Saturday, November 14, 2015

Port Douglas Holidays: day 7

Monday 8 June

Day seven

We were picked up at 8.20 am
by a 4 X 4 truck " Billy tea safari.

Some of the people (few trucks) 
were coming from Cairns so they
were dying for a coffee, so we made
a stop at Mossman.



the sugar cane train still crossed the road.



at the schedule coffee stop we were shown a baby crocodile


and some beautiful butterflies


We then abandoned the truck for a boat
down the Daintree river


and we saw a LOT of crocodiles







a lot of crocs, all different sizes





I love the mangroves



After one hour cruise, we landed and were picked
up again by our truck.









At this stop, our guide was telling us about Cassowaries,
when one and his chick crossed the path just
in front of us.
I was so interested in the bird that I forgot about photo
( if you blow up the photo below you might be able 
to glimpse the red and blue, beautiful)




a candle climbing fern.



at our lunch stop I took a photo of this plaster
cassowary


they had an enclosure with orphan and injured kangaroos


we fed them sliced sweet potatoes,
they liked it



chairs and table where we sat for lunch.



somebody with a sense of  humour defaced the sign


We stopped at Emmagen creek for a billy tea 
afternoon tea with damper and tasting of fresh 
tropical fruits. they were delicious, some of 
them I have never seen before


Only a Belgium guy and I had a swim.
It was very fresh  and lot of little fishes came
to have a nibble at us.







Cape Tribulation



the beach




Our last stop was at the ice cream factory.
Claude and I shared one.