This year I traveled to revisit Kuranda by the slow train, a journey that allows plenty of opportunity of seeing the rainforest close up, and vistas of the Coral Sea in the distance.

Kuranda village however remained unchanged from the way it was when I last visited 25 years ago.

But this year I added different destinations:

a. The Daintree River with its ovrhanging foliage, abundant birdlife and the occasional crocodile.

b. Cape Tribulation Beach, where the rainforest meets the reef.

c. a cruise on Lake Barrine opened up a world of tall trees, fish, eels, snakes and turtles all living in and around its waters.

d. The Curtain Fig Tree near Yungaburra with its aerial root system high up in the foliage.