Its hard not to get just a little bit excited when school holidays fall during winter in the tropics… This is our peak season for tourists and its easy to see why.

Up on stage they were dancing, and you could see the twitch of a kangaroo’s ear, the stamp of a paw, and the cheeky attitude of the youngster as he stirred the big roo into action.

“Look Mum, they have chickens like us!……Oh….AND a cassowary!!” exclaimed my daughter. Sure enough the brown banded chick stood out amongst the other free-roaming chooks

There are a thousand options (or at least seems to be) when you book a trip to Kuranda via Skyrail BUT here is MY list of things that are worth taking time out to do on your Kuranda Skyrail adventure…

I have a confession to make. Rainforests are not my most favourite place to hang out. I would rather be enjoying the underwater realm, hiking along mountaintops or exploring open bushland