August 21st...

Decided to take it super easy this day. Spent the morning by the pool reading and swimming, then headed to Mason’s for lunch and a swim at the waterhole. I think we had the most fun so far at this beautiful hideaway. Only a few other people decided to check it out and with the babbling bit of falls at the far end it was a relaxing retreat. The water was so clear you could see all the way to the bottom in the sun. Ken and I took turns taking pictures of each other underwater. I CANNOT believe we didn’t drop the camera in the water – we laughed so hard at how ridiculous some of the shots turned out.

In the early evening, we headed to the Exotic Fruit tasting event at a local organic exotic fruit farm. We tried 10 different fruits that were explained by a lovely man and his wife who had been living in Cape Trib for nearly 17 years. Learned heaps that I didn’t know – especially about Cape Trib. Realized that north of Daintree there is no electricity. Everything is run on generators. I was shocked. No wonder the Internet was so slow. We also learned about the weather in the subtropics – high winds, cyclones and floods are something they live with every year. Thank God we had beautiful weather. And we tried some amazing fruit that I will try to find in Chinatown once I’m living in Toronto again… custard apples, sapotes, cherimoya, and the best – soursops… it tasted like cherry blasters.