Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Day 138 Cape Tribulation

Well...to be honest, it's been a very long time since I uploaded the rest of my family's trip to Australia.  We last left off in Cape Tribulation after seeing the saltwater crocidiles at Hartley's.  On this day we woke up to check out the rainforest which was notorious for being home to the Cassowary.  I did not happen to see a wild one but my mom, brother, nat, and nick did.  Do not be fooled by the fact that it is a bird; these guys have been known to kill people that get too close.  This picture doesn't show it very well, but Cassowaries are about the size of an emu.

The rain forest had very damp ground so they had built these awesome boardwalks for people to use. We emerged out onto the beach.  I don't know what is going on in this picture but it appears as if natalie is mimicing the cassowary look while my mom is trying to mimic its walk, haha.

As we were in saltwater croc territory, it only seemed natural to not go swimming, furthermore when there are signs like this one...why risk it.

Don't ask me, I don't know what it is, but they were everywhere.  Literally scattered all up and down the beach by the hundreds. I am going to assume it was a crab-type creature.

In the top left you'll see Nick.  On either side of Cape Tribulation there are two beaches.  Apparently, there is a hike from one beach to the other.  My brother and I did not find that trail so we made our own.  We hiked along the rocky coastline forging our own trail.  There were a number of tidal pools with crabs, shells, and sometimes fish. 

At times the journey was a little questionable, it didn't help that the tide was coming in either but we continued on.

Eventually, we had to turn back because we couldn't get around the cape without going into the water or through really thick rainforest.  We doubled back to the original beach.  This picture can give you can idea of how big this beach really was.

Wild turkey's seem to follow my brother wherever he goes, the continent doesn't matter.

Just a more expansive view from the very tip of Cape Tribulation.  This is the furtherest out the peninsula extends into the ocean.

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