Skip to main content

Sky rail


We did the return journey via the Sky Rail which flies over the rainforest.


Gives a nice view of Barren Gorge.


I see the tropical rainforest has palms where the temperate rainforest of the Blue Mountains has tree ferns.


And descends to impressive views over Cairns and the surrounding countryside.

That was an exhilarating ride.

Comments

  1. PeterAugust 24, 2013 at 8:04 PM

    Whoo - feeling vertigo - impressive yes.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Joan ElizabethAugust 25, 2013 at 6:38 PM

      I didn't like it at all when the cable stopped and we were left hanging high above the gorge.

      Delete
  2. UnknownAugust 25, 2013 at 2:29 AM

    Love the birds eye view. In tropical Argentina I've done the canopy tour, it was aewsome!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Joan ElizabethAugust 25, 2013 at 6:40 PM

      I've not been to South America but I guess it would be similar. You obviously don't mind heights.

      Delete
  3. diane bAugust 28, 2013 at 3:57 PM

    We went up by cable car and back by train. It is scary in those cable cars but I've got used to it after visiting Switzerland many times

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Joan ElizabethAugust 29, 2013 at 10:33 PM

      I am not sure I would be up to a Swiss cable car.

      Delete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Larras Lee

We passed through Bakers Swamp without noticing anything.  Then reached our last dot on the map for this trip - Larras Lee and saw this.  The roadside monument says: In Memory of  WILLIAM LEE  (1794 - 1870)  of "Larras Lake"  a pioneer of the sheep  and cattle industry  and first member for  Roxburgh under responsible  government (1856 - 1859).  This stone was erected  by his descendants.  --- 1938 --- This is a repost from a few days ago. Thinking I would use this for this week’s Taphophile Tragics post I dug a little further into William Lee’s story, it’s a very colonial Australian one. William was born of convict parents, living his childhood years around the Sydney region. In his early 20s he was issued with some government cattle, recommended as a suitable settler and granted 134 acres at Kelso near Bathurst. He was one of the first in the area and did well. A few years later he was granted a ram and an increase in his land to 300 acres. William developed a r
9 comments
Read more

The end

I retire from the workforce this week and to celebrate have decided to retire my current blogs and start afresh with a single consolidated blog -  My Bright Field  - to record the delights of my new life adventure. If you are interested follow me over there.  I will still be Sweet Wayfaring and collecting Royal Hotels.  The delights I discover along the way will appear together with my gardens and towns where I live.
Post a Comment
Read more

Coolibah?

Is that a Coolibah tree beside the abandoned house? Every Australian knows about Coolibah trees because the bush ballad Waltzing Matilda is nigh on our unoffical national anthem but most of us live nowhere near the inland where they grow. Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, Under the shade of a Coolibah tree, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
13 comments
Read more