I took Jennifer to Kuranda too, but this time we got there a bit earlier, and got to see the animal sanctuaries (including very friendly birds, as well as butterflies):

hello :)

this parrot liked me and just flew on me and stayed with me during the visit

the gift shop had another big parrot that liked my hat :)

nice nibble

Jennifer went to pet those very small kangaroos :)

After we were all done, we took the train back down:

The next day, we did a Draintree, Cape Tribulation tour, sadly it was raining quite a bit:

From Cairns, I was able to rent a plane, and we did a quick flight over the great barrier reef:

We then went diving on the Spirit of Freedom:

And that was it for Cairns, nice little town:

lots of bats sleeping in the trees