138 km
This whole day was set aside to explore the tourist area from Daintree to Cape Tribulation and slightly beyond.
First stop was Waluwurrigga Alexander Range lookout, which overlooks Cape Kimberley…which was our final stop for the day.
Floravilla Ice-cream factory was next… at 10am mind you…however non of us were impressed with our ice cream flavours . Oh well- you win some, you lose some.
At the end of the road that turns into the ice cream factory is Cow Bay where we walked on the beach. I keep in the middle of the beach as there are crocodiles here …and they are obviously great hunters and will see me before I see them!! A note is that there are approx. 30-40 thousand crocodiles in Queensland…most concentrated in Cape York area where we are headed.
Had a leg stretch by doing the Jindalba boardwalk, which is a short walk through the rainforest where one can admire the multitude of plant species.
We also popped into the Discovery Center but decided that we were not going to enter. We had done skywalks before and weren’t interested in the dinosaur section. Entry 37 AUD pp.
Next stop was Thornton Beach, a large expanse of sand and fairly calm waves. The water in this area is well known for being crystal clear and have the turquoise hue, however all the waters were pretty muddy …a good place for crocs to hide!
We had lunch at Cape Tribulation lookout parking and then did the short walk to a disappointing muddy lookout point…but imagined how nice it would be under ideal conditions.
Now I don’t remember which section of road this happened on, I think en route to Cape Kimberley, but as we were driving around a corner, a cassowarie ran across the road in front of us!! It was a big one with a bright blue skin…I need to find out what this skin flap is called?!?! It was very exciting as this was my first seeing a cassowarie in the wild! No photos unfortunately as it was in deeper bush pretty quick !!
Directly after departing the ferry crossing we went to the 15h30 Daintree River cruise to see what wildlife we can spot. Considering that we saw Scarface… a super large croc…on the banks of the river already, we were excited.
This part of the river is brackish as the tide brings in seawater. We saw a few crocodiles , some bird life and baby crocs too. The croc along the banks , that has 2 missing scutes- or scales- is Lizzie. The missing scutes were used to determine her age.
Juvenile croc 
Red heart leaves 
Lizzie