![]() The kids delight in wading through the fish at the water’s edge and swimming out to the waterfall until they are swept back downstream by the current. The gorge water is absolutely clear and tranquil. A two-minute bus ride up the hill and a short walk through lush rainforest delivers us to an idyllic river. The Mossman Gorge Cultural Centre is a natural choice for us in the afternoon. ![]() After a salad lunch, we check into an apartment at Reef Resort, then make a blissful beeline for one of the resort’s three pools. ![]() It’s wet season and so blindingly hot that sweat pours off us as we collapse at a table at The Little Larder on Macrossan Street. This headland is one of the few places where the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, of which the Daintree Rainforest is a part, meets the Great Barrier Reef. So, finally, we pack our bags and head for Tropical North Queensland and one of Australia’s most beloved sites, Cape Tribulation. ![]() At the end of the book the boy sagely asks the question, “Will the forest still be here when we come back?” From the moment Baker’s message sunk in, my kids have been begging to visit this magical place “before it’s too late”. Essentially it tells the story of a boy and his father venturing into the ancient forest of Tropical North Queensland to explore, play, and dream of times long ago when this was the mysterious playground of Aboriginal children, and dinosaurs before them. When my children were tiny they loved Jeannie Baker’s Where the Forest Meets the Sea, an intricately crafted picture book with a poignant environmental message. ![]()
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