Friday
14th
July 2017
SHE
SAID:
Geoff
& I had an "exciting" snake filled day today.
We
went to the Ma:Mu Skywalk, about 30km west of Innisfail, for a walk in
the rainforest canopy. We spotted a huge Amethystine Python (2 ½ metre +)
on the highway up to the skywalk, sunning itself, quite uninterested
in the passing traffic! Luckily it wasn't squashed by the high speed
cars.
Then,
when we were walking Bruce around the cut cane fields, Geoff spotted
another large snake, probably a King Brown or Mulga Snake, or possibly a Coastal Taipan. This one
was over 2m long, & far more deadly than the python. Luckily
Bruce either didn't see it, or just wasn't interested. This time
though I didn't have my good camera; bugger!
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| WOW! |
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| Lovely markings on this Amethystine Python |
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| Lots more fungi on the Ma:Mu Skywalk |
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| Geoff on the Skywalk |
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| Looking down to the Johnstone River |
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| Fruiting climber |
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| Lawyer Palm...LOL! No guesses why it is called this! |
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| Up to the lookout tower |
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| The view from the top |
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| More interesting but unknown fruits |
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| Bush Pool at Henrietta Creek |
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| New fungi to me |
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| Henrietta Creek |
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| Mulga/ King Brown or Coastal Taipan Snake |
HE SAID:
For our Ma:Mu Skywalk we carried umbrellas and raincoats, as it looked like the heavens were about to open. But as is usually the way when you are fully prepared for something, it didn't happen. Not a drop. Snakes, on the other hand, were in plentiful supply.
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