Ruben's birthday

Ruben's birthday is actually on Monday, but we celebrated it today. He has been planning it for months, a trip on the Kuranda Scenic railway. The trip is an hour an a half from Cairns to Kuranda in the rainforest, winding it's way up the Barron gorge through tunnels, over bridges and past waterfalls.

It was finished in 1891 and has 15 hand-made tunnels and 37 bridges to climb from sea level to 328 metres. Daniel went up with the boys and I drove up to meet them and then after a picnic we swapped for the journey home. Ruben got to go both ways as he was free! Unfortunately he fell asleep half way into the second journey and only woke up when we were back at the station. Still he loved it and had a great day.