The Sky Rail and Train are one of the major land attactions in Cairns. The other key attraction is the Great Barrier Reef.
Bob and
Joyce Australian Adventure
May 22 - June 8, 2003
Cairns - Kuranda
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The cruise is over and we arrive at Cairns (in the rain). |
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The Skyrail at Kuranda. This gondola cable car goes up the mountain and above the canopy of the rain forest making several stops. |
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Walking through the rainforest on one of the stops. |
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A magnificent web of the Golden Orb spider. |
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The spider |
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The spider even closer. It is not dangerous to humans. |
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Continuing up the mountain. |
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Our return train deep in the valley. |
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Joyce shows off the Maryland colors at the Monkey Bar resturant in Kuranda. |
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The Bat Lady holds a fruit bat. She rescues injured and ill bat and returns them (if possible) to the wild. She had about 100 bats at the time we were there. One time she had 1000 adults and 300 juveniles - kept her busy. Interesting operation called "Bat Reach". |
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The decorated locomotive of the Kuranda Scenic Railway. |
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During the normal wet season (summer), this gorge is filled with raging water. Now it is the dry season (winter) and It has been dryer than normal, hence a trickle. |
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The carriage of the train. There were 12 cars in the train.
15 tunnels in the 15 mile route. The Sky Rail and Train are one of the major land attactions in Cairns. The other key attraction is the Great Barrier Reef.
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The Fig Tree Lodge - our Cairns hotel for one night. |
© Copyright 2003 Robert E. Graf