Daintree #2

This is a borrowed photo. Didn’t get it until tonight.
Probably the highlight of yesterday.
we were driving to our third activity and the bus driver announced a cassowary up ahead. The bus has a forward video so we can see the road ahead on the big screen (as opposed to looking through the windscreen). And on the video we could see a very handsome cassowary (turns out it’s always the male that raises the chicks) with very young chick. Wandering about on the road as we approached quite close. (Turns out they are well known to the people we were visiting and are familiar with people being around.) He seemed quite unconcerned about this large bus which had now stopped, but engine still quite loud. Hung about there for what seemed like ages and then they wandered of slowly into the bush. I didn’t have a window seat on that side of the bus, necessary relying on another photographer. Pretty special. Can you see the chick just behind him?

(There were 2 more today, but we were climbing a very steep hill and couldn’t stop.) From my previous time in north QLD, its fairly unusual to see them in the wild.

Today (Friday) has been mainly driving on rough roads. Might have more time tomorrow for a fuller report.