Hi everyone, tomorrow we leave Port Douglas after 2 weeks of heaven! We have loved our time here, great weather, nice town & have had a wonderful break. We head to Atherton tomorrow (inland S/W) then Charters Towers, Mt Isa on to Darwin. A couple of days ago I went on a helicopter flight call "Reef & Rainforest Tour" , we flew to the outer reefs then back to Cape Tribulation & followed river Gorges into the Daintree. I really got lucky on this flight- it was meant to be a 45 minute flight but a company employee who will be one of their pilots soon decided to fill an empty seat, so we were in the air for an hour and a quarter instead & had an unscheduled landing on a sand bar way out past the outer Great Barrier Reef. Just magic! Flying over the Daintree was incredible, right to the top of the mountains, then a jaw dropping view of a waterfall in Mossman Gorge ( another unscheduled landing ) and magnificent rock formations including the "Devil's Thumb". I was also very lucky to get the prime front seat next to the pilot. Unfortunately my camera batteries were very low, so not as many photos as I would have liked, especially of the Daintree Forrest. In a trip full of wonderful times, this was definitely the highlight. We have also loved going to the beach each day , & our towball testing service is going well.
Taking off from the heliport
The Low Islands
Outer Reef in the distance- this is where Steve Irwin died
Sand bar past the outer reef
Standing on the sand bar
Sand bar is about 300 metres long & 3 metres wide
Although you can't see it from the photos, we saw lots of turtles, a shark and stingrays.
The pouch around my waist is the life jacket
View of sand bar where we landed
Heading inland over the Daintree River
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