Then the Daintree Rainforest is the place for you.  Located about an hour north of Port Douglas, where we're staying, the Daintree is the oldest living rainforests on earth.  And it has a ton of things that love to either bite you or eat you entirely.  We decided to go on a day tour so we would actually be with somebody that could tell us what the heck we were looking at, and save us from doing anything too stupid.  We really picked the right one this time, helping make up for our Fraser Island mistake.

Grant, from Daintree Discovery Tours, picked us up promptly at 7:50.  It was just us and one other couple from Ireland, Eddy and Bernadette, who we got along with famously.  We headed up to Cape Tribulation, got into sea kayaks, and paddled our way to some amazing sights.  From there we headed to the rainforest itself and got to swim in a truly beautiful watering hole.  Very refreshing since it's hot, humid, and pretty much uncomfortable all around.  And combined, we probably have about 40 different bites on our bodies. But we got them back - there's a strange ant with a green butt, and if you lick it, it tastes like lemon sherbert.  Check out Joy giving it a try - Delicious!

We had a picnic lunch at a nice spot in the forest, hiked around for about an hour, took another dip to cool off in the swimming hole, and then headed out for some ice cream made from the fruits of the local groves.  Waddleseed ice cream tastes a lot better than it sounds, mysteriously like cookies 'n cream...  We ended the tour with a cruise down the Daintree river to look for crocs.  We did see 3, but they were all pretty small.  But not so small that I would want to go swimming in the river.