Another difference is that many of their European clientele who spend a small fortune travelling all the way to Australia want to have every creature-comfort. Consequently the lodges here offer direct dial telephones, television, house videos, and air-conditioning. There is an indoor pool, a small but excellent restaurant, and very personalised service. From here it is just a short distance to the Daintree River landing from which one has a choice of excursions. Swimming here is bad for the health, since this river is home to numerous large salt-water crocodiles which can often be seen sunning themselves on the riverbanks.
Trees lining the river are hosts to large Queensland fruit bats as well as many birds.
And if visitors are in luck, they might spot one of the giant amethyst pythons coiled up in the treetops awaiting unsuspecting bats or birds. For those whose itinerary takes them to Brisbane rather than Far North Queensland, there is a mountain-top ecotourist lodge from which to explore southern Queensland's natural beauty. This is Binna Burra Mountain Lodge at Beechmont, an hour south of Brisbane in Lamington National Park. The rainforest here is not tropical like those in Queensland's Far North. And here you won't find the crocodiles, cassowaries, giant pythons and other wildlife of the Far North.