As we packed up our campsite in the early morning it started to rain. We have to backtrack a little to take the sealed inland road to Cooktown (about 250 km). The more direct route following the coast (about 100km) would be more spectacular, but it is a serious 4WD only track. We passed a lookout but we were up in the clouds and could not see a thing! We took a detour to the lovely Daintree Village, which seems like a quaint little town. After some hours of driving we arrived in Cooktown about mid afternoon. It is seriously windy here - we thought we had experienced some windy days - look out! We just had time for a walk to the Botanic Gardens, which have been established for a long time but where unfortunately not that impressive.