before stopping for a dip in another
stunning waterhole under a water-
fall. Riding our way into Cooktown
for lunch we carry onto the infamous
Lion’s Den Hotel, where we eventual-
ly bunk down in an African-inspired
Safari tent.
We start the next day with sore
heads, not helped by a steep and
rocky access track that features a
nasty uphill log crossing that brings
a couple unstuck. Following this
tough start to the day is the CREB
(Cairns Regional Electricity Board)
Track, which takes us deep into
rainforest-covered mountains and
down into the World Heritage-listed
Daintree Rainforest, the oldest sur-
viving rainforest in the world.
Roughly 80km long, the CREB dish-
es up a grin-inducing roller-coaster
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