From the Lions Den we head off behind our new friends Joel, Liz, Nuala and Elgan. They all work in Cape Tribulation and have taken a 2 day getaway. We followed them to a hidden waterfall off the Mulligan Highway, which was testing at times of my motorbike skills. Pot holes everywhere, sand and lots of uneven, split roads. The area was surrounded by large boulder rocks and trees growing in the sides and in between the rocks, anyway they could. It was quite incredible to see. As the waterfall fell into the water hole it looked deep and dark but was small enough for us to not worry about any crocodiles, we hope. We took some time to appreciate our surroundings and left, not before searching for Nuala who had wondered off down the stream and got lost.
The next stop was the Archer Point Conservation Park. This was the first time ive seen roads that were pink, orange, red and maroon. It was incredible. It feels like the mixed red dirt, sand and other components of the earth bring the landscape alive. How we cover such a magical planet with bitumen. We get to the lookout and are in awe of this amazing part of the country looking up and down the coastline. Unspoiled, untouched, unbroken.
With hungry bellies we head to Cook Town for a delicious seafood lunch whilst sitting on the wharf. We watched a local young guy who seemed to be scouring the wharf for anything to steel as Rob kept his eyes glearing accross at him. With all our possessions on the bike we cant take any chances and he looked way to suspicious to be searching for something he may have left behind.
We depart our new fun friends and begin our trek on bright red dirt to a large river crossing with danger signs all around warning us of crocodiles. I looked up the banks, in the water and pulled back the throttle tearing the water whilst soaking up a whole bunch of water in my boots. If it wasnt hard enoungh crossing a rocky river bank on my learners there had to be crocodiles in the water ready to eat me. I felt like my life had turned into a game momentarily possibly searching for bananas in the jungle and the croc infested river was my next challenge. We ride futher and come accross the pretty Isabella falls hiding underneath the road which looks like a small river crossing as we stop for a break. Unexpecting beauty all around us.
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