Mt Carbine, QLD

An Azure Kingfisher at Mt Carbine

An early rise in the morning to the gentle sounds of the tide going out from our little camp site
at Noah's Beach. Sunlight streaking through the canopy, water boiling, cars being packed and we're ready to hit the road again to catch up with the loves of our lives.....our caravans!  Boys' day off today, girls behind the wheel as we trek through the balance of our journey through the Daintree.
The views were spectacular....maybe I shouldn't have been driving in order to capture more on film.  Arriving at the ferry to cross the Daintree River at $12.50 (for about 12 metres) was fantastic, since we paid $88 to cross the Jardine River of approximately 50 metres!!! ...yes it was a return journey though!!

Cape York Crew...Les took the photo.

It was only Wednesday but we were all so really happy to have achieved just another simple pact to have spent 17 nights under tents, camp kitchen, showers or bathes in rivers, streams, gourmet dinners under stars with orange blazing fires for hearth. Time to kiss our tents goodbye as we were all excited to be heading home....to our caravans....luxury at last!!

On arrival at Mt. Carbine all parties picked up momentum, pulling all out from cars to clean, repack vans and cars.  Don't ask me why but why is it that guys spend so much time on their cars? Stew washed and washed, whilst Daniel washed yesterday and then again today!

Just relaxing!

In the meantime, I've been bitten crazy by mosquitos, ankles, wrists, shoulders, thighs. 
Cannot wait to get back to give my tootsies a pedicure! Rub some fragrant body lotion over me, the welts, do something with my hair...although I always still put it up!!!! I've also now grown accustomed to Daniel's beard.  Having grown it, cultured it for almost 2 months, I can only say that it is quite soft. I would say that it actually makes him look quite rugged,awesomely
handsome.....but then he always was.....it gives him another charismatic persona.

Les' famous roast chicken, potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, sweet potato was a God send to cap off the day...so to say the 17 days too! Beer, white wine.......then red wine.....then.....lemon lime  bitters with Vodka..........Oh boy!.....who's suffering with hangovers today???? still, rise to shine as the jobs need to be done as we depart the next day to say our last goodbyes with our Cape York Crew!

One of our many shared dinners together!

Not sure if this raft will get them off the island!



Fire for the evening