Pete-mate

Early morning pick up again. This time by "Pete" or more appropriately - Pete-mate.  Steve Irwin wannabe guide the finished each and every sentence with the words: "No worries, we'll get there, too easy.
We spent some time driving around Cairns picking up a few other day trippers before heading north. Stopped a couple of times to do a short morning walk in the forest. Learned a few things about plants. Pete-mate was a really good guide. Also showed us the wine called "Wait-a-while". When it hooks you you automatically wait a while.

Headed further north to a small animal shelter. Got out of the bus only to realise that I had picked up a leach that was now feeding on my blood from my toe. Had to use a lighter to get it off. Hello Australia. Really nice walk in the park looking at crocs, kangaroos, birds, lizards.
Spent the rest of the morning driving north, stopping at a few other scenic locations. It rained a bit but no worries - it is supposed to do that in the rain forrest. Got to the cable ferry crossing the river - just before getting to the other side of the river a BIG croc surfaced and both Pete-mate and the boat guy got really excited. It was one of the "big ones". Only 2 or 3 of those in the entire river and it was a monster 5-6 meters and really ugly. Decided not to go swimming.

When we got to the last bridge we ran into a slight problem - too much water in river had flooded the road so we were dropped of, had to balance on new, not finished bridge walking 100 meters to cross river. Not in tour description but it worked fine: -) Got picked up at the other side of the river just before the next rain shower started. Good timing.  Dropped of by driver at PJ's jungle lounge, room, bar, hang-out. Will be nice to spend the next couple of nights there.