Life on the Penal Colony: Daintree National Rainforest and Jungle Surfing

Intro

Introduction
Our family has moved halfway around the world to Sydney Australia for me to crunch numbers in another hemisphere. This blog will document our travels and provide enough number crunching to satisfy your wildest dreams. It may even give you a feel for the authentic Aussie life, which consists of drinking Fosters all day and eat blooming onions at every meal (I have already offended my mates here with that comment). I named this blog Life on the penal colony because Australia was where convicts of the British Empire were sent during the late 18th and 19th centuries (History). They were critical in building up Sydney to what it is today (cheap labor). As you can see Sydney is a far cry from any remnant of colonial life, in 2009 Sydney was ranked as the 2nd most expense as well as rich city in the world ($$), it reminds me of Randolph County, NC in so many ways (now I have offended my mates at home). If there is anything you would like to see more of or any questions please let me know.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Daintree National Rainforest and Jungle Surfing

We recently had the in-laws come and visit so we took a trip up north to Port Douglas (near Cairns). For a day trip we and drove up north to Cape Tribulation which is in the Daintree National Rain forest. Daintree is a tropical rain forest in northern Australia. We thought it would be fun to Jungle Surf (i.e. tourist trap for expensive zip-line). It was a lot of fun, especially since I am terrified of heights. The zip-line lasted for about 30 minutes and took us across the canape of the rain forest.