THIS IS AUSTRALIA'S AMAZON | THE WORLDS MOST ANCIENT RAINFOREST S1CH.52
We’ve come to Australia’s Amazon, the world’s most ancient rainforest that stretches all the way to the sea.
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We leave our mates behind in Cairns and make a run for it to the Daintree Rainforest, the world’s most ancient lowland rainforest. For the next few days, we will be completed secluded amongst the jungle and away from civilisation, with the only way in and out via a cable car ferry across the Daintree River. This place is amazing for its attributes of crystal clear freshwater streams flowing through the jungle all the way to beautiful sandy shores where the jungle meets the sea. We’ve never seen worlds collide in such a fashion. We take this time away from phone reception to slow down and enjoy waterholes, game nights and the surrounding forest.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:04 The world’s oldest rainforest, we’re in the jungle now
02:45 Where jungle meets the ocean
04:43 Washing the day off at Maso’s
05:48 Round 1: Game night
07:55 Waking up in Australia’s amazon
09:38 End of the road for the Silver Bullet
10:55 Wait, what’s a Tree Kangaroo?
13:06 A pool table in the trees above a river
14:50 Round 2: Game night
15:26 The 2nd largest bird in the world!
17:29 We can’t go home without another waterfall
20:18 Coming up…
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