We made a picnic lunch then set off up the road to Daintree, about a 40 minute drive north of Port Douglas. We had our first croc tour from Daintree village on a tour boat, we werethe only ones on board and were lucky enough to get a close up look at Fat Albert, a 70 year old 700 kg monster. He was huge and had been known to eat a full grown beef bull (the local farmers lose about a dozen cattle a year when they come to drink from the river). Next stop was our second boat trip that started a few kms downstream. We saw 6 crocs ranging in size from a wee hatchling of about a foot long up to a 2.5 metre girl (hatchlings mum). Our observant guide spotted 3 green tree snakes hanging
on the limbs of trees beside the river, a large sea eagle and some kingfishers. We heard stories of locals that had been taken by crocodiles (four last year including a boy who had been swimming in a lagoon 300 metres downstream f
rom where we had spotted several of our crocs). From here we headed back to Mosssman Gorge which boasts some of the oldest rainforest in the world. We enjoyed a walk through some very lush tropical rain forest then headed back to our digs for a swim. Although weather not the best, still warm and too hot to sleep well at night. The kids enjoyed an overdose of shampoo in our balcony spa bath before bed!
We made a picnic lunch then set off up the road to Daintree, about a 40 minute drive north of Port Douglas. We had our first croc tour from Daintree village on a tour boat, we werethe only ones on board and were lucky enough to get a close up look at Fat Albert, a 70 year old 700 kg monster. He was huge and had been known to eat a full grown beef bull (the local farmers lose about a dozen cattle a year when they come to drink from the river). Next stop was our second boat trip that started a few kms downstream. We saw 6 crocs ranging in size from a wee hatchling of about a foot long up to a 2.5 metre girl (hatchlings mum). Our observant guide spotted 3 green tree snakes hanging 
on the limbs of trees beside the river, a large sea eagle and some kingfishers. We heard stories of locals that had been taken by crocodiles (four last year including a boy who had been swimming in a lagoon 300 metres downstream f
rom where we had spotted several of our crocs). From here we headed back to Mosssman Gorge which boasts some of the oldest rainforest in the world. We enjoyed a walk through some very lush tropical rain forest then headed back to our digs for a swim. Although weather not the best, still warm and too hot to sleep well at night. The kids enjoyed an overdose of shampoo in our balcony spa bath before bed!
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