Monday 15 June
Helped Tarsha get her car back on the road. Took a couple of hours while we went from insurance agent to transport authority to home and back to transport center. It was good she was able to get her car back on the road so getting to work would not be a problem. Once we got that all sorted we were off to Port Douglas.
Once in the area we carried onto Mossman and up into the Heritage Park there. We went for a little walk in the bush that had lookouts of the river and gorge. Some nice sights and it was good just to have the walk. Big signs by the river warned against swimming there but that didn’t stop a group of kids. About 10 of them were enjoying the cool waters.
We then travelled back into Port Douglas for lunch. It is a quaint little town with lots of eateries and specialist type shops. We had a look around and then went to the beach.
On the way back Lorraine mentioned we should stop and have a look at the Crocodile farm we had past on the way. Throughout our time in Australia she constantly said that we needed to see these creatures. However when the opportunity presented itself there was a change of mind and heart. Suddenly it didn’t matter and we really don’t have enough time. Anyways since she suggested the stop I decided we would do it and sort of pushed her into the park by paying the entry before she could say no.
In the park we watch one of the rangers do a small presentation on snakes. He had a large python which he wrapped around the shoulders of a 13 year old volunteer. Entertainment at its best. Once that segment finished he brought out a Interior Taipan snake which he told us was the most poisonous of the snake family. While he talked about it, he had hold of its tail and the rest of the snake moved around a prod like pole which he held in his other hand. I found that I stopped listening to his talk and just focused on how close the snake kept getting to him. One time he actually brought it within a foot of his faced.
Next was onto a boat and out into crocodile infested waters. We saw heaps of them. On the bank sunning themselves, in the water swimming towards the boat, there were about 18 altogether in the man made “lagoon”. At one point he feed one and had it jump out of the water right in front of where we were sitting.
Our last event at the farm was to watch a croc being feed. This was quite an amazing experienced as the croc was not doing exactly what the ranger wanted him to do. A number of times the rangers had to stop his banter and move really quick to avoid the advancing croc. It was such a adrenalin rush watching the cat and mouse game the two performers acted out while they tried to out wit each other. Fortunately the ranger won. The croc did a death roll, jumped right out of the water and even had a lunge or two after some real fresh human. This was definitely one of the highlights of our trip.
We had dinner with Tarsha and as it was our last night we went to the Night Markets to buy a few pressies and have another massage. This time we were experienced, so it only cost $15.00 each for the massage. No extra costs of patches this time!!!!
It was sad saying goodbye to Tarsha at the end of the night but as we were leaving really early we would not be seeing her in the morning.
Helped Tarsha get her car back on the road. Took a couple of hours while we went from insurance agent to transport authority to home and back to transport center. It was good she was able to get her car back on the road so getting to work would not be a problem. Once we got that all sorted we were off to Port Douglas.
Once in the area we carried onto Mossman and up into the Heritage Park there. We went for a little walk in the bush that had lookouts of the river and gorge. Some nice sights and it was good just to have the walk. Big signs by the river warned against swimming there but that didn’t stop a group of kids. About 10 of them were enjoying the cool waters.
We then travelled back into Port Douglas for lunch. It is a quaint little town with lots of eateries and specialist type shops. We had a look around and then went to the beach.
On the way back Lorraine mentioned we should stop and have a look at the Crocodile farm we had past on the way. Throughout our time in Australia she constantly said that we needed to see these creatures. However when the opportunity presented itself there was a change of mind and heart. Suddenly it didn’t matter and we really don’t have enough time. Anyways since she suggested the stop I decided we would do it and sort of pushed her into the park by paying the entry before she could say no.
In the park we watch one of the rangers do a small presentation on snakes. He had a large python which he wrapped around the shoulders of a 13 year old volunteer. Entertainment at its best. Once that segment finished he brought out a Interior Taipan snake which he told us was the most poisonous of the snake family. While he talked about it, he had hold of its tail and the rest of the snake moved around a prod like pole which he held in his other hand. I found that I stopped listening to his talk and just focused on how close the snake kept getting to him. One time he actually brought it within a foot of his faced.
Next was onto a boat and out into crocodile infested waters. We saw heaps of them. On the bank sunning themselves, in the water swimming towards the boat, there were about 18 altogether in the man made “lagoon”. At one point he feed one and had it jump out of the water right in front of where we were sitting.
Our last event at the farm was to watch a croc being feed. This was quite an amazing experienced as the croc was not doing exactly what the ranger wanted him to do. A number of times the rangers had to stop his banter and move really quick to avoid the advancing croc. It was such a adrenalin rush watching the cat and mouse game the two performers acted out while they tried to out wit each other. Fortunately the ranger won. The croc did a death roll, jumped right out of the water and even had a lunge or two after some real fresh human. This was definitely one of the highlights of our trip.
We had dinner with Tarsha and as it was our last night we went to the Night Markets to buy a few pressies and have another massage. This time we were experienced, so it only cost $15.00 each for the massage. No extra costs of patches this time!!!!
It was sad saying goodbye to Tarsha at the end of the night but as we were leaving really early we would not be seeing her in the morning.
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