Leaving On A Jet Plane !

Camping at Cape Kimberley

Just a quick update tonight (as if!)

We went camping last weekend with the kids and two other families - Irish Trevor and his family (came over same time as us roughly, work with him and he plays footie for the New Endevours) and Damien and family (fixed my car and plays footie too).

Stayed at a camp site called Koala Beach Resort, camping in the trees, lots of room for the kids and 50 yards to the beach, fantastic morning chorus from what sounded like hundreds of exotic birds in the surrounding trees. Bar, pool, shop, cabins and permanent tents too. Kids had a great time with all the other families kids being there too.

Better beach than Noah Beach which is a bit further up Cape Tribulation, Cape Kimberley is at the exit of the Daintree River. Lovely deserted flat sand, crystal clear water that is actually warm until knee deep then changes to tepid ! no getting used to the temperature of the water there !

did a spot of fishing, kids played in the sea and on the beach, nearly trod on a stingray or two ! (they hide in the sand maybe 10 yards out and if they feel your footsteps coming they shoot off. I had 2 do this but then I had obviously started walking a bit more tentitively so the third one I had to give his tail a nudge with the suncream bottle I had in my hand !) Being english, we then spent the next half hour walking up and down in the water trying to find some more !

we also found the shell off a Nautilus which is a huge mollusc thing that is unchanged since prehistoric times and usually swims at a depth of 300 metres, coming up to 100 metres to feed ! it's not complete but as you can imagine, for any of it to survive the journey to the rocks is remarkable and quite a find. huge shell with a pearlescent shine to the inside. needs a clean but have included a pic of it in the latest pics

Fascinating creatures, look here for more info :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus

Here's the link to the rest of the pics. Some from Mossman Gorge ages ago, some from Crystal Cascades recently, some from trip to the Zoo (Cassowary, Rainbow Lorikeet trying to pick Jedd's nose for him ! etc.) :

http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/cadman342001/New%20Pics/

All for now.