Saturday 30th July Mossman

 Lucky us (or me)! The Mossman markets were on this morning and so once organised, we headed to the markets which were just down the road from the caravan park. There were many stalls, a mix of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts and other produce, handmade clothes and jewellery, second-hand odds and ends, baked goods etc. The market was held at a lovely park very close to the centre of Mossman, under the shade of some magnificent rain trees. Quite a few people were there and Rob spent time working out who was a local and who was a tourist by the clothes, hair and footwear. Locals, footwear was optional, clothes were loose and colourful and hair was long and in dreadlocks. J We bought some fruit and vegetables popped them in the car fridge before heading to a local café for coffee. This particular café was a family owned business and had been operated by the family for 50 years. Every time we passed it was busy no matter what time of the day. Being a Saturday morning it was extremely busy but the coffee was worth waiting for. We had a great spot, at a huge open window bar where we could “people watch” as we enjoyed our coffee.  From here we drove out to Mossman Gorge and purchased our tickets to take the bus into the gorge. Arriving at the gorge we chose to do the longer rainforest circuit track which took us over the suspension bridge and into the rainforest. The circuit wound around the edges of the Mossman River as well as the creek. It was beautiful. At a couple of the spots we were tempted to go for a swim. We were both a little on the warm side as it was about 26 degrees today and the humidity was up but the water was just a little too cool for us oldies! We did see a few children and other young people enjoying the pristine water. The walk took us an hour and a half but 30 minutes of that was spent chatting to some Adelaide people we ran into and recognised. Rob had played baseball with the husband when he was young and they both were teachers/principals so I knew them from conferences and other educational settings etc.