By now, I think we have seen just about every Aussie tropical animal that's willing to show itself in this heat. It's been 34 to 35 degrees for the last few days. That's 93 to 95 degrees with 90 percent humidity. The kookaburras sounding off first thing in the morning reminded us we were in the warm tropics It's great for lizards, spiders and crocs but all the other animals are sleeping on the forest floor in this kind of heat.
So we took this shady walk through the Mossman Gorge. Luckily it was a great path and there were lots of nice things to see, like this giant spider and a pretty waterfall.
It seems that cane toads are a real nuisance in this part of Australia. As you can see they race them in the bars and they organize contests for kids to see how many they can catch.
In the afternoon we explored Port Douglas and learned how to interpret parking signs. 2P means you can park there for free for 2 hours. When we asked about it at the local information desk, we were told we could ignore the 2 hour part since it is the low season and no Aussie in there right mind would be visiting here in this heat. Next we had a leisurely lunch at a great restaurant called Salsa. It was beautiful visit. But most shops and eateries we wide open. For some reason, maybe due to the price of electricity, the A/C was shut off. It made for some very hot eating and shopping.
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How big is the giant spider?
How big is the giant spider?
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