Cottage used as backdrop and Mia is a star

A close friend - Val Schier is running for mayor of the Cairns Regional Council so I helped the campaign by creating some videos for her on youtube to help get her messages across. She is very passionate about suitable tropical design for housing, and our B&B cottages were used as the backdrop.



Mia got to be the 'doggie interest' in the video on animal management. She wasnt too impressed at the beginning but soon got involved!

Showcasing our B&B cottage

TTNQ AWARD WINNER

 

Here I am up on the stage of the Cairns Convention Centre, as President of the Daintree Coast Tourism Association receiving the Tropical North Queensland Toursim Award for Visitor Information and Services. behind me are the other members of the executive - Marion, Prue and Terry.

It was quite an event with more than 500 people attending.

Gary's Safaris new tour includes our farm

Gary's Safaris have created the 'Daintree Adventure' full day tour to Cape Tribulation. Our fruit tasting is included in the price of this tour - $155 pp. It is also possible to go jungle surfing as an optional extra. This tour operates only on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and departs Palm Cove at 6.45am and Port Douglas at 7.30am.

The tour includes

Guided national park walks OR the choice of jungle surfing for an extra $80, payable on board.
Exotic fruit tasting and orchard walk at Cape Trib Exotic Fruit Farm.
A visit to the Bat House, the only accredited Wet Tropics Environment Centre at Cape Trib where you get to eyeball a bat.
Lunch at Coconut Beach Resort which provides a hot and cold buffet lunch.
A visit to the Daintree Discovery Centre and the canopy tower and the aerial walk

Phone 4098 2699 or book online via our secure server.

Mamey Sapotes now in season

Mamey Sapotes are on the tree for 18 months before they ripen - the wait is worth it. This fruit tastes like a creamy sweet potato with an avocado texture. Really unusual and a great flavour with yoghurt in a milkshake.

As you can see from the photo there are several generations of fruit on the tree at once. What is interesting at the moment is that we seem to be missing the middle size generation - there are big fruit about to ripen and small golf ball fruit which are another 12 months away from being ready to eat. It has been so dry last year that there was no flowering for the middle generation.

It's really tricky to tell when this fruit is ripe - it gets to a good size and then you have to scratch it with a finger nail to see if it is orange under the skin. Sometimes the fruit can be scratched 20 times before it changes from green to orange. Once picked it may take 1-2 weeks to soften. The right texture is the same as avocado - if you can dent your finger it is ready to eat.

For more info visit

A giant leap in multimedia - The Santol

Our first film production about the farm has hit the internet, overcoming all technical difficulties to bring you 'The Santol'. You can view it right here!

Black Sapote Shots