At the Crystal Caves!

We went on a little road trip around the area today. Highlights included:

• Port Douglas - cute little town for a shopping stop
• Goldon Drop Mango Winery outside Mareeba - mmm mango wine!
• Coffee World in Mareeba - wasn't as informative as we were hoping, but we got to see a coffee plant outside
• Crystal Caves in Atherton - wasn't at all what we expected. The cave was fake, but there were so many amazing rocks and gems and crystals. And the whole place had a delightfully cheese vibe...especially this commercial that we saw on TV a few days later:

• Curtain Fig near Yungaburra - very impressive!

Disappointments included:

• Not seeing a platypus at the river in Yungaburra :(

We are pretty sure these are termite mounds...eww

This bird is huge and flew right in front of our car! Unfortunately we didn't get  a great picture.

Mango orchard!

Raw coffee bean

Coffee plant!

The crystal caves!

Do I look appropriately amazed?

Glowing, ooooo

Now that's a big amethyst

Called "Empress of Uruguay"

The crystal fountain of love, lol

Cubic Pyrite Crystals

Colourful...

Pretty

This looks plastic! But it's not. 

Another highlight piece...very pricey 

Curtain Fig Tree!