I have been riding along this beach - finally! We decided to hire a car in Cairns & drive north along the coastline up to Cape Tribulation via a quick detour to Mossman Gorge - one of the main reasons being to go horseriding on the beach. It's absolutely beautiful up there riding through the rainforest then out onto the beach. It's one of the few places i the world where the rainforest meets the reef apparently! There were only four of us the group s...

Arrived in a very hot Cairns on Saturday and decided now was the time to start spending some money! Booked a massive east coast package for our trip south and managed to get ourselves a pretty good deal including amongst other things a boat trip out to the Great Barrier Reef. After an early start & a hot walk (it was 27 degrees at 7 am!) we managed to get ourselves to the jetty and on the boat. An hour or so later and we were at Saxon Reef kitted out in some ...