Leaving On A Jet Plane !

Crystal Cascades (again!)

This Sunday just gone, having done nothing all weekend I was climbing the walls with boredom so made TWS and the the young 'uns go out to Crystal Cascades which as I've xplained before is just down the end of the road, maybe a mile.

I had in mind a particularly painful steep climb from there up to the Copperlode Dam at Lake Morris as someone at work had done it the week before. However, in true FNQ tradition, the path isn't signposted to prevent tourists getting lost so we couldn't find it.

While we were looking Lou spotted a bloody big Lace Monitor Lizard (maybe 6 foot long tip to tail with razor sharp claws!) who was ambling across the grass and reluctantly, in no great hurry, he climbed back up his favourite tree. I was so gobsmacked that I forgot to take his pic until he was well up the tree and then another of him sitting sunbathing at the top when we were on the way home.

In the meantime we walked the 1.2k up the path alongside the creek and then on the way back Jedd braved the water and had a great old time sliding over the small waterfall you can see in the pics, joined by 3 of the local indigenous population.

Pics:

http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/cadman342001/Crystal%20Cascades%202/

Kids be warned ! I now know where the track up to the dam begins !

Moving house this weekend !

Andy