#on god cassowary girl we are going to make you look interesting

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Cairns - Daintree National Park

March 27, 2017

Today we bussed North for a full day of activities! Starting with a hour and a half bus ride up to the Daintree rainforest. Once we arrived we had a brief introduction about the indigenous people as well as the rainforest itself. Fun Fact: The Daintree rainforest is the oldest rainforest in the world. Aging from 150 to 200 mullion years old, making that Amazon look like a baby at only around 50 million. Moving on! After this we went for a dip in the fresh water of the Mossman Gorge and did a short hike in the surrounding area. This was our only swim of the day as almost all other water sources in the area are infested with tons of crocodiles. Speaking of which, once we were done splashing around we made our way to the Daintree River where we jumped into a boat and went for a cruise to see some crocs! Unfortunately since the water was so warm they tend to not have to get out of the water to sunbath this time of year, therefore making it hard for us to get a good look. Luckily though we still got to see 2 babies (seriously so small and cute basking on the logs) and one 2 metre croc that actually had himself beached. Crazy to think of that was still a small one AND they aren’t the only killers in that river! The Daintree River is also home to 10,000 Bull Sharks. Long story short, keep your arms and legs in the boat at all times and for the love of god don’t go swimming. Side note: a week ago in Innisfail, Queensland a teenage boy jumped off a bridge to impress a backpacking girl showing her that locals don’t get eaten, sure enough within seconds a croc had his arm. Lucky for him it was a smaller one and he managed to gouge its eyes and escape only missing one arm. TRUE STORY! After this we went for some lunch on the beach which was actually kind of a tease since it looked so beautiful yet we all knew what was swimming around out there. Once we stuffed our faces we hopped back on the bus to go to the next hike and while driving we came across 2 wild Cassowary’s! Sadly we didn’t see any while on our hike, we just saw multiple massive Orb Weaver spiders, ate some ants that tasted like lemons (okay Britt did not me), and learned about more dangerous plants. To end our tour we enjoyed some homemade ice cream which we ate at a beautiful lookout. Lesson of this day tour was: There really is something that can kill you everywhere you go in Australia, but damn it’s interesting!