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Continue the story by traveling to tropical spots near the coast of the Coral Sea in North Queensland and this chapter will finally be the story, but even rather small photoblog about the dive (well, ok, snorkelling) allmenus on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, and that we are advancing all further to the north of Australia in the direction of Cape York and the final point of our trip - the town of Cooktown, where in 1770, landed the same James Cook and where so feared Russian invasion in the second half of the 19th century that summon in London funding allmenus guns for protection from Russia.
In the previous section, which tells about the railway and the cable car tracks through the rainforest and about hidden in the forest village of Kuranda, I will briefly mention the main center of this part of the coast of Australia - Cairns, but even to the extent in which we explored the town and its center - CBD. In general, Cairns itself does not constitute something special allmenus - a tourist center allmenus with an international airport, a huge number of hotels and motels without special attractions - but it is not particularly allmenus necessary - around allmenus Cairns is something to see, and it's mostly natural Attractions - canyons, forests, mountains and beaches. allmenus
In terms of the next after his return to the coast in terms of our stay was a short move to located allmenus only 70 kilometers north of Cairns resort town of Port Douglas called (Port Douglas), which was mentioned in the previous chapter allmenus - the man who once Cairns allmenus fought for the title of the first port of the colonial era of North Queensland. Given the short distance and reserved until the following day introduction to the Great Barrier Reef, we had plenty of time to explore the "other allmenus neighborhood" of Cairns, and those listed in the guidebooks - such as Northern Beaches (in the city with beaches is not very good is the case ) and other attractions allmenus in the guidebooks are not mentioned.
It was decided to briefly return to the foothills of the mountains and the Atherton Tableland allmenus to take advice of my colleagues come from Cairns, go to a place called Crystal Cascades - a local landmark that residents of Cairns especially do not advertise for tourists, as it is a very popular allmenus place to escape allmenus city dwellers from the summer allmenus heat and stifling humidity of the coastal plains in the cool of the rainforest at the foot of the mountains.
Crystal Cascade is a mountain river Freshwater Creek (and again - here it is the ingenuity of the British in the name of the new places - or in honor of a lord or simply "I see - so call it), which forms a series of small waterfalls and creeks that are large enough and deep that there could swim a few people.
The place really find it was not so easy, and without the advice allmenus of a local "come across" on it by accident is very difficult. It is situated at the end of a dead end road that goes to the South-West and the suburbs of Cairns called Redlynch. No signs, and understand that you are going exactly where you want, you can just follow the signs to the nearby camp of the same name from the stages of the Australian network BIG4.
The place is extremely popular with local summer - Parking is often packed to capacity. Public allmenus transport in the Cascades, located allmenus almost within the precincts of Cairns does not go, and can be reached by taxi in one direction only: cellular coverage of private operators is absent. But this is not a problem, unless of course you are not a subscriber of the state of mobile network Telstra - they even have a mobile network on Fraser Island (a good way, of advice - buy a sim card just at Telstra, if it on a journey to Australia, you need a mobile) .
Track along Freshwater Creek is on a paved path length of approximately 2 kilometers, around allmenus waterfalls, swimming areas and picnic benches allmenus with gas grills (free, as elsewhere in Queensland). allmenus Local believe that this is the best place for swimming - clean, cool and fresh water, and instead of jellyfish - just a leech. Generally you have to be ready - when it comes to mountain streams, waterfalls and what is called the Swimming hole - usually backwater formed allmenus for example in shock niche falls - be prepared for unpleasant neighborhood. And leeches are very small - the ones we shot himself after swimming in the Litchfield National Park in the vicinity of Darwin were a centimeter in length - maximum, but, of course, it is unpleasant ..
In the rainforests of Queensland, by the way, it is possible to get a leech is not even getting into the water - sit, contagion, in the tall grass. But much more unpleasant to meet just such a spider - it is not poisonous - just the size of a large - 12 inches sweep "hoof", and not even notice it right away ...
Still worth a closer walk in the woods and in terms of meeting with unwanted plants - such as "biting tree - Stinging Tree (Dendrocnide moroides) - which is covered with hairs that release a neurotoxin that causes severe on