Time for a few more pictures. I do not know how to label them, so I will offer a brief description of all of them here. They are taken from North to South, starting up in Mossman and ending north of Brisbane. I am currently in Sydney, which is a fantastic city from what I have seen, and haven't uploaded the pictures I took between Brisbane to here. This means there are no zoo or reptile park pictures, so hopefully I will add those tomorrow after I go to the world famous Sydney Aquarium.
Here goes:
Picture 1: Mossman Gorge, near the Daintree Rainforest. The water was not too cold, and relatively free of deadly animals.
2: This is a shot taken from a scenic overlook on Highway 1. It is particularly spectacular, though there were many similar views on the drive. It was still far enough north to be infested with crocodiles.
3: I had to take a ferry to get out to Long Island, near Airlie Beach, where I would stay the night and hike the next day. I got to the dock a little early and killed time talking to an ancient local who ran a run-down motel. This was her incredibly lazy and easygoing pet. She said it lounged on the tiles all day and only moved to catch lizards at night. Look familiar?
4: This is the first shot of the hike. The trail is somewhere in this photo.
5: A forest toad! They were all over the place, along with dragons, geckos, skinks, and all sorts of spiders. There were many, many spiders.
6: Nice view from the peak of the mountain. The canopy finally opened a little, and this was the result.
7: Another nice view, a little further along in the hike. This was a neighbouring island.
8: A ridiculously huge spider who made a web across the trail. I stopped about 3 cm from this monstrosity. I yelled terrible, terrible things and was thankful noone was around to hear me.
9: A monitor is hidden in this picture. If you can zoom in on the picture, he is spotted, with his tail facing the camera, just above the center of the picture. I heard him before I saw him, and again yelled terrible things. He was right near the trail and about 3.5 feet long. He stayed around for a while and seemed completely unafraid. I think he was either foraging or sunning, as this was the lone spot of sun for hundreds of yards.
The pictures should be posted below this.
Thursday, April 9
I'm in Sydney
After several days of travel, I have arrived in Sydney. The drive wasn't bad, though it took forever. I skipped over Brisbane to make sure that I would have plenty of time here and in Melbourne, prior to my flight out on the 16th. Or, I think it is on the 16th. I should look into that. I will probably go to the aquarium tomorrow. I hear that it is spectacular. After that, I will upload some pictures to give you guys an update on what I have seen. The Australian Zoo was incredible, as was the Australian Reptile Park. Now that I am in a city, I have easy access to the internet, so the next post should actually be soon.
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