Wonga Beach & Daintree

Wonga Beach is a small seaside town just north of Mossman and south of the Daintree Forest which represents the largest block of tropical rainforest in Australia.
It was a hot day when we arrived so on with the bathers and a swim in the pool and a walk on the beach, people were fishing and had caught a big flathead the day before but nothing while we were there.
Today we took the ferry across the Daintree River (at $20 return and about 25 vehicles a crossing, which takes about 5 minutes, they must be making a bit) and up to Cooper’s Creek Wilderness, an area recently classed as the oldest forest in the world, where L did a 2 hour up hill and down dale guided walking tour (I have been having knee trouble and didn’t go) through the Gondwanan forest.
An excellent guide told the story of the evolution of forests from mosses to giants. The first flowering plant and mosquitos predate the dinosaurs by 200 million years.
There are many other opportunities to walk in the forest, we also took the Jindalba board walk through forest and mangroves and then visited the Discovery Centre where you can climb a tower and view the canopy from above.
Lunch was a de luxe ice cream, macadamia, raspberry, jackfruit and wattle seed flavours! We bought fish for tea, Nannigai - haven’t heard of this one before! - it turned out to be very tasty, firm flesh and mild flavour
Today we are going into Mossman to check out the weekly market and to stock up on perishables. We leave Wonga Beach Monday morning for Cooktown. We hadn't planned going that far north but we have spoken with so many people who recommend going there that we will go but not via the 4 wheel drive track along the coast. We will take the inland black top road which, although it takes longer, is a much safer road for we seniors!