Just a note

As suspected we had no Internet in the Daintree. Well if we drove down the road to the 3 yellow bowls an pulled over beside the road we might could have gotten access. I have posted 3 days worth of adventures. Scroll back to June 13th to begin where I left off 3 days ago. As usual I am having Internet and computer issues. I put up a few pictures but have tons more. As soon as I can I will post more slide shows/ Please send an e-mail to Mrs. Morris or Mrs. Harding at our school e-mail to let us know you are reading our blog. We would love to know what you think of our adventures. Mrs. Harding's personal e-mail is being forwarded by Erika and I would love to hear from friends who are listening.June 16, 2011
We spent the morning at the Daintree Discovery Center. They had walkways through the rainforest at all levels. We climbed a tower to the canopy and emergent layers. On the floor we followed the Bush Tucker trail. This trail talked about the plants the aborgines used for food and medicine.
The bulk of our day was spent traveling. We drove from the Daintree down to Mission Beach. Mission Beach recently took a direct hit from a cyclone and suffered major damage. The damage to the rainforest here is still evident, but otherwise they are getting things back in order. It is a lovely town and we look forward to exploring it tomorrow. We then drive down to Townsville and take the ferry to Magnetic Island. We think we can find Internet on Magnetic Island, but if you don’t hear for a couple of days, don’t worry.
And now a small moment from Mrs. Morris. Lions, and tigers and bears oh my! No, it’s funnel spiders, crocs and cassowaries oh my! The cassowary is an endangered species in Australia. There are only about 100 in the Daintree Rainforest and we were fortunate enough to see two of them walk right by us. In all of Australia there are only 1000 total. So, what are the chances of walking into another cassowary?
As we left the Daintree Rainforest I thought how fortunate we had been to have seen two cassowaries so close and our chances of seeing another up close and personal were pretty slim. Our journey took us back through Cairns toward Townsville. Eddie, our proprietor at the Rainforest Bungalows had recommended a hotel called MaKays in Mission Beach. It is in an area called Cassowary Coast.
As we checked in I thought the owner seemed rather irritated at our arrival and seemed preoccupied. He casually mentioned that they had a cassowary that was trapped in their backyard. I immediately thought we should go and have a look so I started out the door towards the backyard. As I approached the backyard I thought what will you do if you come face to face with this cassowary and I turned to go back to the office. I looked back and saw the cassowary turn the corner I had just left! Had I continued I would have come face to face with the cassowary! The manager asked that I close the door. I then walked out the front door and saw the cassowary running down the road away from the hotel.
So forget all the other dangerous animals that inhabit Australia. I think the cassowary is the one that we may encounter most frequently,