The trains from Cairns Railway Station to Kuranda Rainforest have two trains a day, departing at 8:30 and 9:30 respectively. Yunluo and An Qingju take the train at 9:30, but they do not leave until about 9:45. ⊙

The railway from Cairns to the Kuranda Rainforest was originally designed to solve the transportation problems during the rainy season in various places. It was planned to be three sections at that time. The first section was started in 1887, and the last section was completed in 1910. It was later gradually opened as a tourist route.

Along the way, the train slowly moved in the rainforest. At the beginning, Yun Luo and An Qingju were full of excitement; but with the regular collision of wheels and rails, Yun Luo and An Qingju were a little drowsy.

When passing a bridge on the road, a waterfall flew down from the mountain. It was not spectacular but also amazing, and reawakened An Qingju's spirit. Not far from the end, Yunluo and An Qingju came to the most famous attraction along the way - Barron Waterfall.

The train stops here for 10 minutes, and people rush to take photos on the viewing platform, which makes me feel like I am traveling in China, haha!

At about 11:20, Yunluo and An Qingju arrived at the destination - Kuranda Town. As soon as they climbed the stairs to the side of the road, An Qingju made a major discovery: a group of jungle green ants (oecophyllasp). The tails of these green ants are green and nest among the branches and leaves of the trees, with a strong sense of territory.

An Qingju once tried to touch them with branches, but these green ants would not turn around and escape like other ants. Instead, they would arch their bodies in a reverse shape and spread their upper jaws to meet the challenge. The ferociousness can be seen. Despite this, it is said that it is a delicacy for locals, and it is really a delicacy for one thing!

Walk into the town. Because it is the off-season, there are not many pedestrians and some shops are still not open. There are not many special places in this town, with a strong commercial atmosphere, and there are shops selling Opal and handicrafts everywhere.

After Yunluo and An Qingju walked along the street for a while, they chose a German hot dog shop on the roadside to have lunch. The owner's family should be both German, with hot dogs worth 5.95 per person, which is better except for a bit salty.

After lunch, Yunluo and An Qingju strolled back to the train station, planning to go to the other direction to the river to try their luck. Originally, there were many entertainment projects by the river. Yunluo and An Qingju had planned to take an amphibious vehicle to explore the depths of the rainforest. Unexpectedly, due to the weather in the past two days, these entertainment projects were temporarily closed.

By the huge river, there were four people, Yunluo and An Qingju. Looking at the dim river water and lush rainforest, it seemed that they were in the depths of the Amazon forest. I wanted to walk along the river to the woods, but the muddy dirt road made Yunluo and An Qingju stop there.

Today's hot weather made Yunluo and An Qingju a little unstoppable. After returning from the river, they blew the air conditioning in the store for a while. Yunluo and An Qingju decided to take the cable car to embark on the way back. At this time, Yunluo and An Qingju found that there were no other tickets in their hands except for the train tickets they came. How to get on the cable car like this?

A friend said that the old man who sent Yunluo and An Qingju at the train station in the morning had once advised him to report Yunluo and An Qingju's names directly when he arrived at the cable car station. So that's it. He went to the ticket window to report Yunluo and An Qingju's large number. As expected, the service staff handed over four tickets.

The cable car that Yunluo and An Qingju are going to take is 7.5km long, making it the longest cable car in the world. There are Barronfall Station and Redpeak Station in the middle, so you can get off and see the scenery. When you get on the cable car, all the scenery becomes wide open, and there is a dense rainforest under your feet. From time to time, moist air blows in, so An Qingju prefers this distance of the cable car.

After the cable car stops at Barron Falls Station, Yunluo and An Qingji get off to visit. The viewing platform here is located opposite the viewing platform where the train stops in the morning, which is the other side of the waterfall.

This place is closer to the waterfall, so the impact force of the landscape is stronger. Of course, the side effect of strong impact force is that the water vapor is very large, and if you are not careful, you will cover your body with a layer of "raincoat".

While looking at the roaring waterfall, suddenly a "fallen leaf" flew towards the mist. This was a very beautiful rainforest butterfly, whose wings reflected a striking blue-green in the sun. After a few turns, they disappeared into the jungle. Afterwards, the specimen of this butterfly was seen in the visitor center, with a knife of 79.95.

Leaving Barron Waterfall, I took the cable car to Hongling Station soon. Almost no one mentioned the online guide here, so I thought Yunluo and An Qingju would only stay for a short time, but I didn’t expect that Yunluo and An Qingju would have gained their knowledge of the rainforest. After getting off the cable car, I went to the viewing passage. There was a simple clock next to the road, and the pointer was pointing to the present.

An old man in uniform was waiting by the road. It turned out that Yunluo and An Qingju happened to meet the rainforest tour guide. The old man should be the descendant of the indigenous people. He held a "small teaching stick" in his hand and explained along the viewing plank road.

The trees on both sides are textbooks. What impressed An Qingju the most was a tree called "wait for a while". The branches of this kind of tree are covered with barbs and hang on the edge of the plank road. If you accidentally pass by, you will be caught by it. At the very least, your clothes will be damaged, and at the worst, people will be hung with colors.

So once you encounter it, you need to take some time to solve the problem, which is the origin of its name. Although this tree is "scandal", it has been processed as a good wood. The "teacher" in the hands of the old man is made of its branches.

As the explanation became more and more listeners, the old man also spoke more high. A large number of proprietary words made Yun Luo and An Qingju understand only a few words, while those foreign tourists still listened to them very interesting. The old man pointed to the plants next to him from time to time and said, "What kind of furniture is this? What seasoning is this, which aroused people's surprise!"

In general, the scenery back today was better than the scenery when I went out, but the overall view score was medium. After returning to the city, I first went to drtours to get my credit card back, and then went shopping. I wanted to solve the problem of supper at a Japanese food store, but I had closed when I went there. Finally, I bought some instant noodles and ham sausages for a solution, which cost 5 dollars per person.

Today's weather is once again contrary to the weather forecast. The sky is clear in the morning. An Qingju really likes Cairns' weather forecast, haha! Today we will arrive at the dock at 7:30. There are not many people in Cairns on Monday morning, which is really different from the crowded scene two days ago. The four people ran away in a row.

Arrived on time. The crew greeted tourists early at the dock. A white double-decker boat was parked quietly on the dock, a bit like a large yacht in the movie.

When you arrived on the boat, the staff first assigned everyone a "color tyno." This no. It is the code name you are on the boat today. You need to use it when diving, renting equipment, and consuming at the bar. An Qingju's number today is 16.

To avoid seasickness, I found a seat on the first floor and sat down, asked the bar for some morning tea and coffee, and then each of the four of meds came with anti-seasy medicine.

After the crew arrived, the crew first assigned flippers and diving masks to each person. Since neither An Qingju nor Erd wore invisible clothes, he asked the crew for a diving mask with a degree. When he got the diving mask with a degree, he needed to pay a certain deposit. However, today Yunluo and An Qingju did not bring their penny and could not remember their credit card numbers.

So the deposit was given up. The crew member finally told Yun Luo and An Qingju to take care of their masks at any time. Never lose them, otherwise it would be a lot of money.

Tie the mask and flippers together and put them under the seat. At about 8 o'clock, Yunluo and An Qingju's ship slowly left the harbor and headed towards the first destination to the fanchaelmascay. At this time, the crew gathered all the tourists in the cabin on the first floor and began to introduce today's crew.

There were 7 crew members who went out to sea with Yunluo and An Qingju, including captains, bar service, diving coaches, internship coaches, etc., and the combination of men and women is reasonable. If you are not tired of working, most of these crew members are young people who are lively and jumping around. One of the diving coaches is a young man who has been in Beijing for 4 months and recalls endlessly the spicy hot pot in Beijing.

He is currently studying in Brisbane and is taking advantage of the summer vacation to work in Cairns. After talking about the crew, let’s talk about the tourists. Today, there are about 20 tourists, including Yunluo and An Qingju, and there is also a mother and daughter, and the others are Australian and German tourists. In this way, 7 crew members serve more than 20 tourists. Isn’t it very luxurious?

After introducing the crew, a more experienced guy began to introduce the precautions for going out to Yun Luo and An Qingju, the use of diving equipment, the superficial (snorkeling) methods, etc. The humorous explanations often make everyone laugh. After the explanations, the people who participated in the diving continued to stay on the first floor.

The diving instructor began to explain the precautions for diving, and the young man acted as a Chinese translator. Since the diving is more dangerous, Yun Luo and An Qingju listened with their ears pricked, for fear of missing a word. The main content is how to balance ear pressure and drain the respirator during diving.

When draining the mask and how to retrieve the respirator after it falls off in the water, everyone practices with the coach's explanation and demonstration movements. After the explanation, everyone needs to fill out some forms, mainly to confirm their physical condition and participate in a small test after diving training, so as to set the last step for your diving.

Finally, Yunluo, An Qingju and female compatriots from Shanghai were divided into the fourth group of diving, and the young man was the coach of Yunluo and An Qingju.

It has been about an hour and a half since I boarded the boat. The sea was calm and the sun was shining brightly. The boat was walking very smoothly, with only a few times coming up and down. How could such a good weather be seasick? A small island appeared on the sea in the distance, with birds hovering on it.

Chaelmascay, the destination fan of Yunluo and An Qingju, is about to arrive. Everyone has begun to change into the shallow clothes provided on the boat. This clothes not only protect against sun protection, but also have the main function of preventing them from being stinged by jellyfish in the water. Change your clothes, put on shallow equipment, and wear flippers. Yunluo and An Qingju take a boat to the island.

The Great Barreef Reef was listed on the World Natural Heritage List in 1981 and is the world's largest and longest coral reef group. It runs across the northeast coast of Australia, from the Torres Strait in the north to the south to the Tropic of Cancer, extending a total of 2,011 kilometers, and the widest point is 161 kilometers.

There are 2,900 large and small coral reef islands, and the natural landscape is very special. The southern end of the Great Barrier Reef is 241 kilometers away from the coast, and the northern end is closer, and the nearest is only 16 kilometers away from the coast. At low tide, some coral reefs are exposed to the water to form coral islands. There is an extremely convenient transportation route between the reef group and the coast.

When the wind is calm, the cruise ship passes here, and the continuous and colorful and multi-shaped coral scenery under the boat becomes the best undersea wonder that attracts tourists from all over the world to come and see.

The scenery here is charming, unpredictable, the water flow is extremely complex, and there are more than 400 different types of coral reefs, including the world's largest coral reef, 1,500 fish, more than 4,000 mollusks, and 242 birds gathered, with unique scientific research conditions.

It is also a habitat for certain endangered animal species (such as mermaids-dugongs and giant green tortoises).

When I came to a small island, I found that there were flocks of seabirds, and the sounds were heard one after another, almost covering half of the island. It is said that this is a famous wild seabird reserve, but Yunluo and An Qingju came here to be superficial, so I had no intention of nostalgia, so I took a buoyant support (noodle, noodles) and jumped into the sea, and began the superficial journey of Yunluo and An Qingju's Great Barrier Reef.

To be honest, An Qingju only "learns" to swim last year. He could only swim twenty meters in a row, and then stood up from the water to change his breath and continued swimming. The water quality was really average. Although he had also fluttered in the sea, this was indeed An Qingju's first superficiality. He was given a warning after not walking far away from the sea.

An Qingju, who had not yet adapted to the superficial breathing method, choked on the water and stood in the sea to adjust. At this time, ld was still moving, and there was no one behind him. After tidying up his breathing mask, he had to bite the bullet and continue moving. He slowly mastered the superficial method, and occasionally a few fish flashed in front of him. As he continued to go deeper.

Various colorful fish schools began to appear, some were only the size of thumbs, but they were as numerous as cow hair; some were brightly colored, yellow, blue, and red, which were particularly eye-catching under the sunlight. Corals also gradually showed different colors and shapes, except for red and white, there was a blue one that was impressive.
Chapter completed!