This historic rail line was essential to starting up Cairns as a tourist town. Built before World War I, it served as a link between the mining towns and the coast. There are a billion facts about the rail line that I could tell you but the cool ones are that there are 15 tunnels and at least 12 bridges we traveled on as we ascended the mountain range to the town of Kuranda.
This was one of the largest bridges we crossed.
On the other side of the bridge was this waterfall.
The train made a pit stop to allow us to look at a historical waterfall that had been made into a dam. It is a small dam because when it becomes the rainy season and floods the entire area that seems bare becomes a massive waterfall with various rapids.
Once in the town of Kuranda, we did a bit of shopping and went to a petting zoo of sorts. Here is a swamp wallaby with her baby.
Natalie and Kate finally got to hold their koalas, which girl do you think the koala preferred to be with? Let the pictures decide!
My brother and I were fortunate enough to get a sweet photo with some kangaroos!
My family finally got to see what a wombat looked like! This creature is actually related to the koala!
My mom is feeding the common wallaby in this picture.
And in this picture we can see my father has not lost his magical touch with animals...he's so good with them, haha.
Overall, it was a good day petting kangaroos and koalas while enjoying a beautiful scenic trip by train.
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