{"id":25247,"date":"2021-05-14T07:47:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T21:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=25247"},"modified":"2021-06-23T07:22:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T21:22:13","slug":"the-daintree-australia-%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%ba-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=25247","title":{"rendered":"The Daintree, Queensland  \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Date: 11th May 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Travelled: 290 kilometres from Cooktown to Daintree Village&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visited: The Daintree, far North Queensland. &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stayed: Daintree Riverview Caravan Park, $40, all services.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/uKX1q55pjFLenbQ47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">S16.24984, E145.31818<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Budget: 31 days @ $141 per day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>We depart Cooktown on the Mulligan Highway heading south.  Sad to leave but happy we had three days to get to know the place.  We are soon out of town crossing rough bridges once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We stop briefly at the Black Mountain viewing point for a photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/161D22BA-CF2B-44A4-950E-0B501C5C892D-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/161D22BA-CF2B-44A4-950E-0B501C5C892D-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"25249\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/161D22BA-CF2B-44A4-950E-0B501C5C892D-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=25249\" class=\"wp-image-25249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/161D22BA-CF2B-44A4-950E-0B501C5C892D-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/161D22BA-CF2B-44A4-950E-0B501C5C892D-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/161D22BA-CF2B-44A4-950E-0B501C5C892D-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/161D22BA-CF2B-44A4-950E-0B501C5C892D-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/161D22BA-CF2B-44A4-950E-0B501C5C892D-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/161D22BA-CF2B-44A4-950E-0B501C5C892D-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/161D22BA-CF2B-44A4-950E-0B501C5C892D-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Black Mountain and its mass of black granite boulders.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/D13A07E1-8035-42DE-BFA5-D1294257B27C-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/D13A07E1-8035-42DE-BFA5-D1294257B27C-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"25250\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/D13A07E1-8035-42DE-BFA5-D1294257B27C-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=25250\" class=\"wp-image-25250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/D13A07E1-8035-42DE-BFA5-D1294257B27C-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/D13A07E1-8035-42DE-BFA5-D1294257B27C-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/D13A07E1-8035-42DE-BFA5-D1294257B27C-scaled.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/D13A07E1-8035-42DE-BFA5-D1294257B27C-570x760.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/D13A07E1-8035-42DE-BFA5-D1294257B27C-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The drive to Mount Molloy takes us three hours Including a coffee stop.  It\u2019s not as interesting on the way back which I suppose we don\u2019t like backtracking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A31BEBE1-2085-4B3F-9CDE-E1D65A792AEF-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A31BEBE1-2085-4B3F-9CDE-E1D65A792AEF-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"25251\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A31BEBE1-2085-4B3F-9CDE-E1D65A792AEF-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=25251\" class=\"wp-image-25251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A31BEBE1-2085-4B3F-9CDE-E1D65A792AEF-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A31BEBE1-2085-4B3F-9CDE-E1D65A792AEF-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A31BEBE1-2085-4B3F-9CDE-E1D65A792AEF-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A31BEBE1-2085-4B3F-9CDE-E1D65A792AEF-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A31BEBE1-2085-4B3F-9CDE-E1D65A792AEF-570x427.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A31BEBE1-2085-4B3F-9CDE-E1D65A792AEF-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/A31BEBE1-2085-4B3F-9CDE-E1D65A792AEF-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Pam loves a truck.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/82D13D3A-4104-485D-802D-4546E3A589BD-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/82D13D3A-4104-485D-802D-4546E3A589BD-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"25252\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/82D13D3A-4104-485D-802D-4546E3A589BD-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=25252\" class=\"wp-image-25252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/82D13D3A-4104-485D-802D-4546E3A589BD-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/82D13D3A-4104-485D-802D-4546E3A589BD-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/82D13D3A-4104-485D-802D-4546E3A589BD-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/82D13D3A-4104-485D-802D-4546E3A589BD-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/82D13D3A-4104-485D-802D-4546E3A589BD-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/82D13D3A-4104-485D-802D-4546E3A589BD-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/82D13D3A-4104-485D-802D-4546E3A589BD-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>From Mount Molloy we turn for the coast.  Some 20 kms later we slow at a viewing point that looks down on Port Douglas to the south and Daintree to the north.  The drive down from the escarpment is slow, steep and winding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04C476A5-6739-4814-BAE5-7600A7DFB3E7-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04C476A5-6739-4814-BAE5-7600A7DFB3E7-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"25254\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04C476A5-6739-4814-BAE5-7600A7DFB3E7-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=25254\" class=\"wp-image-25254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04C476A5-6739-4814-BAE5-7600A7DFB3E7-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04C476A5-6739-4814-BAE5-7600A7DFB3E7-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04C476A5-6739-4814-BAE5-7600A7DFB3E7-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04C476A5-6739-4814-BAE5-7600A7DFB3E7-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04C476A5-6739-4814-BAE5-7600A7DFB3E7-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04C476A5-6739-4814-BAE5-7600A7DFB3E7-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/04C476A5-6739-4814-BAE5-7600A7DFB3E7-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/B5DF0C40-0479-4E59-B70E-988002A9280E-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/B5DF0C40-0479-4E59-B70E-988002A9280E-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"25256\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/B5DF0C40-0479-4E59-B70E-988002A9280E-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=25256\" class=\"wp-image-25256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/B5DF0C40-0479-4E59-B70E-988002A9280E-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/B5DF0C40-0479-4E59-B70E-988002A9280E-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/B5DF0C40-0479-4E59-B70E-988002A9280E-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/B5DF0C40-0479-4E59-B70E-988002A9280E-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/B5DF0C40-0479-4E59-B70E-988002A9280E-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/B5DF0C40-0479-4E59-B70E-988002A9280E-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/B5DF0C40-0479-4E59-B70E-988002A9280E-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back on the coast once again we turn north along the Captain Cook Highway firstly for Mossman, then into the lower Daintree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1DEC57E9-3B71-4651-B91A-52A2C497BF01-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1DEC57E9-3B71-4651-B91A-52A2C497BF01-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"25258\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1DEC57E9-3B71-4651-B91A-52A2C497BF01-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=25258\" class=\"wp-image-25258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1DEC57E9-3B71-4651-B91A-52A2C497BF01-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1DEC57E9-3B71-4651-B91A-52A2C497BF01-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1DEC57E9-3B71-4651-B91A-52A2C497BF01-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1DEC57E9-3B71-4651-B91A-52A2C497BF01-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1DEC57E9-3B71-4651-B91A-52A2C497BF01-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1DEC57E9-3B71-4651-B91A-52A2C497BF01-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1DEC57E9-3B71-4651-B91A-52A2C497BF01-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The sugar cane is in flower ?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/C5D4BDCB-10B1-4E50-9BDB-A2F43093806C-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/C5D4BDCB-10B1-4E50-9BDB-A2F43093806C-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"25257\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/C5D4BDCB-10B1-4E50-9BDB-A2F43093806C-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=25257\" class=\"wp-image-25257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/C5D4BDCB-10B1-4E50-9BDB-A2F43093806C-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/C5D4BDCB-10B1-4E50-9BDB-A2F43093806C-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/C5D4BDCB-10B1-4E50-9BDB-A2F43093806C-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/C5D4BDCB-10B1-4E50-9BDB-A2F43093806C-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/C5D4BDCB-10B1-4E50-9BDB-A2F43093806C-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/C5D4BDCB-10B1-4E50-9BDB-A2F43093806C-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/C5D4BDCB-10B1-4E50-9BDB-A2F43093806C-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Mossman had a big Woolworths.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s been a long day of driving, so we turn for Daintree Village rather than cross the Daintree River.  The village itself was smaller than we expected but it\u2019s a pretty little place nestled between the river and the rainforest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8A667143-9C3A-4FAA-9E9B-5CEEB90923AF-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8A667143-9C3A-4FAA-9E9B-5CEEB90923AF-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8A667143-9C3A-4FAA-9E9B-5CEEB90923AF-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8A667143-9C3A-4FAA-9E9B-5CEEB90923AF-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8A667143-9C3A-4FAA-9E9B-5CEEB90923AF-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8A667143-9C3A-4FAA-9E9B-5CEEB90923AF-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8A667143-9C3A-4FAA-9E9B-5CEEB90923AF-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8A667143-9C3A-4FAA-9E9B-5CEEB90923AF-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8A667143-9C3A-4FAA-9E9B-5CEEB90923AF-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>You could say the campsite was a little quirky.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Map of Daintree Village, the icon on our campsite.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/6D76F2E0-09FA-4370-9C16-D19AA0FCAF6E-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/6D76F2E0-09FA-4370-9C16-D19AA0FCAF6E-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/6D76F2E0-09FA-4370-9C16-D19AA0FCAF6E-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/6D76F2E0-09FA-4370-9C16-D19AA0FCAF6E-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/6D76F2E0-09FA-4370-9C16-D19AA0FCAF6E-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/6D76F2E0-09FA-4370-9C16-D19AA0FCAF6E-scaled.jpeg 1365w, 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A little rain can be heard on the roof about 8pm and the temperature drops nicely.  So we get a good nights sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We make an early start and walk the village and the road adjoining the river for an hour.  What we thought were noisy birds in the adjoining forest proved to be a large gatherings of fruit bats or flying foxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/54064A0C-BDFA-4AC7-A504-E5570AD95552-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/54064A0C-BDFA-4AC7-A504-E5570AD95552-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/54064A0C-BDFA-4AC7-A504-E5570AD95552-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/54064A0C-BDFA-4AC7-A504-E5570AD95552-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/54064A0C-BDFA-4AC7-A504-E5570AD95552-scaled.jpeg 1024w, 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crocodile cruise boats waiting on the Daintree.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s time to ready the Jayco for the road and continue our travels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael and Pam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 11th May 2021 Travelled: 290 kilometres from Cooktown to Daintree Village&nbsp; Visited: The Daintree, far North Queensland. &nbsp; Stayed: Daintree Riverview Caravan Park, $40, all services.\u00a0S16.24984, E145.31818\u00a0 Budget: 31 days @ $141 per day. We depart Cooktown on the Mulligan Highway heading south. 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