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Trains from Cairns Railway Station to Kuranda Rainforest depart twice a day, at 8.30am and 9.30am, with Yunluo and Anqingju taking the 9.30am train but not departing until around 9.45am. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The railway from Cairns to Kuranda Rainforest was originally designed to solve the problem of transportation during the rainy season, and was planned to be divided into three sections, the first section of which was started in 1887 and the last section completed in 1910, which was gradually opened up as a tourist route.

Along the way, the train moves slowly through the rainforest. At the beginning, Yunluo and An Qingju were full of excitement; But with the regular sound of the wheels hitting the rails, Yunluo and An Qingju, who were running all the way, were a little drowsy.

On the way, when passing a bridge, a waterfall cascades down the mountain, which is not spectacular but amazing, and reawakens the spirit of An Qingju. A short distance from the finish line, Yunluo and An Qingju came to the most famous attraction along the way, the Barron Waterfall.

The train stopped here for 10 minutes, and people rushed to take photos on the viewing platform, which was a bit of a feeling of domestic tourism, hehe!

At about 11:20, Yunluo and An Qingju arrived at their destination - Kuranda Town. As soon as she walked up the stairs to the side of the road, An Qingju made a major discovery: a colony of jungle green ants (oecop∮nhyllasp). This green ant has a green tail and nests among the branches and leaves of trees, making it very territorial.

An Qingju once tried to touch them with a branch, but these green ants did not turn around and run away like other ants, but instead turned their bodies into a reverse arch shape and opened their paws to meet the challenge, which shows how fierce they are. However, it is said that it is a delicacy of the locals, and it is really a thing!

Walking into the town. Because it is the off-season, there are not many pedestrians, and some shops are still open. There's not much special about this town, it's full of commercial and shops selling opals and crafts.

After wandering around the shops along the street for a while, Yunluo and An Qingju chose a German hot dog shop on the side of the road for lunch. The owner's family should all be German, and the hot dog is 5.95 dollars / piece, except for a little salty, everything else is fine.

After lunch, Yunluo and An Qingju wandered back to the vicinity of the train station, planning to go in another direction to try their luck by the river. Originally, there were also a lot of entertainment projects by the river, and Yunluo and An Qingju had planned to take an amphibious vehicle to the depths of the rainforest, but because of the weather two days ago, these entertainment projects were temporarily closed.

By the huge river, there are 4 people, Yunluo and An Qingju. Looking at the dusk of the river and the lush rainforest, you feel like you are in the depths of the Amazon forest. I wanted to walk along the river to the woods again, but the muddy dirt road made Yunluo and An Qingju have to stop there.

Today's hot weather made Yunluo and An Qingju a little irresistible, and after returning from the river, they blew the air conditioner in the store for a while, and Yunluo and An Qingju decided to take the cable car to embark on the way back. At this time, Yunluo and An Qingju found that they had no other tickets in their hands except for the train ticket when they came, so how to board the cable car?

Friends said that the old man who sent Yunluo and An Qingju at the train station in the morning had told him. When you get to the cable car station, just report the names of Yunluo and An Qingju directly. I see, go to the ticket window and report the large number of Yunluo and An Qingju. Sure enough, the service staff handed over four tickets.

The 7.5km long cable car is the longest cable car in the world, with Barronfall and Redpeak stations in the middle, where you can get off and enjoy the scenery. Hop on the cable car and everything opens up with a lush rainforest underfoot. From time to time, moist air blows in, so An Qingju prefers to take the cable car for this part of the journey.

After the cable car stops at Barron Falls Station, Yunluo and An Qingju get off for a tour. The viewing platform here is located opposite the viewing platform where the morning train stops, which is on the other side of the falls.

It's closer to the waterfall, so the landscape is more impactful. Of course, the side effect of strong impact is that the water vapor is very large, and if you are not careful, you will be covered with a "raincoat".

While looking at the roaring waterfall, suddenly a "fallen leaf" flew towards the mist, a very beautiful rainforest butterfly with its wings reflecting a striking blue-green in the sunlight, and disappeared into the jungle after a few turns. A specimen of this butterfly was seen afterwards at the visitor center, 79.95 dollars.

Leave Barron Falls and take the cable car to Hongling Station. Almost no one mentions this place in the online guides, so I thought that Yunluo and An Qingju would only stay for a short time, but I didn't expect that Yunluo and An Qingju would increase their knowledge of the rainforest here. After getting off the cable car, you will come to the observation path, and there is a simple clock next to the road, and the hands are pointing to the present.

An old man in uniform was waiting by the roadside, and it turned out that Yunluo and An Qingju happened to meet the rainforest docent. This old man should be a descendant of the aborigines, holding a "small whip" in his hand, and explaining along the viewing plank road.

The trees on both sides are teaching materials, and what impresses An Qingju the most is a tree that the locals call "wait a while". The branches of this tree are covered with barbs and hang down on the edge of the boardwalk, and if you are not careful when you pass by, you will be caught by it, and your clothes will be ruined, and at worst people will be hung with colors.

So once you run into it, you'll need to take some time to solve the problem, which is where its name comes from. Although this tree is "insidious", it is a very good wood that has been processed, and the "whip" in the old man's hand is made from its branches.

As the explanation grew, he listened to a lot, and the old man also spoke higher. A large number of proprietary words made Yunluo and An Qingju only understand a few words, and those foreign tourists still listened to it very tastefully. From time to time, the old man pointed to the plants on the side and said, what kind of furniture is this, what kind of seasoning is this, which attracts people's amazement!

Overall, the view on the return trip today was better than the view on the outbound trip, but the overall view rating was average. Once you're back in the city, go to Drtours to get your credit card back, and then it's time to go shopping. I wanted to settle dinner in a Japanese restaurant, but it was already closed when I went, so I finally bought some instant noodles and ham sausages for 5 dollars per person.

Today's weather is once again contrary to the weather forecast, the sky is clear in the morning, An Qingju really likes the weather forecast in Cairns, hehe! Arriving at the docks at 7:30 today, there were not many Cairns early on Monday morning, a far cry from the overcrowding of the previous two days. 4 people are a rampage.

Arrive on time. The crew was there early to greet the visitors at the pier. A white double-decker boat is quietly moored on the pier, a bit like a big yacht in the movie.

When you come to the ship, the staff first assigns everyone a "securityno.", which is your code name on the ship today, and you need to use it when diving groups, renting equipment, and spending at the bar. An Qingju's number today is 16.

In order to avoid seasickness, I found a seat on the first floor and sat down, asked the bar for some morning tea and coffee, and then four people came with an anti-seasickness medicine.

After the personnel arrived, the crew first assigned fins and diving masks to each person, and since An Qingju and LD did not wear stealth, they asked the crew for diving masks with degrees. When you get a diving mask with a degree, you need to pay a certain deposit, but today Yunluo and An Qingju didn't bring a penny and couldn't remember the credit card number.

So the deposit is gone. The crew finally told Yunluo and An Qingju to take care of their masks at all times. Don't lose it, or it's a lot of money.

Tie the mask and fins together and place them under the seat. At about 8 o'clock, Yunluo and An Qingju's boat slowly left the harbor and headed for Michael Mascay for their first destination. At this time, the crew gathered all the visitors in the cabin on the first floor and began to introduce today's crew.

There are a total of 7 crew members who go to sea with Yunluo and An Qingju, including captains, bar services, diving instructors, internship instructors, etc., and the combination of men and women is reasonable. Said that he was not tired of working. Most of these crew members are young people who are alive and kicking. One of the diving instructors is a young man who has been in the capital for 4 months and has infinite memories of Malatang in the capital.

He is currently studying in Brisbane and came to Cairns to work in Cairns during the summer. After talking about the crew, let's talk about the tourists. There are more than 20 tourists today, except for Yunluo and An Qingju, 4 Chinese people. There is also a mother and daughter, and the rest are tourists from Australia and Germany. In this way, 7 crew members serve more than 20 tourists, isn't it very luxurious?

After introducing the crew, a more experienced looking guy began to introduce Yunluo and An Qingju to the precautions for going to sea, the use of diving equipment, the method of snorkeling, and so on. The humorous explanation caused everyone to laugh from time to time. After the briefing, the participants remain on the first floor.

The diving instructor began to explain the precautions of diving, and the guy acted as a Chinese translator on the side. Because the danger of diving is higher, Yunluo and An Qingju listened with their ears pricked up, for fear of missing a word. The main content is how to balance ear pressure and respirator drainage during the dive.

The group practiced with the instructor's explanation and demonstration of how to drain the mask and how to retrieve it after the breathing apparatus fell off in the water. After the explanation, you have to fill out some forms, mainly to confirm your physical condition and participate in a small test after diving training, so as to make your diving the last pass.

In the end, Yunluo and An Qingju and the female compatriots from Shanghai were divided into the fourth group of diving, and the guy was the coach of Yunluo and An Qingju.

About an hour and a half have passed since I got on the boat, and the sea is calm and the sun is shining. The boat went very smoothly all the way, with only a few ups and downs, how could it be seasick in such good weather? In the distance, a small island appeared on the sea, on which birds circled.

Yunluo and An Qingju's destination, Michael Mascay, is about to arrive. Everyone began to change into the shallow clothes provided by the boat, which not only protected from the sun, but also prevented from being stung by jellyfish in the water. After changing clothes, putting on shallow gear, and putting on fins, Yunluo and An Qingju took a small boat to the island.

The Great Barrier Reef, inscribed on the World Natural Heritage List in 1981, is the world's largest and longest coral reef complex. It runs through the northeast coast of Australia, from the Torres Strait in the north to the south of the Tropic of Capricorn, stretching for a total of 2,011 kilometers and 161 kilometers at its widest point.

There are 2,900 large and small coral reef islands, and the natural landscape is very special. The southern end of the Great Barrier Reef is 241 kilometres from the coast at its farthest point, the northern tip is closer, and the nearest point is only 16 kilometres from the shore. At low tide, part of the reef outcrops to form coral islands. Between the reef and the coast, it is a very convenient sea route.

When the wind is calm, the cruise ship passes here, and the continuous colorful and multi-shaped coral scenery under the boat has become the best underwater wonder that attracts tourists from all over the world.

There are more than 400 different types of coral reefs, including the largest coral reef in the world, 1,500 species of fish, more than 4,000 species of molluscs, and 242 species of birds.

It is also home to some endangered animal species such as the mermaid-dugong and the giant green turtle.

When I came to the small island, I found that there were flocks of seabirds here, and the cries came and went, almost half of the island was occupied. It is said that this is a famous wild seabird sanctuary, but Yunluo and An Qingju came here to float shallowly, so they didn't want to be nostalgic, so they jumped into the sea with a buoyancy (called noodle in black words) and began the floating tour of the Great Barrier Reef of Yunluo and An Qingju.

To tell the truth, An Qingju only "learned" to swim last year, and he could only swim 20 meters at a time, and then get up from the water to change his breath and then continue swimming. Although it has also fluttered in the sea, this is indeed the first time that An Qingju has been superficial. I didn't go far into the sea and was given a dismount.

An Qingju, who had not yet adapted to the shallow breathing method, choked on a mouthful of water and quickly stood in the sea to adjust. At this time, LD was still continuing to march, and there was no one behind, so he had to continue walking after arranging his breathing mask. Slowly mastered the method of floating, and occasionally flashed a few fish in front of him. As we continue to go deeper.

Schools of colorful fish began to appear, some the size of thumbs, but as numerous as a cow's hair; Some are brightly colored, yellow, blue, and red, which stand out in the sunlight. Coral also gradually takes on different colors and shapes, in addition to red, white, there is a blue one that is impressive.

Occasionally, you can also come across some large fish, which are familiar but cannot be named. It's a pity that Yunluo and An Qingju didn't rent an underwater camera, and today they can only watch An Qingju flicker! (To be continued.) )

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