A few years back, my partner surprised me by organizing a trip up to Cape Tribulation and the Daintree.  Well, I say it was a surprise, but it was actually part of our anniversary trip up to Queensland.  Someone convinced us ages ago that life naturally flows in 7 year cycles, which I think is where people get the 7-year itch thing.  We therefore tend to celebrate our 7-year cycle anniversaries more than a random round number – like year 5 or year 10 or so on.

In any event, this was our 14-year anniversary trip, and the trip was split into 3-separate parts.  The first part was to stay in Cape Tribulation for ~5 nights, mostly just decompression, hanging out and seeing remote Australia for the first real time.  The second part was spent on the Spirit of Freedom for 4 nights, basically just eating, sleeping and diving.  We clocked in 12 dives over the 3.5 days.  Then, we spent a week celebrating our anniversary at the resort on Lizard Island.  I can’t say enough about the experience at Lizard Island – it was phenomenal!!

In Cape Trib (as the locals call it), we really just walked and hiked and swam.  This shot is from the point looking back at the beach and the bay.  One of the most interesting things that I learned about Cape Trib is that it is one of the very few places in the world where a rainforest meets the ocean.  Also, the rainforest itself is estimated to be 70 million years old!!

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