Daintree Rainforest, Queensland AU

It was so exciting hiking through the Daintree Rainforest. We started by going to the Daintree Village, but there did not seem to be much to see there so then we caught the ferry across the crocodile infested river. We went to Daintree Discovery Center and did a treetop walk through. They provided an audio tour handset which was very informative. I love those things.

We learned about what foods aboriginals ate to survive in the rainforest. Then at the end we ordered a sample platter of those items. It was delicious and very cool. I’m sure the foods were very different, but it was neat to taste some of the items. Then one of the ladies there told us about some free walks so we drove on and did two more.

We had our eyes peeled looking for cassowaries or any other rainforest creature, and we were hiking very quietly. On the last hike I didn’t even bring my camera because we had kind of given up on the idea that we would see a cassowary. I said to Dave “We’ll probably see one since we left the camera in the car.” And a few minutes later there one was!  I stayed there and Dave ran back to the car to get the camera.

Male cassowary. Large bill on top of head.

They are endangered and we overheard a tour guide say there are maybe only 1000 left and that it’s uncommon to spot one. He said they are growing in numbers since the rainforest became a UNESCO world heritage site and are more protected.

Cool looking canopy tree
This is a female Cassowary, which are larger than the males. It has a small bill on its head.

A large group of tourists arrived, but the bird wasn’t scared off. We got several photos and then we we got back to the car, there was another one crossing the road! We saw both a male and a female. It was awesome and we felt like our day was made. We celebrated by getting some delicious chocolate hazelnut ice cream at Floravilla before leaving.

Dave posing with the most dangerous bird. They are supposedly very aggressive and territorial.

I wish I could say the remainder of the day was as awesome, but we spent the next 5-6 hours driving in torrential rainfall to get to our next destination. The important thing is we arrived safely. Overall, a great day.

 

3 thoughts on “Daintree Rainforest, Queensland AU”

  1. Love reading these!
    Crocodile infested waters ?
    Very cool that you got to see a cassowary, thanks for sharing the pictures!
    P.S I revived your post card, thank you!
    Did you visit or planing on visiting the redwood forest in Rotorua as in the picture on front? Beautiful. Be safe in your travels. Xoxo

    1. Hey Lace! So glad you got the postcard! Yes, we went to the redwood forest in Rotorua. There are more pics of it on FB. It was beautiful though much smaller than the forests in Cali.

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