Once we spent some time in the Daintree and on the Great Barrier Reef, it was time to head back south from whence we came. Luckily there is so much to see and do on the Queensland coast that we were able to do totally different things on the way back down than we had on the way up, and we still left multiple things undone. I really liked the town of Port Douglas, with its historical church...
...beautiful bay views...
...and its own stretch of those perfect beaches that Australia is just dripping in.
As we continued south through and out of the Wet Tropics, the sugar cane continued to keep us company, and this time we even saw the "cane train" in action, since it's harvest time.
We enjoyed a quick stop in Townsville, with its AMAZING view from the top of Castle Hill...
...and a lovely rainforest walk in Eungella National Park.
SR even got one more "big things" picture--very appropriately, after all that sugar cane we've driven past, with a cane toad.
The beach at Cape Hillsborough National Park was particularly beautiful, and though it's sad to see the wing of a blue tiger butterfly that has seen better days, they move so fast we couldn't get a picture of a live one, and I just love these colors.
We spent a couple nights in Agnes Waters / 1770, and got to see the beach where Captain Cook first landed on the Queensland coast back in...1770.
We also went on a sunset kayak trip from 1770.
One of our last nights with the camper van was spent at Norval Park, right on the beach at this incredibly peaceful spot. A pretty perfect way to start closing out the trip, with beautiful sunset colors and dolphins frolicking offshore.
Not quite done yet, but can you feel the bittersweet mood of a fantastic trip about to draw to a close? I sure can....
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