Stony Point to Kuranda: Part 1

Stony Point has a rather definitive "end-of-the-line" feeling and so a great place to start a long journey:

Unfortunately, Stony Point also doesn't have many trains arriving or departing and not much to do whilst waiting.  There was a shop in which one could buy a deep-fried sausage, but that was about all.

Luckily for me, Stefan was along and so we first went to look at all the dead sharks littering the beach and then took the ferry to French Island.    The ferry was of particular interest as the crew didn't know how to read a timetable, but we did arrive as planned and set out to explore the island.

 There's not a lot on the island, apart from lots of koalas that apparently were introduced in the 1880s.   There are also a lot of hiking trails that look amazing, but we need to catch the train and so only explored a few of them.

Trip Advisor doesn't have the best reviews of French Island "We had booked 2 weeks previous and told we would be picked up at the pier and taken to the prison. We were not met at the pier and forced to walk 3km with 7 young children with no water etc."   We also didn't see a prison, but we did explore some of the coastal paths and spotted a few koalas.


... and then it was back on the ferry and a few hours on the train ride back to Melbourne.

Ferry to French Island. Definitely not tropical weather yet!

Definitely a place to return to!