Cairns, Day 2
On our 2nd day in Cairns, we took the Kuranda Scenic Railway (opened in 1887) up to Kuranda, and the Skyrail back down to sea level.

   

Jul 29, 2007
Inside Freshwater train station.
How the old railway cars used to look.
The train shunts into the station.
Before the train's departure.
How the railway cars look today.
As we round a U-turn bend, you can see the diesel engines.
View south of Cairns from the train.
View of Cairns from the train.
View of the train passing Stoney Creek Falls.
The bridge in front of Stoney Bridge Falls.
Stoney Creek Falls. The 16km (10m) track took 18 months to complete.
Looking back at the falls.
Looking back at the track we just took.
Inside the car.
Another look at Cairns from an even higher point.
The Baron Falls on the Kuranda Scenic Railway.
We made it!
The Butterfly Sanctuary - Australia's largest farm.
A Bordered Rustic Butterfly takes a break on Mary's hat.
And it wasn't going anywhere soon.
A Ulysses butterfly, the fastest in the world.
A Common Eggfly landed & laid a bunch of eggs on Martina.
This Hercules Moth caterpillar is the largest in the world.
Mary with a Dingo at Rainforestation.
Another awake Koala at Rainforestation.
Mary pets a red kangaroo at Rainforestation.
Sean pets a kangaroo, too.
More Koalas.
A tiny, baby Koala.
He was so cute!
He's being held by a park ranger.
Wombats are the closest relative to Koalas.
They're about as big as a pig.
At Rainforestation we took an Army Duck tour through the rainforest.
Sean peers over the side of the Duck.
Say "cheese!"
The Skyrail cable car station.
These cable cars took us over the rainforest back down to Cairns.
Mary in the cable car.
Skyrail view of Baron Falls. Do you see the train on the other side?
The view south of Cairns from Skyrail.
View of Cairns from Skyrail.