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Over the Alexandra Range to Cow Bay
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From the Daintree River ferry, the road winds over the Alexandra Range through the rainforest to Cow Bay and thence east to the beach. The main beach, marked in red on the map, is about 1.5km long but at low tide it is easy to walk north to the smaller beach, marked in green. Cow Bay is Kaba Kada (rains a lot) in the Easter Kuku Yalanji language.
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| Cow Bay Beach |
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Buchanan Creek
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Cow Bay Beach Swing
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| Kaba Kada Swing |
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| A Glimpse of Thornton Peak |
Cow Bay Beach is a favourite spot for dog walkers.
Walking the Dog
Cow Bay Beach has many moods. Sometimes it is calm and sparkly blue but at other times it is grey and wild. Sometimes two creeks run onto the beach and they are always changing. One of the joys of life is watching a full moon rise over the ocean.
Cow Bay Beach Moods
Throughout the Daintree and on the way to the beach, keep an eye out for
cassowaries. If there are chick(s), then the adult is a male because he cares for the chick(s) for around eight months. The young chicks are striped and called stripies but the older ones have brown plumage. In the video, Cass is the resident female cassowary at Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas. The chick and the male are crossing the road to Cow Bay Beach. The soundtrack is “Critters of the Daintree Rainforest”.
Cassowaries
At the north end of Cow Bay Beach, there are interesting rocks containing pink quartz which were formed during a long ago geological event and then the soft parts of the rocks were weathered and eroded away. On this little beach, the dense rainforest comes right down to the sand and as with all rainforest, there is much diversity in the plants. A couple of months ago, millions of the colourful zodiac moths invaded the rainforest and the beaches. The dog is a kelpie/cattle dog who is just over one year old and is called Daintree Dazzle or Dazzle, Dazz, Dazza for short.
To the North of Cow Bay Beach
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