We enjoyed Gold Class VIP tickets on the Kuranda Scenic Railway which traversed along postcard picture perfect bridges alongside waterfalls and the view of the Barren Gorge with pastries, champagne and appetizers in hand and consumed along the way.
Once we reached Kuranda we wandered through the shops, including the Kuranda Candy Kitchen where we watched them make these hard candies with a little strawberry in the middle. How they created the perfectly shaped strawberry with black seeds and stems was true art and very impressive! And it was yummy too - definitely something to keep in mind for a special event in the future.
For the trip back down to the bottom of the mountain, we took the Skyrail which had us cruising over the trees of the rainforest. Along the way we stopped off twice to see the Barren Falls as well as an interactive visitor's centre that had humongous spiders along the walkway.
While we were in Port Douglas, we stayed at Villa San Michele which were these great self-contained apartments that had the best location right in the centre of Port Douglas' main street. Shell wasn't feeling well that evening, so I went out on my own for dinner that night and on the way stopped off at the Iron Bar where I'd noticed that each evening they held Cane Toad Races. It was the strangest and most bizarre thing I've ever seen.
As you'll see in the FlipVideo, each of the cane toads raced had a "jockey" who "kissed" the toad for good luck- yuck! I wouldn't even want to hold the toad.
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