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Hahahha that’s very fair! The heat here is crazy! It was honestly such a surreal and incredible experience to be so close to a turtle just doing its thing as it naturally would! If you can make it to either island definitely go and experience it for yourself, it’s worth every penny! Where are you guys based? - Josie

Hahahahah okay maybe one day when we level up our already pro hiker status 😉 and yes of course I will time it, could never not challenge a stated walking time so I will challenge Google maps too 😂 This is a very interesting method… I can’t tell if you’re pulling my leg or not though as I’ve never heard of methylated spirit being put on skin… but if you’re not joking around then this is very interesting and a new one! If you are however pulling my leg then fair play because you have me wondering 😂😂 - Josie

​@@JamesandJosieTravel I am NOT pulling your leg. Did I NOT tell you my Mum and dad did this to us when we were growing up? This is a huge favourite of mine. Oh yes some people will complain it's not good for your skin, but they are the sort of people that drink (ingest!!!?) more alcohol than they would wipe on their skin for this relief! But it does work and feel great. The first aid for a burn is to 'cool' the area down. Your skin evaporates naturally all day every day, but because alcohol evaporates so fast it has the magnified effect. It really is good. Do try it with a small bottle...keep it in the car - it's good for cleaning all sorts of things.

Oh okay how very interesting! Thank you for this tip! We will invest in a little bottle to keep in the car and if we get sunburnt again we will give it a go! Please do keep the tips and tricks coming, we love new life hacks 😊 - Josie

@@JamesandJosieTravel try it even without a sunburn and you'll feel the evaporative effects and how it cools the skin.

Hahaha is that true?! 😅 Look.. next time we’ll make it to the summit, it’s just Josie.. and her footwear! Glad you enjoyed this one! It has been one of favourite to create, so far. Ummm… I’m not even going to comment on that one 😅😂 - James

@@JamesandJosieTravel 🤣🤣🤣 The urine fact courtesy of GBRMPA (google it).

It was great, just Fitzroy had more to do! Lol we’re always going at each other 😅… YOU’RE RIGHT! I can’t believe I got it wrong.. Thank you for the correction! 😑 Have you been to both islands??? - James

Hahaha will do! In his defence, he was repeating information the boat staff told us. Some remnants are left on their claws but mostly through… the end of the puzzle 😆💩 - Josie

Fitzroy Island is not a coral cay, coral does not naturally grow there. The dead coral they would be referring to is what naturally gets broken off from the reef areas from storms. It's a natural occurrence that has been going on for millions of years, it is not heartbreaking.

@dshann11 - We are living, we’re exploring some amazing places! Yep.. pro hikers! Lol. (Just don’t take advice from Josie!). Josie could do with a life supply of Birkenstocks 😆 - James

@BradSimmonds-j7o - Really??? We actually didn’t know this. We knew a lot had broken off from storms, but we were under the impression some had been broken from human activity! Thank you for this information. They did have lots of signs saying not to step on coral, so we just assumed from that! - James

Thank you! We are LOVING it. Try and tell Josie that.. I had my hiking boots on but we can’t get Josie out of her Birkenstocks lol. Thank you for the support! ☺️ - James

@ Tell Josie that she has to put her hiking boots on when hiking through terrain. She will know about it if she walks on crushed coral lol

Will do haha. Thank you!

No, we didn’t! We were debating it but didn’t end up trying. How long ago was your trip to Cape Trib? 😁 - James

@ 2 years ago. Absolutely loved it. Did a house sit in cairns so drove up twice to the Daintree as it was that good. The croc burger was so good and the fruit farm that did ice cream.. we went there twice 🤣

Love that! We'd want to go back. We didn't have great weather.. and we need to see a cassowary! We actually didn't do the fruit farm, it was closed. I'm glad you enjoyed your trip. Did you see the elusive cassowary..? 😆

Yes, we hope so! It’s like the shy celebrity of the rainforest-hard to spot but so worth it when you do.. 😄 - Josie

Thank you, we will! Australia can be very dangerous sometimes. - James

Hahaha yeah.. that would explain the wet. We actually recorded this back in July though 😂

Hey! You're going to have an amazing time in FNQ. While Mossman Gorge is beautiful, the Daintree (Cape Trib) offers a much bigger adventure with more to see and do. If you’re after that true rainforest experience, I’d go with the Daintree! A Croc Tour (like the one we did) is a must-your teenagers will love it. You can also book a Reef Tour from Cape Tribulation, which we skipped due to bad weather but would’ve loved to do. We hope this helps you. What else do you have planned for your trip? 🙂 - James

It's always the "face of despair" when it's raining at the beach! Hahaha I'm glad you appreciated that. I enjoyed editing that part 😄 We've subbed to you too. We'd love to connect further with you guys! - James

@JamesandJosieTravel Thank you so much ☺️ Sounds great!

We actually visited back in July! Is that the winter? We get sooo confused with the seasons here. I think we were unlucky with the rain, however it is a rainforest, so what could we expect? 😅 - Josie

@ yes - July is winter in Australia although you wouldn’t know it up north. If you were in Melbourne, Victoria the temperatures were between 15 C and -2 C. Tasmania slightly colder.

Oddly enough - it may be cool to cold down south in winter but it is often fairly dry, - the rainy months being September / October ( springtime )

Soo North is always summer or raining.. and South is a bit more normal? 😅 We look forward to going down to Tasmania. Have you travelled Australia much?

@ North is usually beautiful weather in winter, sunny 27 C - hot and humid in Summer when it’s not raining ( heavy ) South is cool to cold in winter. Summer can get pretty hot but tends to be a dryer heat. Best climate in Australia would in my opinion be Perth ( Western Australia). . . . and yes, I’ve been around the block a few times! ( I’m 69 ). 😉

You think so?? I think Josie described the tree roots quite well. But is “insane” & “cool” not descriptive enough?! 😅 - James

I’m convinced there’s nothing my Birkenstocks can’t handle 😆 thank you for the validation 😂 - Josie

This is very very true it is wayyyy more fun than a bridge and definitely adds a lot to the experience!! And yeah we considered this as the probable main reason the ferry is still there instead of forking out money for a bridge! Long live the ferry though it’s great fun!! 🤩 - Josie

Who’s grumpy? We were there during July. It was quite a good time to visit I think 😅

Yeah, unfortunately when we came through Batemans Bay etc, there was a huge storm (not good for our tent). 😅 We’ll definitely come back and visit, so many people have told us we should’ve visited this area! We went through to Canberra instead. Do you live around this area??? - James

@@JamesandJosieTravel my parents employed someome that had a holiday home down there , so they were invited down one long weekend and fell in love with the place and my parents bought down there themselves . We lived on northshore in sydney the employee Peter lived in south sydney so it was closer for him to holiday the south coast . Wasnt bad distance 4 hr drive got better with the m7 built later on travel time

Nice! Sounds like it was meant to be. It sounds wonderful, we will visit one day!

I know, such a shame. There was a huge storm, like I mentioned in the other comment. We’ll definitely be back!

Thank you, but we’ve tried. We think it’s water damage unfortunately! - James

So beautiful. Have you visited? - James

Yeah, we’ve heard that before! But.. we don’t want to risk anything in Australia 😆 - James

Awh thank you, this is so lovely to hear it keeps our spirits up!! ☺️☺️ yeah we are aware that the seasons can’t always line up for us unfortunately but hey ho our experience will be unique in these sorts of places perhaps compared to others who travel through at different times of the year! Have you been to cape tribulation before? - Josie

Sadly not, once we have finished our lap we would love to come back and experience spring/summer, can imagine it’s totally different!! Do you live in NSW? - Josie

@@JamesandJosieTravel I'm from Vic. There has not been a lot of rain this summer. It was 40 yesterday, and mild this week before another heatwave this coming weekend. Pretty awesome beach weather. Travelling from WA to NSW along the coast from November to Feb would be a great time to do it.

Oh nice, Vic is a very cool state! We spent a summer in Melbourne which was very fun! Not quite that hot though for us though, how lovely for you! Ah okay this is great information thank you we will keep that in mind ☺️ - Josie

Wow this sounds amazing!! I can imagine how the road must’ve been, probably quite surreal seeing it now! The resort at coconut beach is absolutely beautiful I bet that was an amazing experience!! Wow that horse riding sounds like my dream job 😍 do you own horses yourself? Did you move away from the daintree area? - Josie

@@JamesandJosieTravel The region still had a fairly active hippy infestation at the time. :) So yeah, it was all fun and games with the crowd I hung out with.

Awh wow I bet that was such good fun! What an incredible place to spend a lot of time like that 😍 - Josie

Ah… this would’ve been handy to know! At least I know for next time 😂 Have you ever opened one yourself?! - James

No. I may have tried in Pacific. I can't remember

Oh, have you travelled much then??

Yep, it’s in the name! We really liked the northern beaches, just not for swimming… 😂 Have you visited Cape Tribulation? - James

@@JamesandJosieTravel Not for decades I would not know it, I liked Cook Town You need to get out of there. You could get stranded.

We didn’t go up as far as Cook Town. Don’t worry, we’re out of there now! - James

Definitely worked on us… someone should go and tell the visitor centres! 😆😂 - James

@@JamesandJosieTravel Incorrect, ua-cam.com/video/iZDuZbcSDBg/v-deo.html

Hahahahah I suppose it’s the modern form of opening doors 🥴 long live chivalry 😂 - Josie

😂😆 Josie just had to explain what a drop bear was.. I’m pretty sure a cassowary would beat a drop bear though… you think? 👀😅 - James

@JamesandJosieTravel no drop bears win every time. They have the advantage by dropping down on their victims.

Damn. Now I’m scared of the drop bears… whatever you do, don’t Google them… it’s terrifying 😆😂

No I haven't, but have you come face to face with the infamous native bogan? Far worse than a crocodile.

Not quite, I think most people stand clear of the tourists (like us) actually 😂

@@JamesandJosieTravel as long as you work on a mullet and have a can of beer, they won't bite.😉

I'm not far away from a mullet... 😆

Now THIS is fact of the week! Why were there no signs?! We didn't see any information on this when we were there. Thank you for sharing! - James

Oh wow this is crazy money compared to our replacement, we will count ourselves lucky but I suppose a 2005 X-Trail doesn’t have too many bells and whistles! 😂 swings and roundabouts on that one lol! Yeah I would definitely take out insurance on yours with that price!! I didn’t even know windscreen refitting could be so complicated that’s crazy!! The small roads are the worst for it with all the road trains it’s often unavoidable too!! 😭 Will definitely look into the insurance on it, might end up being more money than the windscreen is worth for ours though maybe but it’s definitely worth investigating further! Thanks so much for the tips and we wish you guys no more cracked windscreens in 2025 😂 - Josie

It truly was incredibly beautiful!! 🤩 have you ever been? -Josie

@ I have been there but it was way back in 1987 .

Wow I would love to be able to see how different it would’ve looked compared to now - Josie

Hahaha sorry! I try to split certain areas into separate videos to stop confusion, meaning some videos end up being only 10 mins 😅 (next one will be longer). Yep, we have. It’s only a tiny chip this time, one we’ll have to deal with back in Cairns! Mossman Gorge was wonderful. We may even visit on the way back! Possibly 30 years ago the cultural centre wasn’t around? Worth looking into! Daintree next! Hope you’re well. 😊 - James

@@JamesandJosieTravel Yeah I can't remember if it was there or not. Nice swim though. You guys seem to be having a great time! Enjoy, it's a big country out there.

We’re loving it! We thought there would be more crocs in the water up here! 😆

Dinosaur = Cassowary 😆😂 - James

Okay maybe I’ll switch the skirt for something more practical but I’ll take my last breath in my Birkenstocks 😂 - Josie

I would never lie about Birkenstocks!! that’s where I draw the line! 😂They’re honestly the most versatile footwear and so comfy! Don’t knock ‘em till you try em! - Josie

That’s very true! We see a lot of that happening.. 😆 - James

We love it! Very lucky to be able to experience all of this 😊

It’s a cool little concept. Just wish they’d put a sign up to explain lol 😆 - James

Hahaha.. I’d say the road is the better option for driving 😆 - James

@@JamesandJosieTravel goats stick to those tracks. 😏

I’m assuming you’re addressing Josie.. 😂 - James

@JamesandJosieTravel yes the walking liar she is. 🤣

I guess, at least they measured the beach. It could be worse, they could be called Beach 1, Beach 2… etc 😄 - James

@JamesandJosieTravel I'm surprised they didn't. 🤣