Up bright and early, breakfast in Coffee Club, book out of Hotel, then walk about a mile with suitcases and small backpacks to collect hire car.
In the car bloody automatic some adjustment, nothing like watching the yanks trying to drive using gear shift stick LOL. I didn't know what to do with my left foot kept slamming it on the brake thinking it was the clutch.
Onwards and upwards to Kurunda, a village in the rainforest there are 3 ways to get there, Skyrail (long cable car ride) scenic rail journey or by car up twisty windy roads, upwards into the mountains about 20/25 mins drive.
With plenty of walks and attractions we chose to walk to the Barron Gorge, Which was sign posted at 2.5k big mistake, we walked what seemed like ages in the heat, took one look at a fork in the road and decided to turn back.
We walked back to the village via the Jungle walk which took us along by the river and up passed the train station, this walk was 1.5kThe village is offers a number of things to see, market, bird world, butterfly sanctuary & Koala Gardens plus the Kuranda Scenic Rail, (this was closed for a week for repairs.)
Having walk around the village we then decided to drive to the Barron Falls, This turned out to be 4.5k from the car park.
It was well worth the effort, River was low for time of year, it was still an impressive site.
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