Saturday, 21 July 2012

Port Douglas - Mossman Gorge


Today we went to the Port Douglas market, which was interesting, but very New Age- lots of  "healing stones", Tarot card readers etc.  Some nice clothes though.  These 2 musicians were really good, the man on the left was playing the harpsicord & the fellow on the right playing the didgeridoo & steel drum, a different sound but nice. Then we drove up to Mossman Gorge ( part of the Daintree) & I went on the rainforrest walk to the river, which I really enjoyed.




Entrance to the walk

Bit hard to read in this photo; it explains how the tree put out "butress roots" above the ground to survive

Mossman River- crystal clear water with a greenish colour from all the vegetation









This is 2 trees- the original tree had the seed of a fig tree dropped in its branches by a bird, which then started growing and eventually the original tree was completely enclosed & eventually died, leaving the fig tree with a hollow centre.



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