May. June 55Ancient geological links connect the steamy rainforest to
the colourful reef in Australia’s tropical north. The best
way to explore both is to get wet, go offroad and share
a lodge with Lumholtz’s tree kangaroos.
Into the Wet
STORY BY JEREMY BOURKE PHOTOGRAPHY BY DON FUCHS
TROPICAL NORTH QUEENSLAND ADVENTURES
This creek just below the Cardwell
Spa Pool is typical of waterways in
the Wet Tropics: cold, clear, crisp and
hemmed in so tightly by the forest that
the summer sun barely gets a look-in.