Day 46 - Cairns, Australia

Sunday, our stop was in Cains, Queensland, Australia. It  is one of the main gateways to the Great Barrier Reef. We have been here before and on our previous  trip we went out onto the Great Barrier Reef where I snorkeled. This time  we are going inland into the Wet Tropical Rain Foerst, one of the oldest  on earth.  Our excursion was called "Sights and Heights". We took a gondola ride up over and into the rain forest. 

before sunrise

the port Pilot is arriving

interesting ripples caused by our wake

the Cains Cruise Ship dock

a rainbow over the city

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up we went.  Highest point was about 1800 ft. the total Skyway run is almost 5 miles long

ther rainforst below

we were up in the clouds

we changed cars at one of the stations

at the end of the Skyway was the small town of Kuranda

many stores here

local art

the main street

some local aborigines entertaining the tourists

an Australian pot pie for lunch 

I needed an Australian hat

back into Cains

a city street

and another 

the city library has some special residents in the trees around it

spectacled  flying squirrels (fruit Bats)- (thousands of them)

another street scene 

back to the ship

a stop at a local brewery first

sail away

some locals watched us sail away