Friday, 25 November 2011

3000 Km/2 Weeks - Step 5: Platypus-Bushcamp & Finch Hatton Gorge

On our trip back, we decided to take a little detour to the mountains. As you can see, the view from the top was breathtaking, .


We walked a little through the jungle, admiring the variety of plants, gigantic trees and wildlife.


In a mountain river we were impatiently waiting for some wild-living platypus to show up, unfortunately we saw only lazy turtles for the first half hour.




A couple of mosquite-bites later and actually just when we decided to give up, suddenly we saw the treacherous oval-shaped ripples in the water. The information-signs about the indegenous wildlife instructed us that these were made by the distinctive beak of the furry, egg-laying memmal.

AND HERE IT IS: The probably weirdest animal in the southern hemisphere: EL PLATYPUSO




Feeling like good ol' Steve I. back in the days, we continued our journey to the borders of our maps.





Bewunia :)


The water in the Finch-Hatton-Gorge was freezing cold, but crystal clear and rrrrrrefreshing :)


Last picture before we headed home. A monument in Yeppoon

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