Port Douglas
Jackamy
Paul & Derry Harper
Sat 18 Sep 2010 21:09
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Saturday 18th September
We left Cairns on Friday morning and sailed
30 miles north to Port Douglas arriving early afternoon at Mirage marina.
Port Douglas has a small friendly village atmosphere and is a popular departure
point for trips to the Great Barrier Reef.
 
The following day along with Blue
Magic and the Miss Tippy's we took the bus to the Rainforest Habitat
Wildlife Sanctuary which is committed to the conservation of native species via
it's Wildlife Rescue program. The Sanctuary is split into three area's Wetlands,
Rainforest and Grasslands and we made our way through the Wetlands first.
  
 After Charlie and Annie got
up-close and personal with the Snakes we moved through to the Rainforest where
we saw a Southern Cassowary, they are classified as endangered and are found in
the Wet Tropics area of Tropical North Queensland.
 We then moved onto the
Grassland area where we hand fed Kangaroos and Wallabies.
    Being chased by an
Emu
We looked down onto a lagoon
where both Estuarine and Freshwater crocodiles were basking in the
sun
 Later that evening we came
across some more animals.
 Paul just couldn't
resist.
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