Complete with hiking, swimming, and snakes, I was off from Cairns to Fitzroy Island!
Day 5
Today’s excursion was to Fitzroy Island! It was about a 45 minute ferry ride over from the Cairns marina. I came prepared with snacks, my swimmers, and all the sunscreen. My first activity was a hike around the Summit Hike trail. It was HOT. The island’s summit was 269 m up, and had the views to show for it. After the descent, I took my lunch up the “Secret Garden” trail and had my little smorgasbord in the shade. Then it was time to swim! I got suited and suncreened up, made my way to an area that was too reefy to access during the low tide, so I headed out to the other beach. I saw another snake! This was Northern Tree Snake, also a non-venomous specimen.
While snorkelling and swimming on Nudey Beach (it was a clothing required beach, don’t worry!), I spotted a Bluespotted ribbon tail ray, and gave it a wide berth because I didn’t want to end up with its venomous tail spines anywhere near me. Swimming at Fitzroy Island meant crocs were a non-issue, as they don’t venture far enough away from the mainland to make it out there.
See you soon,
Kate