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Daintree Camping With Kids

There are plenty of FREE and FUN activities for kids to do while you are camping in the Daintree Rainforest. Here is your list of free activities for the kids of all ages to enjoy when you visit the Daintree Rainforest.

These kids all camped at the Daintree Rainforest Village in tents and caravans and motorhomes.

You can too, just book here.

8 of the best FREE ACTIVITIES for kids who go camping in the Daintree Rainforest.

  1. Go Fishing off the rocks at Cow Bay Beach.  At both ends of the beach there are good rock shelves to fish from. There is an awesome swing from a coconut tree in the middle of the beach too. Don’t forget to be croc wise near the water! We got our  bait and ice creams from the Daintree Rainforest Village shop. 
  2. We felt like Tarzan when we launched off the tree swing into Emmagen Creek waterhole. There is a  huge rope swing in the tree hanging over the deepest part of the waterhole. You have to walk a bush trail to find it, and it is a challenging climb over tree roots to get into the hole, if you don’t just jump in.
  3. Take your bike for a spin down the dirt side roads.  We spotted cassowaries with little chicks one day. There was heaps of Casso poop all down the road, so they must go there a lot! The poop is full of rainforest seeds, so the forest will keep regenerating.
  4. Go to the FREE  Madjaa boardwalk. It is a mangrove forest and kind of creepy and mysterious. We found Peppermint Stick Insects in there, who squirt a peppermint liquid from their collar, when they feel threatened. And we carefully  searched the giant billabong for crocodiles.
  5. Go Hiking on the 3k trail circuit around Jindalba.  We were on the hunt for tree kangaroos, and saw them high up in the canopy.
  6. Take some goggles to  Mason’s swimming hole   and spy on all the tiny rainbow  fish, the cheeky archer fish will come right to you, plus there are wild turtles and another tree swing! This swimming hole is long enough to do laps! Flip them a few golds coins to enter. And they make Crocodile burgers!
  7. Building a cool beach shack with palm fronds and driftwood on Thornton Beach… with the mountains and misty forests as the back drop, very Robinson Crusoe.
  8. Getting the fire pit fully charged up at the camp ground each night.
    Daintree Camping Fire Pit
    Our favorite thing at the Daintree Rainforest Village was getting the fire fully charged up at night.

    The firewood was provided for free and we bought marshmallows from the servo shop. Go full screen on the video.

    So now you see what the  ACTIVITIES are for Camping with Kids  in the Daintree Rainforest, you will have to come and stay.  Bookings are advised, particularly in school holidays. Come and Stay, you need more than a day.

Artist is absorbed by Daintree Rainforest Flora and Fauna

Art in the Daintree Rainforest is full of psychedelic secrets.

Traveling artist , Leah Hantken, came across the Daintree Rainforest in August 2019. She is still here… absorbed by the fauna and flora.

The Daintree Rainforest is in Far North Queensland, Australia. It’s the land that time forgot and its beauty is intoxicating. Not surprising that David Attenborough has claimed it as his favorite rainforest in all the world. Leah Hantken loves it here too.

Leah and her partner, Martin, left Adelaide some years ago to explore Australia with little Pepsi, their cheeky Maltese fur baby as a constant companion. They stayed here at Daintree Rainforest Village camp ground, where we had the pleasure of making friends with them.

Leah loves to draw and paint little creatures, some real, some fantastical…all of them engaging. Never to miss out on a golden opportunity, we commissioned Leah to create a landscape mural which cameos our gorgeous campground, here in the middle of the Daintree Rainforest.

Leah immersed herself in the study of local flora and fauna and reproduced the forest creatures in superbly accurate detail and habitat. Her depiction of this ancient and unique part of the world , from “The Daintree River to Cape Tribulation” has over 125 different animals and plants specific to this region.

Sadly, during the creation of the mural, Leah’s grand father, Colin Thatcher, passed away… on her grand mother’s 80th birthday.

Three Hidden Messages in the mural.

There are three, almost hidden messages in the mural. When you are in the rainforest you need to go slow and look closely until the rainforest reveals it’s real life to you. It’s the same with Leah’s messages.

We are delighted that Leah has dedicated the mural to the loving memory of Colin Thatcher ( Pa).  A simple, almost hidden message “I love you Pa” is written on a tiny leaf. Can you find it?

Leah also pays respect to the traditional owners of the region, the  Kuku Yalanji Bama,  and their enduring relationship with land and water. Another almost hidden message, the face of a local elder, revealed itself during the painting of the mural. Leah said it was unplanned, a happy accident. Once you see it , you can’t unsee it.

After a few months of solid work on the painting, Leah cleverly signed off by weaving  her signature into the under water scenery. Do you see where she put it?

Thank you Leah Hantken.


We love your art works of the Daintree Rainforest.

Geosirus, A New Daintree Rainforest Discovery.

Geosirus a pale and beautiful plant is newly discovered in the Daintree Rainforest of Far North Queensland.

The secrets of its continued existence are definitely worth reading if you have a fascination for all things humous and humorous.

 

Elizabeth Joyce, a Phd Candidate at James Cook University, Queensland, became very, shall we say intimate with Geosirus while visiting our steamy Australian rainforest. Joyce’s  has exposed a raunchy, some say scandalous, behavior among the Geosirus rhizomes, fungi and trees.

It all happens in the half light, under the soft and moist leaf beds of the rain forest floor.

See Elizabeth Joyce’s fascinating article about Geosirus, an early contender for 2019’s sexiest plant.

Discoveries in the Daintree

The steady current of new discoveries in the Daintree Rainforest is astounding. When you consider it has existed virtually unchanged for millions of years, its reasonable to think man would have found it all by now!

But no. This World Heritage listed national park continues to reveal a bounty of secrets to those who love to observe nature up close.

If you are ever fortunate enough to travel to this unique part of Australia, make sure to allow enough time.

Take your time to walk the trails, breath in the forest, dwell in the silence.

Discover more of your world.

Come and stay. You’ll need more than a day.