Floravilla Ice Creamery

Floravilla Ice Creamery Daintree Floravilla Ice Creamery. Beautiful tropical gardens to sit and enjoy your ice cream. Open to the public self drives and tours.

Stroll through the art gallery to view work from Betty Hinton and local artists.

💙❤️ WHO’S THE REAL BOSS OF THE DAINTREE? 🌿 Celebrating National Cassowary day. The magnificent Southern Cassowary, of co...
26/09/2026

💙❤️ WHO’S THE REAL BOSS OF THE DAINTREE? 🌿
Celebrating National Cassowary day.
The magnificent Southern Cassowary, of course! 😄

🌱 Fun fact: Cassowaries are rainforest gardeners!
They gobble up fruit, wander through the forest and… well… 💩 spread the seeds along the way!

No cassowary gardening gloves required. 😂

These incredible birds play a vital role in keeping our ancient rainforest growing — but they need our help.

🚗 Slow down in cassowary country
🐕 Keep dogs under control
🌿 Protect their rainforest home

Here at Daintree Floravilla Ice Creamery & Art Gallery, we’re proud to share our patch of paradise with these remarkable locals.

💚 Protect the Cassowary.

🌿😂 FLORAVILLA FRIDAY — FROM WAIT-A-WHILE TO WOW! 😂🌿It all started in 1968…Bill and Betty Hinton began making their annua...
24/09/2026

🌿😂 FLORAVILLA FRIDAY — FROM WAIT-A-WHILE TO WOW! 😂🌿

It all started in 1968…

Bill and Betty Hinton began making their annual pilgrimages to the Daintree, camping at Forest Creek and Noah Beach and falling completely in love with the rainforest.

On that very first visit they decided:

🌿 “If we can find a block of land here, we’re buying it!”

Fast-forward to 1982 and they finally did.

Welcome to paradise!
Well… sort of. 😂

Their new Cow Bay property was an old log dumping ground, tangled with wait-a-while, stinging plants and rainforest chaos. Betty remembers that much of it was almost impossible to walk through.

Not exactly move in, unpack and put the kettle on! ☕🤣

But Bill and Betty weren’t easily frightened off.

They rolled up their sleeves and slowly transformed that wild block into their home — and eventually into the Floravilla we know today. 🌿

Back then, even getting around the Daintree was an adventure. Much of the road was one lane, with a gentleman’s agreement: when two vehicles met, whoever could manage it best backed up until the other could squeeze past! 🚙🌴

And through it all was their great love of the Daintree — its rainforest, wildlife and extraordinary plants.

From those humble beginnings grew Floravilla. 💚

And all these years later, Betty is still here — painting, telling a good story and, of course, keeping the ice cream factory busy! 🎨🍦

Oh, if those rainforest trees could talk…
Actually, with Betty around, they probably don’t need to! 😂🌿

Stay tuned — there are MANY more chapters to come.

🌺 From sticks to spectacular! 🌺A few of you asked to see our beautiful Bombax flower up close… so here she is! ❤️Not lon...
22/09/2026

🌺 From sticks to spectacular! 🌺

A few of you asked to see our beautiful Bombax flower up close… so here she is! ❤️

Not long ago, the tree looked like nothing more than sticks against the Daintree sky — you could be forgiven for thinking it had called it quits! 😄

Then came the tiny buds… and suddenly BOOM! 💥🌺
These magnificent red flowers burst into bloom.

Nature certainly knows how to put on a show at Floravilla! 🌿❤️

🎬🌿 BACK ROADS AT FLORAVILLA! 🍦🎨A glimpse of filming a Back Roads episode for the new season. What happens when Back Road...
20/09/2026

🎬🌿 BACK ROADS AT FLORAVILLA! 🍦🎨
A glimpse of filming a Back Roads episode for the new season.
What happens when Back Roads rolls into the Daintree?
Well… Betty keeps making ice cream, of course! 😂🍦

While Betty was busy in the Floravilla factory, the cameras were rolling and then — perfect timing — in came a tour group!

Imagine their surprise when Lisa stepped behind the counter and started serving the ice cream! 😂🎥🍦 Now THAT’S a Floravilla visit they weren’t expecting!

It was a wonderful day of laughter, stories and memories, looking back over 45 incredible years of Betty’s life at Floravilla — from those early rainforest days to ice cream, art and everything in between. 🌿❤️

And Betty certainly isn’t finished yet! 🎨
She’s still painting, still creating, still making ice cream… and looking forward to the next chapter.

45 years of stories… and plenty more still to come. 💚

🌺 LOOK WHAT’S BLOOMING AT FLORAVILLA! 🌺Our magnificent Northern Cottonwood (Bombax ceiba) is putting on a spectacular sh...
20/09/2026

🌺 LOOK WHAT’S BLOOMING AT FLORAVILLA! 🌺

Our magnificent Northern Cottonwood (Bombax ceiba) is putting on a spectacular show! ❤️

With its branches almost bare, these brilliant red flowers absolutely POP against that beautiful blue Daintree sky. 💙🌺

And the locals love it too — these striking blooms attract birds, bees and butterflies. 🐝🦋🐦

Just another little bit of Daintree magic happening right here in our garden. 🌿✨
When you visit Floravilla, don’t forget to look up! 👀

🌿 FLORAVILLA FRIDAY — TREKKING THE TROPICS 🌿Before Floravilla… there were muddy tracks, cameras, paintbrushes and a grea...
18/09/2026

🌿 FLORAVILLA FRIDAY — TREKKING THE TROPICS 🌿

Before Floravilla… there were muddy tracks, cameras, paintbrushes and a great sense of adventure! 📷🎨🌴

This wonderful newspaper clipping takes us back to Betty and Bill Hinton’s early days exploring the tropical north — when Trekking the Tropics meant exactly that!

They ventured on foot through rainforest, along beaches and beside creeks, photographing, observing and recording the incredible plants, birds and landscapes around them. Sometimes the track disappeared into the forest, sometimes the weather had other ideas… but there was always another adventure waiting. 🥾🌿

Bill was behind the camera, while Betty gathered inspiration for the botanical and wildlife artwork that would become such an important part of her life.

These journeys weren’t simply sightseeing. They were about looking closely, learning, documenting and falling completely in love with the tropical north. ❤️

And from those early adventures grew a story that continues today at Daintree Floravilla — where Betty is still painting, still surrounded by the rainforest, and still making her organic ice cream. 🍨🎨

This is where the story begins… TREKKING THE TROPICS. 🌴

🌿🐦 From Rainforest to Watercolour… 🐦🎨Have you met some of the feathered characters of the Greater Daintree? 🤩For artist ...
14/09/2026

🌿🐦 From Rainforest to Watercolour… 🐦🎨

Have you met some of the feathered characters of the Greater Daintree? 🤩

For artist Betty Hinton, a painting often begins long before the first brush touches the paper. It starts outdoors — camera in hand, watching, photographing and studying the beautiful birds that call this remarkable part of Far North Queensland home. 📸🌿

From the spectacular Wompoo Fruit-Dove and colourful Fig Parrots, to the tiny Sahul Sunbird, sweet Red-browed Finches, brilliant Kingfishers and cheeky Blue-winged Kookaburra — each has its own colours, personality and story.

Then it’s back to Betty’s open studio at Daintree Floravilla, where those observations slowly come to life through her art. 🎨

Look closely… feather by feather, branch by branch, the birds of the rainforest appear on the page. 💚

And the best part? Many of the birds Betty paints are the very birds you might spot while exploring the Greater Daintree.

So keep your eyes up, your camera ready… you never know who might be watching from the branches! 👀🐦📸

📍 Daintree Floravilla Ice Creamery & Art Gallery, Cow Bay
🎨 Visit Betty’s gallery and open studio while you’re here.

🌿 Floravilla — From the Daintree River to the Artist’s Brush 📸🎨If you’re travelling through the Greater Daintree, don’t ...
14/09/2026

🌿 Floravilla — From the Daintree River to the Artist’s Brush 📸🎨

If you’re travelling through the Greater Daintree, don’t just cross the river… explore it! 🐦🌿

A Daintree River tour opens up a whole other world. Around every bend there’s something to spot — colourful birds darting through the rainforest, kingfishers perched patiently over the water, waterbirds tucked along the banks and, of course, the occasional surprise from the wild inhabitants of the Daintree. 👀

For Betty Hinton, a trip on the river often means one thing — camera at the ready! 📸

Betty has spent countless hours photographing the incredible birdlife of the Greater Daintree. A fleeting moment captured through her lens can become the inspiration for something much more permanent — a beautiful wildlife painting created back in her open studio at Floravilla. 🎨

From river → camera → brush → painting, it’s all part of Betty’s lifelong fascination with the wildlife and rainforest surrounding her Daintree home.

So when you visit, make time for the river, keep your eyes in the trees…and then call into Daintree Floravilla Ice Creamery & Art Gallery to see where nature continues its journey into art. 🌿🍦🎨

📍 Cow Bay — 11 beautiful km north of the Daintree River Ferry
🕤 Open daily 9.30am–4.30pm

Address

Corner Cape Tribulation Road/Buchanan Creek Road
Cow Bay, QLD
4873

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday 9:30am - 4:30pm

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