We had a very nice dinner last night: ciabatta bread, three different types of salad including one with butternut squash, barbecue beef medallions and mushrooms, reef fish, a selection of mini cakes and fresh fruit for dessert. The watermelon here is outstanding! We celebrated John's birthday after dinner as he is a leap year baby and doesn't have a proper day this year.
We woke up early this morning for a sunrise walk on four-mile beach. One of the couples is from California and I hadn't thought about the fact that they never see sunrise over the water there - only sunset. We went back for breakfast and then hopped on a coach for our trip to the Daintree. We had a guided walk through the rainforest at Cooper Creek Wilderness. We saw some trees that came from a species that has been here for 170 million years. We had morning tea and then went down the road a bit for a boat ride on the Cooper Creek to see the mangroves and spot some crocs. There was one huge male about 15 feet long, a female and a baby croc. We had lunch at a nice lodge down the road - sandwiches and fresh fruit and then stopped at an ice cream shop. Dave had frozen mango puree and I had the special of the day, which was four small scoops - banana, wattleseed (like a coarse chocolate), raspberry, and soursop (quite tart and good). On the way back to our resort, we stopped to see the flying foxes (large fruit bats) hanging from the trees. The bus driver made some noises and some of them flew overhead - they have a very long wingspan. Just as we were getting ready to leave, someone spotted a baby in a small tree nearby. It was very cute with large eyes. We stopped at an overlook to four-mile beach and took a few shots before coming back to the hotel. I was going to go for a dip in the lagoon pool before dinner, but Louise said that the next hotel does not have good wi-fi reception so I thought I should work on the blog a bit and see if I can catch up on some photos.
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