60 km north of Cairns. After a lazy day on Saturday we took a trip still further north to the end of the sealed road in Cape Tribuation - named by Captain Cook as so many places were here - in fact it would be easier to name those that were not named by him. We were in a huge rainforest area called the Daintree NP and saw more of this continents flora and fauna on several short Rainforest walks. The tameness of the wild birds and animals never ceases to amaze us. This area is also known for its poisonous spiders,huge leeches and especially its saltwater crocodiles - a throwback to the dinosaurs and basically a highly evolved killing machine. We took a trip on the Daintree river to try and see a few examples - we saw three,a young one a few weeks old,a young male(see photo) and a full grown female known locally as Elizabeth.We tried to find her bloke 'Scarface' a seriously dangerous individual but could not see him in his local haunts.A 5 year old boy was taken and eaten a few hundred metres away a month ago. Crocs here have reached 28 feet in the past, glad we did not see one that size in our small boat. We are here for 5 nights in Port Douglas just about the longest time in one bed since we left the UK. It is so nice to chill out and recharge our batteries.
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Sunday 10th May 2009
The weather gods are still not being kind to us as we travel further north in Queensland.We have had to endure some very heavy rain showers over the last few days as we came to stay in Port Douglas - 
60 km north of Cairns. After a lazy day on Saturday we took a trip still further north to the end of the sealed road in Cape Tribuation - named by Captain Cook as so many places were here - in fact it would be easier to name those that were not named by him. We were in a huge rainforest area called the Daintree NP and saw more of this continents flora and fauna on several short Rainforest walks. The tameness of the wild birds and animals never ceases to amaze us. This area is also known for its poisonous spiders,huge leeches and especially its saltwater crocodiles - a throwback to the dinosaurs and basically a highly evolved killing machine. We took a trip on the Daintree river to try and see a few examples - we saw three,a young one a few weeks old,a young male(see photo) and a full grown female known locally as Elizabeth.We tried to find her bloke 'Scarface' a seriously dangerous individual but could not see him in his local haunts.A 5 year old boy was taken and eaten a few hundred metres away a month ago. Crocs here have reached 28 feet in the past, glad we did not see one that size in our small boat. We are here for 5 nights in Port Douglas just about the longest time in one bed since we left the UK. It is so nice to chill out and recharge our batteries.
60 km north of Cairns. After a lazy day on Saturday we took a trip still further north to the end of the sealed road in Cape Tribuation - named by Captain Cook as so many places were here - in fact it would be easier to name those that were not named by him. We were in a huge rainforest area called the Daintree NP and saw more of this continents flora and fauna on several short Rainforest walks. The tameness of the wild birds and animals never ceases to amaze us. This area is also known for its poisonous spiders,huge leeches and especially its saltwater crocodiles - a throwback to the dinosaurs and basically a highly evolved killing machine. We took a trip on the Daintree river to try and see a few examples - we saw three,a young one a few weeks old,a young male(see photo) and a full grown female known locally as Elizabeth.We tried to find her bloke 'Scarface' a seriously dangerous individual but could not see him in his local haunts.A 5 year old boy was taken and eaten a few hundred metres away a month ago. Crocs here have reached 28 feet in the past, glad we did not see one that size in our small boat. We are here for 5 nights in Port Douglas just about the longest time in one bed since we left the UK. It is so nice to chill out and recharge our batteries.
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