Friday, 4 August 2017
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Freshwater Creek |
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Looking for turtles - or just resting? |
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Ferns - and rock |
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Crystal Cascades |
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Pandanus fruit |
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Ulysses butterfly (cheat's photo!) |
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Museum displays |
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Cane knives |
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Relaxing on the verandah |
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What a big mouth ... |
Last Tuesday we waved goodbye to
the rellies as they set forth for the Atherton Tableland and we spent a
relaxing day in preparation for bowls that evening. Unfortunately, Himself was not able to
produce the same winning form as the previous Tuesday and managed to win the
booby prize! With the temperature
plummeting to 17 degrees and a heavy dew falling, it was a rather cool evening on
the green.
The caravan park management once
again provided a sausage sizzle (with the trimmings) and Wednesday evening and
again, the temperature dropped rapidly and the due descended.
With the temperatures very warm
all week (27-29 degrees daily) and Thursday even hotter, we decided on a walk
to Crystal Cascades, as the track is quite shaded by the rainforest. Just after commencing the walk, we spotted a
small bird quite low in the trees, and with his binoculars poised, Himself
quickly set off into the jungle. He hadn’t
ventured very far before remembering it is always a good idea to watch the
ground as well, came to a halt and slowly returned to the path. There were a few tourists and plenty of
backpackers (mainly wearing bikinis!) at the falls and we were also lucky
enough to see a few Ulysses butterflies.
Unfortunately, these beautiful butterflies are very fast flyers and
virtually impossible to photograph.
After returning to the caravan
and with the temperature starting to cool later in the afternoon, we took some
stale bread to the bridge over Freshwater Creek to help fatten the jungle
perch. While we were enjoying the fish
and the sound of the running water, I noticed a splash at the edge of the creek
and a bush moving; a snake then proceeded to swim very quickly across the river
(towards the caravan park!!!) and disappeared into the undergrowth. We walked very warily back to the roadway.
Today was very hot and muggy, 30
degrees and cloudy. We visited the new
Cairns Museum, which only opened a couple of weeks ago. It was certainly well worth the visit, with
the history of the region and Cairns, especially, well documented, with plenty
of interesting items on display. The old
Cairns School of Arts (another name for Mechanics Institute), which open in the
1800’s, has been upgraded inside but the old verandah still exists with
beautiful cane furniture. We also
unexpectedly met a couple from our bowls club who arrived yesterday for a
holiday – a nice surprise. Lunch was an
indulgent waffle at our favourite ice cream parlour before Himself added to his
linen shirt collection.
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