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| Daintree Dazzle on beaches |
On the 17th May, there was a very low tide of 0.36m at 3.45pm so all three Cow Bay beaches were accessible. On other days there were also low tides so Dazzle and I explored the third beach for the first time. The aerial screen shot is from a Jason Montell video. Beach 2 is usually accessible by walking across the land (yellow stripe) but rarely is Beach 3 accessible.
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| Aerial view of Cow Bay at very low tide |
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| Low tides |
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| Exposed rocks and reefs |
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| Cow Bay flora |
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| Seeds washed up on the beach. |
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| Butterfly vine and my black bat plant |
It is about 3km along the beach from Cape Kimberley to the mouth of the Daintree River so we sometimes go for this longer walk.
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| The mouth of the Daintree River |
Carnivale at Port Douglas is always a great event. I went to Tropical Rock under the stars at Rex Smeal Park and the Seafood Extravaganza at the Marina. I had a delicious gourmet prawn concoction and a Daintree spritz - Devils Thumb Distillery gin.
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| Seafood Extravaganza |
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| Tropic Rock |
The Teamsters Park in Craiglie is interesting for a pit stop. There are interpretative signs with lots of history and a garden planted with native pendas.
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| Craiglie |
We had a pink dinner at Heritage Lodge in Diwan to raise money for our local clinic and on the way I saw a cassowary with three teenage chicks wandering along the side of the road.
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| Four cassowaries |
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| Pink dinner |
There was a vigil held for the victims of domestic and family violence under the raintrees at Mossman.
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| Under the raintrees |
Lots of weird clouds and rainbows around this month. The ferry stopped a couple of times due to minor flooding, stuff stuck on the cables from debris coming down the river, maintenance, scraping the bottom at low tides …
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| Mt Demi |
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| Thornton Peak |
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| Storm out to sea |
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| Daintree River ferry |
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