Snakes Alive

Tuesday, 28 August 2012

After all the excitement of seeing so many crocodiles on Saturday, Sunday did seem a little ordinary, but it was hot, though. We did spend a couple (or so) very pleasant hours late in the afternoon (aka happy hour) with Margaret and Chris – the time seemed to fly past very quickly as we shared our on-road experiences.

Monday morning we bid farewell to Margaret and Chris before sitting back in the shade for a while with a book. Les decided to have a walk along Freshwater Creek (this creek runs alongside the caravan park) while I settled for feeding stale break to the sooty grunters (fish) which live under the bridge across the creek. Being a bit sunny, the fish weren’t keen on coming out into the open but were happy to make giant splashes under the low bridge. After about 15 minutes of enjoying the peace, solitude and cool breeze off the water, I spotted an eel disappearing behind the large rocks on the edge of the bank below where I was standing. It was then I realised a head, with forked tongue, had risen from beneath another underwater rock directly below, looked around before sliding across the rock, under another before reappearing further up the bank – all this time the snake remained underwater. Using the internet for reference, it is possible the snake may have been an eastern brown snake but as I had not been the least bit interested in counting and measuring its scales, this is only an assumption. However, it was definitely not a python!

After lunch we drove into the city for a very slow stroll along the foreshore – it is most decidedly too hot to move too fast.

Monday evening we were again treated to a free barbecue by the owners of the caravan park, together with more entertainment from the “old” member of The Aztecs.

Today has been a bit of a laze about day for Les while I enjoyed the morning being pampered. Winter is no more in Cairns.