Today, we took it easy till noon and then went on a river tubing excursion from Cairns. The guide picked us up from our apartment and we reached the Mulgrave river in about 40 mins. We then walked from the van to the river for about 15 mins with our river tubes - the guide helped to pick up the kids tubes as well as his own.
All of us were off on our way down the river soon after that. We came across a few rapids - level 2-3, and that was the best part. At one point, there was a bridge from where you could jump into the river. Mostly, it like a lazy river activity - with some light thrills in between. Cameras and cellphones are not recommended, hence no pictures.
We came across some cane toads as well by the river - legally you have to kill it if you pick it up. :)
They were introduced in Australia's sugarcane fields to keep down the beetle population but it didn't go that way. Now they are a huge nuisance to farmers up and down the coast.
Anyways, :), we were done with our river tubing in couple of hours and back home to rest up for the next day.
All of us were off on our way down the river soon after that. We came across a few rapids - level 2-3, and that was the best part. At one point, there was a bridge from where you could jump into the river. Mostly, it like a lazy river activity - with some light thrills in between. Cameras and cellphones are not recommended, hence no pictures.
We came across some cane toads as well by the river - legally you have to kill it if you pick it up. :)
They were introduced in Australia's sugarcane fields to keep down the beetle population but it didn't go that way. Now they are a huge nuisance to farmers up and down the coast.
Anyways, :), we were done with our river tubing in couple of hours and back home to rest up for the next day.
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