We left Mission Beach after being stuck an extra night because of flooded roads. We were getting very soggy by now but were hoping to continue north. We just love the tropical jungles with it's night sounds and tree frogs. From Innisfail we turned inland to visit more waterfalls and rainforest. A woman at an information centre in Milanda suggested we go for a swim at Lake Eachem. It was a beautiful lake that could have been in Nova Scotia, except the water was quite clear and the surrounding forest was tropical. We had a great swim, jumping from a concrete structure into deep water. You could see the fish.
The next morning at a campground in Yungaburra (I love the names of places here), we made the decision to give up going north, and go south to dry out. The rain just wouldn't quit. On the way out of 'the wet' we stopped to see a giant curtain fig: a strangling fig tree whose host tree fell but caught on another tree, so the fig continued to grow, it's roots hanging in a curtain.
I had to add this picture of the cockatoos drinking beside our campsite in Darwin. They're such neat birds.
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