Last wednesday it started to rain and continued through the night, into Thursday night. 312 mm in 48 hours. The causeways flooded and the road was cut for most of Thursday .
We had a German family staying with us, who were due to depart, so we rang their hire car company Hertz, who were quite happy for them to leave the hire car at Cape Trib, so that Digby could take them to Cairns in the 4WD, and then get another hire car for the rest of their holiday.
The other guests - Anna and her son Ian were not so lucky. They had hired a car with Thrifty who said that if they left the car at Cape Trib, they would still be charged for the hire, and that there were no cars available to replace the car at cape trib anyway. So we offered them the Granny Flat, so that we could get the cottages ready for the next guests in case they arrived through the day driving a big 4 WD. Anna and Ian went off to explore and made the mistake of crossing the first creek, and then couldn't get back to the farm, when the river came up, so they finished up staying at Coconut Beach Resort for the night, and came back to see me the next morning.
Our new guests for Thursday night failed to appear, and then rang to say they were staying the night further south at Daintree Wilderness Lodge. This meant I had Thursday night to myself - all alone with the dogs - what joy.
Now the creeks are running again, the sun has started to peak out from the clouds, and the weather forecast looks promising.
Cape Tribulation is a rainforest wilderness, remote and the weather is unpredictable. That's why this area has never been settled into suburbia before. That's the attraction - the reason why we live here. The orchard is thriving - after such a long dry last year, this is a wonderful bonus. It might be a record breaking July - maybe the wettest July on record. I checked Hans' rainfall record which go back to 1980 and for July - and the biggest rainfall 222 mm in 1997, so it looks like this could be the case.
(This photo has been taken by Deep Forest Lodge and shows a photo from the wet season)
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