Australia-home of the gender bender fish

Oceania » Australia
August 15th 2007

Published: August 21st 2007

Australia-home of the gender bender fish Our time in Australia was limited to two stops-Sydney and Cairns, home of the Great Barrier Reef-details follow. The reason for this was that we had to rush off to Thailand, so as not to miss its monsoon season and, more importantly, to finally see Marc. Some of the rain forests we have encountered in various countries claim that over 10 meters of rain ... Read Full Entry

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A female crocodile

Also territorial - I will take the guide's word that this one is a female.

A colorful no-name bird

A different kind of train

This river is part salt water due to tides

The trees do not want the salt, so the need to get rid of it. The part yellow leaves have gathered salt from the tree and will drop to remove salt.

This river is part salt water due to tides

Another way to get rid of salt from the tree is for some of the roots to grow up and out of the water and drain salt from the top of the root.

Interesting root system

How we crossed the river to get to the other side

View above the rain forest

On our way to Cape Tribulation.

Daintree river flowing into the Pacific

The view is looking out to the Great Barrier Reef and the location where Steve Irwin had his last dive.

One more view

Cape Tribulation beach

A beautiful scene that was full of travail for Captain Cook and his crew. And this is where we met the one meter long lizard going to the beach.

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