We were able to book on the Skyrail, a chairlift which runs from Smithfield, a northern Cairns suburb, 6.5km up a mountain, across rain forests, roads and the Barron River to the town of Kuranda.
There are two spots from which you can alight. The first is at Red Peak Station for interpretive tours of the rain forest and the second at Barron Falls Station, where splendid visions of the falls are within 50m walking distance. Sadly there was not a lot of water flowing over the falls.
We had morning tea at the beautiful Kuranda Railway Station and then took a walk through Kuranda, which is very tourist orientated.
The return Skyrail trip was every bit a good as the ascent.
We shopped after Skyrail and found this like any other supermarket experience. We lunched on Sushi and then went to town. It was Sunday and there wasn't much activity in Cairns, beyond the tourists soaking up the sunshine on Cairns' Esplanard. We couldn't find a place to park so we got only one photograph, on the run so to speak.
So ends a brief visit to Cairns. The sun is shining, 28 degrees, and we are rested for our trip to Townsville tomorrow.
The following photos are a collection of shots taken during the day, mostly on the Skyrail trip. We enjoyed the experience.
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| 180617 Just having left Smithfield on the Skyrail |
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| 180617 View at the start of the ascent |
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| 180617 Going up |
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| 180617 Looking down on the Kuranda road |
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| 180617 Looking down on the rain forest and our shadow, centre left |
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| 180716 View got better the higher we went |
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| 180617 From the highest point looking west |
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| 180617 The town of Kuranda in the distance |
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| 180617 Our destination - Kuranda, with reflection |
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| 180617 Kuranda Skyrail terminus |
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| 180617 Kuranda Station |
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| 180617 Saw this one first |
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| 180617 Then Di saw this one |
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180617 Barron Dam - water to feed the Barron Hydro
Electricity Station. That's our shadow bottom centre |
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| 180617 Barron Falls |
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| 180617 Barron Falls |
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180617 Train from Kuranda stopped to overlook
the Barron Falls |
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180617 Crossing the Kuranda road with no
danger from the traffic |
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| 180617 View looking left on the return Skyrail trip |
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180617 View looking right on the return
Skyrail trip - beautiful |
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| 180617 Water skiing anyone? |
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180617 About to return to Smithfield on the Skyrail.
Note the open air gondola |
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| 180617 Ground orchids at Smithfield embarkation point |
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| 180617 In a tree near the ground orchid |
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180617 Another orchid immediately above the one
in the previous photo
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189617 The Esplanade Cairns
180617 Video of the Barron Falls
180617 Video - Leaving the Smithfield embarkation point
180617 Video of the vista before us as we descended
the Skyrail (apologies for the reflections)
180617 Barron Falls from another lookout
180617 Video of the approach to Smithfield
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