Getaway
This part of the world is made for adventure
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he route up the Captain Cook Highway from Cairns to Cape Tribulation has to be one of the most exhilarating roads to cruise along in Australia, if not the world. The highway hugs the gently undulating coastline, and is beautifully sandwiched between two world-heritagelisted natural phenomenons that people travel across the world to experience: the Daintree Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. On one side of us, the massive expanse of ocean is glittering like a field of sapphires and diamonds under the sun, and on the other, the rainforest cloaks the towering mountains that seem to shape-shift as the shadows of heavy cumulus clouds roll by above them. Way off in the distance, Cape Trib, as she's known, juts out into the water like a gigantic half-submerged green sea turtle, the fine line of white sand looking like its soft underbelly. We’ve promised one another that we’ll ditch the gadgets for a romantic weekend away, and so we snap away on our trusty old SLR, capturing this magical part of Australia that lures in 4WD drivers like bees to honey. There’s a steady line of them ahead. Roof racks piled with tents, kayaks and surfboards, and mountain bikes strapped to boots are sure signs that this part of the world is made for adventure and getting back to nature. DEC 2018/JAN 2019
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