Daintree

Clearly the owner had heard some of our comments - slightly perturbed by our continued presence in the accommodation beyond 10am! Having booked a Daintree River sunset cruise for that evening the Hutchings clan set off to explore Cow Bay - quite a large cluster of strange looking homes/ buildings. At the beach we were advised that a 3m croc had just been seen at the water's edge - sea water! Needless to say Mark and the boys were off to try and spot the croc. 30 mins later - back without success. No bait (boys) had been offered so no interest from croc to appear. After watching an insect kill a larger insect and try to move it over the beach it was time for lunch.

Strangely people do not seem concerned about kayaking within metres of where a croc has been spotted!

Then of to Daintree for cruise with Dave "Saucy" Worcester - 2 hours of cruising the Daintree - saw a green tree snake at very close quarters, crocodiles, birds a-plenty, frogs and went into some obscure creeks - every one revealing interesting flora or fauna. At the end of the cruise we saw the flight of the cattle egrets - thousands going to roost - all following the same flight path. An incredible trip.

Back to Cow Bay - Campbell's were leaving early next day so were checking out in the evening - the owner was at his best - saying his wife had made an error in the cruise booking and we therefore had to pay an additional $70 (in addition to the additional ferry fares) - red rag and bull came to mind but eventually agreement reached that we would not be paying any more - the events will last in the memory for years! Fortunately there was a fairly decent hotel pub over road - Mandy very at home talking to locals. Owners had only moved up in December so regaled us with the reasons and motivations for moving North. Great Barramundi had by Mandy and Jacqui all washed down with some Daintree tea.

Time to say goodbye to Campbell's for a day as we stayed and they left! Who were the lucky ones?