Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Day 139 and 140 Cape Trib. back to Cairns

Unfortunately, I do not have many photos of day 139.  You will have to ask my mother or Kate for pictures of their adventures that day.  I spent the day with my mother and brother checking out more hikes and the beach.  Meanwhile, my sister, Kate, Nick and Dad went ziplining through the rainforest.  I believe it was called Jungle surfing, which is a pretty sweet name. 
We loved this sign, some artist had added his unique touch to the sign.  The sign is next to a speed bump so basically whoever did it was implying that if you don't slow down you could kill a cassowary.  They are endangered afterall.

This is an example of the boardwalk structures they had through the national park.  These parts of the forest are prone to seasonal flooding from cyclones and such.

There is only one road into Cape Tribulation and in order to get there you have to take a barge.  How cool is that!

I have got to give my little brother credit for this photo.  On the drive back to Cairns, we crossed over a river and my brother was so excited.  "I saw a crocidile!"  I didn't believe him but we pulled over to initially humor him.  Kudos to him though, that Saltwater Croc was at least 200-300 yards away from the bridge.  To be able to spot him from that far must mean he was a big fella.

Another funny story concerning the ride home was when we got stopped by some construction.  This hawk was just sitting in the forest by our car.  I think he noticed us looking at him because he was staring us down.  We were just some more annoying tourists to it, haha, but he obliged us by showing off his awesome feathers.  Kate thought he was gonna fly into the car because of how intently he was staring at us!

Look at that smirk...He finally bought his kangaroo skin...sigh...the hunter in him lives on.

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