Wild on Wednesday with Bashful

Bashful seems to have taken all the wildlife he encountered on our travels together in his stride!

Here he meets up with a local…we were enjoying lunch and this little guy and Bashful had a bit of chat while we ate lunch 🙂

Very curious guy 🙂

A little snippet of our crossing the Daintree river..no crocs in sight but Bashful was on the lookout..

Bashfuls visit to the Daintree wilderness

I must confess I have totally mucked my days up and am now posting our trip in no particular order..i think!
This day was the day we went to the Daintree.
To give you an idea of the Daintree I will give you some little facts..

The Amazon is about 7 million years old.
The Daintree is thought to be between 110-200 million years old! Wow..amazing.
From a total of 19 primitive flowering plant families on Earth 12 are found here!
These plants are known as Green dinosaurs.
I have much more information so if anyone has a question please ask and I will endeavour to answer as best as I can!

So to get to the Daintree rainforest system it is a gorgeous drive along the beach and through the forests from Palm Cove where we were staying through Mossman and on to Daintree Village where you drive onto a ferry and the cross the Daintree river..
Once across we drove to the Daintree discovery Centre to have a look around, grab a coffee and take in the spectacular views!
You can take a canopy walk which will take approximately 1 1/2 -2 hours and also climb the Canopy Tower.
The tower is 23 metres high and has 5 viewing platforms designed to withstand cyclones.
The walk is leisurely and easily achieved even with a wheelchair..i found the tower climb a bit harder as the humidity was insane but the views were well worth it..the canopy is alive with the sound of birds but I was unable to get any pics as I left my Brutus lens behind..not a good weight to lug around!

We loved this place and it did indeed feel like stepping into Jurrasic Park.

We could have stayed a lot longer but ‘other’ things were on our agenda that day as well..i will return again without doubt as the whole experience for photographers, gardeners,bird lovers,animal lovers was a dream!
When we returned to the café it was funny to find the lady behind the counter after a chat has a daughter that lives in our town! this happened with a few people as you shall find out later..when more of bashfuls Down Under travels are revealed!
I have a massive amount of photos and when I have finished Bashfuls holiday shots I will be more than happy to share ,so if any particular spot I feature interests you please let me know and I will post some more pictures.
Please enjoy Bashfuls day at the Daintree – Part One!

A quick stop to admire the scenery before we get to the Daintree

Arriving at Daintree Village to catch the ferry

Never smile at a crocodile!

Even our birds down under are dangerous!

All aboard Bashful admiring the Daintree river

Arriving at the Daintree Discovery Centre

The Canopy walk and tower guides

Bashful gets up close to a Cassowary! lucky it was just a model!

Reading up on the Wet Tropics with some beautiful scenery behind him

Bshful trying to get his Tarzan on!

Amazing growth on the trees

I wouldn’t be me if I did not have the luck to spot the wildlife!

The Canopy Tower..a great work out!

But the views were well worth a bit of sweating and puffing!

Bashful charming the ladies at the café..who made an amazing coffee! and us Melbournians are very much coffee critics! the lady holding Bashful has a daughter in our town!

Next Post will be Part Two of our Daintree experience..and things really hot up!!

Bashful’s Holiday travels Down Under

Well as you all know we had a guest not only for Christmas but to go on holidays with us..yes Bashful..all the way from the U.S of A..
Bacon and I made arrangements about this time last year! so pretty good to keep a secret for a year!
The little guy had a great pre Christmas with our family and we held a beach theme..to get ready for the big trip! so all the tables and food was relaxed and beachy!

I decided on a beach theme for our early family Christmas

We left home on the 23rd, dropped the pets off at boarding and headed to the city for the night..an early flight Christmas eve morning for us all.

Bashful needed a quick coffee and muffin on the plane to wake up..

Seat 1A Bashful has some brekky

It’s a reasonably long flight to Cairns but we arrived and it was hot! and humid! and fantastic…..
We grabbed our little pea pod sized hire car and headed to Palm Cove..we arrived and straight away Bashful was off for a look around..

Bashful at the Sea Temple Resort Palm Cove

We found our room and headed up to unpack..

Bashful ready to relax..think he was hinting at a dip in the pool!

Bashful soon found that the Pine-Lime Splice Cocktail was a perfect fix for the heat..remember the little guy is used to a cool winter!

It’s okay..i made sure the little guy didn’t drink to excess!

We dried off and headed out..off to Barron falls..nothing like a bit of an explore..The fall were lovely not running with a lot of water as the rains had not been yet..seems everywhere we are waiting for rain! you see this is Far North Queenslands wet season..they are tropics..so wet and humid is how they roll!

At the falls..not far from Palm Cove

The stunning paths inside Barron Falls Gorge

I had some camera and sweaty eye issues the humidity was crazy…so sorry for the blown out shot of Bashful with the falls behind him..many of my pics did not turn out well at all..the humidty was making me nuts! I have to say my worst day ever at taking pictures..

Barron falls and Bashful

After a good walk around we left and headed to Kuranda and the Butterfly Sanctuary..and another humid zone..what was I thinking!!

Bashful arrives at the Butterfly Sanctuary

Somehow I lost Bashful and Fozziedad as I sweated my way through the butterfly house..but what a lovely sight..we have some stunning Butterflies in this country.

Lovely

The interior of the house

Hiding

Look at them all..stunning

At the feeding station this sweet one has a feed

Beautiful

We left and heade back to the resort to spend the rest of the day swimming and relaxing and then had a lovely dinner..i had the Salmon and Fozziedad had a risotto..both divine..but of course sweets are always my fave..think Bashful likes them too!

Bashful sharing our meal.

I had a lovely chocolate sour cherry brownie with micro herbs and Fozziedad had a deconstructed Toblerone parfait…..yummm

Christmas morning we woke to see Santa had been..he had left a gingerbread man and some chockies on our doorstep..we wished Bashful a Merry Christmas and headed down for brekky…and the day began..next post is our Christmas day with the little guy.
Hugs Fozziemum 🙂

MY OH MY MONDAY

SO I HAD A VERY BUSY WEEKEND…AND THIS WEEK IS GOING TO BE JUST AS FRENETIC…I TOOK MY NIECES BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR A 3 HOUR TRIP AND LEFT THE FOZZIEDAD WITH THE PUP DEES’S THE KITTIES AND BASHFUL …I GOT HOME MADE TEA AND WE ALL FELL INTO BED TIRED!! …SO I GET UP THIS MORNING AND WHERE’S BASHFUL!! …WELL I WILL TELL YOU WHAT …THIS LITTLE TYKE WAS OBVIOUSLY HAVING A RIGHT OLD CHINWAG WITH FOZZIEDAD AND MANAGED TO CONVINCE HIM OF A GREAT IDEA!!

YES…. THERE IS NO BASHFUL HERE IN VICTORIA…HE IS WINGING HIS WAY TO SYDNEY ON A TWO NIGHT BUSINESS TRIP WITH FOZZIEDAD!!!!!

HE HAS HAD BREKKIE AT THE QANTAS CLUB AND IS AWAITING HIS FLIGHT ON BOARD WITH FOZZIEDAD SIDE BY SIDE ON THE 11AM FLIGHT!!!

WELL I NEVER..HE CERTAINLY IS GETTING SOME GREAT FREQUENT FLYER MILES UP!!

APPARENTLY HE WILL BE TAKEN TO SEE THE SIGHTS BY FOZZIEDAD…

MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY

BASHFUL HAD BREKKIE AND IS WAITING TO BOARD WITH FOZZIEDAD

I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THEY LAND….I FEEL ABANDONDED 😦

BASHFUL AND THE DRIVEWAY VISITORS

MORNING ALL..TOOK BASHFUL TO THE SHOPS THIS MORNING.HE HAS WOKEN UP FEELING FAB AND THE BANDAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED…HE WANTS TO KEEP IT AS A MEMENTO AND I HOPE BY THE TIME HE GETS IT HOME IT DOESN’T SMELL LIKE THE PLASTER CAST THAT CAME OF MY ELDEST SONS LEG WHEN HE BROKE HIS THIGH BONE AT TWO..PEE.YEWW!

BASHFUL LEARNED THIS MORNING THAT EVEN OUR DRIVEWAY IS NOT A SIMPLE TRIP IN THE CAR..HE WAS AMAZED THAT THE ROOS REALLY DO USE IT..NOT THE ROAD..NOT THE HIGHWAY BUT OUR DRIVEWAY..

WELCOME TO RURAL AUSTRALIA BASHFUL!