Since I last posted we have camped at the beautiful Paluma Range National Park at Jourama Falls, which had some of the prettiest rainforest I have ever seen.
We also camped at Cardwell, Tully Gorge and Etty Bay, where we saw the cassowaries. We had a beautiful camp, right on the beach and from our annex, you couldn't see any sign of civilisation - just the beach and rainforest covered headland. We had been told that our best bet for a cassowary sighting was Etty Bay, after we'd been to two other places where they were supposed to hang out.
Having set up the camper, we were sitting under the annex having a beer when Alan said " The only thing that could make this better, would be for a cassowary to walk past". I said no, because we would have to get up and get the camera out of the car and that would be too much effort. Not more than two minutes later, a cassowary walked right past our camp! And yes, we did have to jump up to get the camera! The photo is of the campsite in Etty Bay, taken from the beach.
Hi Al and Lib
ReplyDeleteGlad you've lived to tell the tale. When we were in North Queensland about 20 years ago a German tourist was supposed to have been killed by a Cassowary. We made the mistake of telling Jen who was about 8 at the time and it was almost impossible to get her out of the car!
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