This is What Australia's Daintree is REALLY LIKE! | Best Places to Visit in Australia

[@sonyan2902]

Congratulations. Even rarer than the Cassowary you captured 2 cassowary chicks at 6:36. They have brown and white stripes to blend in with the dead leaves on the rainforest floor.👍

[@RefurbIshment-z7l]

Good spotting

[@ChristopherJewels]

The mother cassowary is fiercely defensive of her chicks and can injure people seriously if they get too close.

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

That was so cool! We didn't really mention it, was wanting to see how many ppl would notice it! Good eye!

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

We heard they can be dangerous!

[@gregfreeman4564]

Hope you visit Paronella Park near Innisfail on your travels back south

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

We will try to do that!

[@Realitycheck-w5c]

So glad that you got to see a cassowary!

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Us too!

[@adammorra3813]

You guys are living the dream life!

[@scottchlopek]

Love you guys... such a beautiful family, so glad you're enjoying our country, wouldve loved to see you all on Maggie (magnetic island)

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Thank you for the support and nice comment! Yeah we would of liked to make it there too. Maybe next time!

[@louisaklimentos7583]

You are all having so much fun . Cape Tribulation is so beautiful .

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

We really are! It is a beautiful place!

[@larissahorne9991]

When you're visiting The Atherton Tablelands, there's a couple of food places I'd like to recommend in Atherton. Both of them may seem expensive at first, but they have generous servings. L & B's Fish And Chips have a great variety of food. Not just fish and chips, there are burgers, including our beloved burgers with the lot. If you're dining in, I'd recommend sharing one between the two of you adults. Their small servings of chips will also be big enough to share. Just last night, we got some food from there to take away. (You can only dine in during the day.) It was packed full of people waiting to collect their orders. I met an Aussie man who lives in America and his mum. She'd never had one of those hamburgers, but she believed me about their size. She said that that small serving of chips was more than enough for her husband and herself. Don't forget to try some of their fresh homemade cakes. To be continued in a second comment.

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Thank you for the food recommendation! We love food! Would love to try the burgers!

[@stevemurrell6167]

There were cassowary chicks in that last shot following the adult bird as it went back into the bush. Gorgeous!

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Yes that was so cool! Felt very lucky to see that!

[@stephenhadley2490]

Great parenting and a positive attitude.

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Thank you!

[@alastairhatt360]

Hope you get to come back and do the west coast. You would love the beaches and attractions. 👍🇦🇺

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

We really want to do the West Coast!

[@karekerry4362]

Another great vlog ! ❤Just watching the news and see torrential rain up north Queensland..Please be safe on the roads.Remember IF it's Flooded ,then Forget it! Flooded roads catch many drivers out who try to drive through it and have no clue or how strong current is or condition of road surface itself under all the flowing flood water.Stay Safe 🙏and Happy Travels 😊👍👌🌟❤

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Thank you! We will watch the weather closely! Thank you for the comment and tips!

[@charlesemerson6763]

So lucky to see a cassowary. Twice I've been there and never seen one.

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

We felt very lucky!

[@RobRichards584]

Just wholesome vids with a cool family, how can ya go wrong.

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Thank you!

[@Final_Cut_FF]

Love the Forest, great stuff.

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Thank you glad you enjoyed!

[@eurekaelephant2714]

Well, I live in N.Q. too, and glad to see you guys getting out onto the beach etc with an umbrella. Thats the spirit. Good on you. Cool you came across a cassowary! The highway is cut off south of Proserpine due to all the rain weve had, (written Sat afternoon), but you prob already know re travelling south. Take care on the roads and look out for potholes after all the rain - slow down a bit cause we do get them in the crappy roads up here, especially in the wet. Looking forward to your next vid. Ps You must get sick of recommendations, but if you do end up going to the Atherton Tablelands, just a reminder re Lake Eacham - just beautiful - and the Cathedral Fig Tree is quite impressive. (Not to be confused with the Curtain Fig Tree).

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Thank you for the comment! Glad you enjoy our videos! We do get a lot recommendations and even though we cant make it to them all this trip. Maybe next time we come we can, so it still helps getting them!

[@robe461]

As a southerner I'm a bit biased (bit like being a northerner in the US). Go South young'uns for waves and all things sensible (like no crocs 😂)...Take care on the road.

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

We are listening and we may agree with you....Thank you!

[@larissahorne9991]

Then there's Luisun Pizza, which is owned by an Italian family who makes authentic pizzas. The mama makes the pizzas with a wood fired oven, and the daughter takes the orders. They're only open during the evenings, except for Mondays. They're the size of American pizzas. One pizza could be at least enough to feed your family. When you get back to Cairns, Babba's Chicken has to be some of the best I've ever eaten. A Bosnian lady named Nardia has been running it since the early 70s. The chicken is slow cooked over a carcoal barbecue pit for 2 hours. I once saw her cut up a chicken, and the juice literally poured out of it. Be sure to get it with chips, vegetables, and her incredible gravy.

[@katrinawong8273]

@larissahorne9991 you need to do a travel food vlog. Enjoyed your stories🌸🌸

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

That all sounds amazing! Is this inside the Daintree? If so bummed we missed it!

[@larissahorne9991]

@TheWickmansLife2024 No, it's in Atherton.

[@beverleyjones4179]

Thanks for loving our country so much that you came back. We‘ll make Australians out of you yet lol.

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Thats exactly why we came back! Maybe we can be American/Aussies one day!

[@beverleyjones4179]

@ that would be wonderful, but just warn you once you become Australian Citizens, you just become Australian like in the Seekers song „I am, you are, we are Australian. We don’t refer to immigrants as American/Australian, Indian/Australian ect once you have Aussie citizenship you are referred to as Australian by us.

[@laurenceleong8493]

Finally americans I actually like wish all were as nice as you guys some humilaty goes a long way in australia❤

[@juliantovey5105]

A decent natural surf is 3 days drive or a plane ... hhmmmm. Imagine a Cassowary at you. Nup. These are beast birds.🤟

[@eurekaelephant2714]

Not true. 7 hour drive south the surf starts. A cassowary is beautiful and is only a so called beast bird if you behave like a bloody idiot around it.

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Okay good to know! Yeah glad that Cassowary didn't feel threatened by use thats a big bird! Looks like a dinorsaur!

[@StephenMoore-vc7ku]

G’day😊 December to February is primarily the wet season up there so the fact that you’ve had fine weather up until now is great😁👍 Even in the rain it’s still beautiful ‘ey? Everyone loved that peanut butter smoothie 😊 I am so happy yous got to see a cassowary. I’ve seen some in m y travels, mostly on the way to Atherton from Cairns! Merry Christmas to yous. Enjoy your Christmas in our backyard💕💕💕💕💕 Stephen

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Yes it is still beautiful and well worth the drive! That smoothie was awesome! Seeing a cassowary in the wild was definitely a goal of ours! Thank you Merry Christmas to you as well! Thank you for the support!

[@StephenMoore-vc7ku]

@@TheWickmansLife2024 no worries mate😉

[@lonnie224]

Look out for crocs on the beaches up there

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

We are keeping our eyes peeled thank you!

[@JohnCormier-be1oj]

I spent a week up there years ago, and I tried lychee ice cream. My main goal was to see, and photograph, a cassowary. I’m always a little bummed when I see Americans JUST go to Bondi. There’s sooo much to explore. And, the people are wonderful.

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

We had a great time at the daintree! There is definitely much more to see than Bondi!

[@JohnCormier-be1oj]

@ If you get a chance, try to get a view of a tree full of Flying-Fox bats. It’s definitely a UNIQUE experience. 🦇

[@ingineindra3385]

G'day guys I just subscribed to your channel, love your adventures so far. I'm from Melbourne born and bred, you guys need to come down this way and check out the Mornington Peninsula. The Peninsula has loads of surf beaches, surf fishing, beautiful seascape, coral reefs, rock pools, epic sunsets, tons of wildlife, hiking adventures through the Mornington Peninsula National Park and last but not least the Cape Schanck lighthouse. The Peninsula also offer's 100's of restaurants, shops, heaps of sightseeing and plenty of things to do.Over the Christmas holidays it's absolutely packed down here with caravan parks right on the beach, Rye carnival and some of the best sunsets. Anyway guys, keep coming with those great videos take care and stay safe yeeeww 😁🤙

[@larissahorne9991]

Hello again. For a good kid friendly place to visit in Atherton, try The Crystal Caves (it's a business). With fake caves to explore and learn about crystals and other interesting things. There are also other things to buy, and if you want to, there are geodes that can be cracked. I lived in Brisbane until I was 13, when my mum and I moved to Atherton, where grandma lived. We used to visit grandma during the summer school holidays. The Crystal Caves were definitely a childhood favourite of mine.

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Ok cool! Hopefully we can make it there! If not maybe on our next trip! The Crystal Caves sounds really cool!

[@tironibusmaximus6100]

Love the cassowary, closest living relative to a raptor and we call them "living fossils" as their claws and talon are almost identical to fossils of velociraptors, and like their long-lost Cuzzies, they are also extremely dangerous!!!

[@davidkilroy3761]

Try and fit in a visit to Nelson Bay NSW, only an hour from Newcastle.

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

We want to make it to Nelson Bay!

[@davidkilroy3761]

You will not be disappointed. Safe travels.

[@MelodyMan69]

NEXT STOP...GREAT BARRIER REEF. ????😮😮

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Homestly we really wanted to and we looked into doing a trip, but from what ppl told us from the heavy rains and winds the water was very stirred up and it was pretty expensive for all of us to go. So we passed on it. We really wanted to do it!

[@ChristopherJewels]

@@TheWickmansLife2024 Maybe Lady Elliot Island, Lady Musgrave Island or Heron Island on the southern Great Barrier Reef? All 3 are true coral cays. Research any cheap boats or flights from Agnes Water, Bundaberg. Camping only on Lady Musgrave but you might be able to do a day tour.

[@iambenadam]

Yew!

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Yew!

[@valenciacuttriss4259]

All l could think about is the crocs while you guys are running on that beach.

[@ChristopherJewels]

Luckily it was low tide. Crocs like to hide in the water with only their eyes above water.

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Yeah we are pretty much on high alert when around the water with the kids. Being from Florida we are use to it!

[@colinpryor6590]

How much has Cape Trib change the last time I was up there was 1993 and I just backed the 4wd up to Cape trib beach and spent the night there.

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Im sure its changed a lot since then!

[@looking8030]

💯👌🏽

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Thank you!

[@johngodden4363]

It’s not called the Big Wet ( Summer) in tropical northern Australia for nothing! Enjoy your travels!

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Thats the truth! Thank you!

[@hardyakka6200]

You had a good day in the Daintree. Tree kangaroos live there as well. Crocs like those mangroves too, Low tige is a safer time to visit. The Cassowary and chicks was a good sighting but always be warey of them and no sudden movement towards them.\.

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

We did! Would of been cool to see a tree kangaroo! Being from Florida we know how to act around the water so it really helps when we are in croc country!

[@ChristopherJewels]

@@TheWickmansLife2024 Walkabout Creek in Brisbane has a tree kangaroo. It also has a platypus and freshwater crocodile behind glass. And a wombat, python and echidna. Decent coffee before 1 pm too when they start to close up. The kids might like the green luminous mushrooms where you can switch the light off to see them glow in the dark.

[@tonycurrie2964]

Love your videos but they need to be longer.

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Yeah we want them to be longer too! Some times they are closer to 20 mins. Some times closer to 10. This might of been our shortest video to date!

[@MelodyMan69]

Are you Guy's REAL.. Its Raining in a RAIN FOREST. Who would have know..Who would PLAN for that. EVERYBODY.....😂

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Lol it was a joke. Just trying to be funny.

[@markward573]

Please don’t pick up the wildlife

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

I dont think we picked up any wildlife did we?

[@krh007]

Excellent guys. Subscriber dialling in from Perth WA. I noticed of recent popping up on my feed a US based doco YT channel (Amazing Journeys) that has been focusing on Aust a lot lately in particular WA and Perth . www.youtube.com/@AmazeJourneys Production & editing is good so might be of interest to you as to amazing locations they cover in detail. Enjoy getting back to some surfing spots

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Thank you watching and subscribing! We will check them out. Thank you! Cant wait to get back to some surf!

[@zebed33]

🙌

[@TheWickmansLife2024]

Yew!