Since we were faced with a couple of days with potentially sketchy weather, we decided to head up north into the Daintree National Park. Daintree is a lush 110-million year old rainforest which escaped effects of the last Ice Age. An occasional shower actually positively adds to the rainforest ambiance. After about a half an hour of driving, we reached a cable ferry that crossed the Daintree River to get to the rain forest. After entering the park, we were presented with some odd signs. The signs were standard yellow diamond shapes, like you see in the states for deer crossings, but a strange looking bird was depicted on these signs. We thought it might be warnings for Emu crossing. Instead it was for the Cassowary, an odd looking flightless bird that reaches up to 6
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