wet season.
The Chemist place is before you see a fair way from the signs.
You can see from the map where the State of Tasmania is to Cape Tribulation in Queensland, Australia.
Great post, Margaret. Information I didn't know about Queensland's Daintree National Park. That's a special corner of the world. It's worth a visit.
ReplyDeleteCertainly worth the visit and beautiful scenery as well, Giorgio.
DeleteLovely post!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anne.
DeleteWhat beautiful photos, Margaret!
ReplyDeleteThis is a truly beautiful park with wild nature, something you rarely find anywhere else.
I wish you a wonderful Wednesday.
All the best, Irma
Thank you, Irma. A lovely part of the world indeed.
DeleteMargaret is the oldest natural ecosystem in the world, with 160 million years. Considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, it hosts a practically intact jungle. Let us hope that humans do not alter it through their activities. This summer, the fires have left us without many of the millennial trees that we had in the forests of Argentine Patagonia.
ReplyDeleteOh my, fires are not good as you wrote about losing precious trees in your forest, hopefully some new ones will grow to replace them but of course it takes a long time for them to grow.
DeleteThe plants look very tropical. It's beautiful there. Are there crocodiles in the area?
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Yes tropical plants growing as they please and yes, one has to look out for crocodiles in the water but we didn't see any, but of course we looked just in case.
DeleteIl posto è meraviglioso.
ReplyDeletePeccato che sia così lontano da casa vostra e ancora più lontano dalla mia
Yes it is a good place to visit, but it's hot even in winter when we were there.
DeleteTakes many days to drive there.
Dear Margaret, what a great post. Beautiful photos. ❤️
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda.
DeleteEine wunderbare Landschaft auf der anderen Seite der Welt. Solche unberührten Wälder gibt es hier nicht. Ich genieße die schönen Fotos.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Many of our forests/bush is untouched by humans, however one would think it all was touched by humans if one tree is cut down as we do have a forest industry, but only in certain areas, and reforested again, and again in the same area.
DeleteSuch great memories for you, with great photos to remind you of the details.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, Andrew. Just love going through the photos and seeing where I've been and writing about it, so much joy and love attached to it.
DeleteWhat a nice place to visit.
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely there Mary. So many beautiful places in this world but only visited many in Australia.
DeleteA lovely post, great photographs and information.
ReplyDeleteAustralia is so vast! Many thanks for sharing the map, I do appreciate it.
All the best Jan
You are welcome Jan. Australia from the tropics to the tepid climate. When travelling we used to take clothes for all season..
DeleteWhat a beautiful place to see and explore.
ReplyDeleteIt was and is Bill. Lovely there and so very different from home in terrain and climate.
DeleteI always thank you for the maps you share Margaret, because it gives me not only a great geography lesson but also a feel for the distances. I never knew about this rainforest and I loved your photos. Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome Denise. Maps are important as to where I'm talking about and where the photos were taken along with where I've been and as you say how far it is. The land we live in is so very diverse and large where most people live on the outside as in just inside the map because the rest the land is mostly arid (the outback) and a lot of it uninhabitable.
DeleteThanks Denise.
Margaret, tímto příspěvkem jsi mě příjemně překvapila. Je to nejen zajímavé, ale jako milovnice historie a zeměpisu to vnímám nejen jako krásu této oblasti, ale když tu máš mapu a jméno Jamese Cooka, název lodi a další údaje, začala jsem pátrat v minulosti vašeho kontinentu a třeba někdy také něco vytvořím.
ReplyDeleteAť se daří! 🍀
Wonderful is your comment, than you. For me it's important to have a map to show otherwise no one would know how far, what I was writing about as in the place, and the photos show it all. I like history and geography and most of my blog relates to those two things, but then I diverse for a change every now and then :)
DeleteGreat area - I thoroughly enjoyed my visit up there with mates many moons ago.
ReplyDeleteThankfully we missed the monsoonal rains.
Yep there are CROCODILES - fresh water I think, but then a crocodile is to be avoided
unless you want a part of you removed - FREE !!! ha ha.
Terrible weather here at Terrigal so no one in the surf and there have been really high
tides - up to the beach steps!
Cheers
Colin
It's good up there Colin. We didn't see any crocs but it was winter even though it was hot and humid but it's the tropics so expected.
DeleteLovely weather down here at the moment, nice temps and it's warm clear skies and just wee breeze.
Bello selva. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteWhy is the population so tiny? Are there specific problems that locals have to deal with?
ReplyDeleteIsolation, Hels. No shopping, having to cross the river on a barge, there is a hospital at Mossman south, Queensland not NSW. It's hot and humid even in winter, lack of industry, protected forest and so on. Guess that is part of the reason not many live there.
DeleteInteresting. I am shocked only 123 people live there.
ReplyDeleteLovely rivers shots Margaret.
Thank you Liam. There are many isolated places in Australia that only have a few people living in them. It's tropical, lack of industry, no shops so many reason why not many live there.
DeleteThat's a very long drive, but worth it for all you would see along the way as well as the rainforest itself.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful drive up that way but then the drive to get there is also good and it takes a long time and even longer if you want to see all things there are to see on the way up as you would appreciate River. Gorgeous rain forest it is.
DeleteNature is beautiful. But how come just 123 people living there??
ReplyDeleteYes it is beautiful Angie. I guess there is no industry, the rain forest is protected, no shops, no shopping, tropical weather and I guess many more reason which I don't know about. As you drive along the road just rainforest as thick as could be.
DeleteAnother great post! Rain forests are amazing!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bill. Yes, rainforests are so very different from the forests/bush I am used to.
DeleteHeat and humidity are not my favourite weather conditions, but I would enjoy being there! The birds, the entire ecosystem in fact, are amazing.
ReplyDeleteThe birds would be wonderful to see if you can get in the rain forest. Several species are listed, David.
DeleteHow interesting! So pretty, as well!
ReplyDeletehugs
Donna
Thank you Donna.
DeleteThat is quite a drive. Worth it for sure.
ReplyDeleteYes, a long day and many days to get there.
DeleteWow what a fabulous place. I would love to visit there. Have a nice day.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good place to visit, many people in Australia have no idea what it's like up there.
DeleteSo beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you Hena.
DeleteNo Way !! I Was There Way Back In 1992 - Flew Into Sidney And Flew Domestically To Brisbane - Drove Up To Day Dream Island For Three Days - Continued North For Another Four Days Or So - Absolutely Loved The Rainforest , Meals , And Other Tourist - It Was Truly A Magical Trip - Thank You
ReplyDeleteBig Hugs ,
Cheers
Seems I brought back memories :) I haven't been to Daydream Island. It's a long way up there, isn't it!
DeleteThank you for letting me see a part of the world I will never get to visit,
ReplyDeleteYou are most welcome, Ruby Rose.
DeleteNot a part of this country I have ever visited
ReplyDeleteWell it's a long way from anywhere, Jo-Anne so I can understand that.
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