TRIAL AND TRIBULATION IN THE DAINTREE

A few days ago we went on a river cruise along the Daintree River.

Skin was terrified of the possibility of meeting a crocodile and hung onto the boat rail for dear life.

 

 

I told him that it would be unlikely that a crocodile would appear.

We floated past the twisted roots of the mangrove trees

warily watching for illusive crocodiles.

We saw a tiny blue Kingfisher hiding on a branch.

It had two white dots on the back of it's head so that predators coming from behind would think it was looking at them.

 

AND........THEN........

 

A HUGE crocodile appeared on the river bank and started swimming straight for the boat and....SKIN!

 

Skin immediately caught hold of an overhanging tree branch as the boat drifted slowly along, and swung himself onto shore.......

My friend Helen jumped off the boat and ran after him at the point where the river meets the sea.

 

WE SEARCHED HIGH.......

AND WE SEARCHED LOW.......

 

BUT WE COULD NOT FIND THE LOST SKIN!

 

Finally we found him lying in a HUGE fan palm looking quite pleased with himself.

 

These palms are like Japanese umbrella's and shade the plants growing underneath them.

We all walked back along the boardwalk....

When suddenly......

Skin jumped onto a log and looked into the water....

ALL OF A SUDDEN...PLOP!

Skin fell into the river!

 

 

THEN....From out of nowhere came...

ZULU THE ZEBRA in his I.R.B...( INFLATABLE RESCUE BOAT)

 

 

( The DAINTREE IS FULL OF ANIMALS YOU WOULD NEVER EXPECT TO SEE)

Zulu saved Skin and they sat chatting about their adventures in the Daintree.

Skin told him about Cassidy's meeting with a large cassowary at Mission Beach.

 

Later on that day, as Skin and Zulu swapped stories of adventure and escape, an inquisitive cassowary appeared in front of them.

 

She was amazed to see a banana and a zebra having a conversation in her back yard.

'Are you endangered species too?'

 

   Skin never knows from day to day what close encounters will come his way.

 

What will Skin get up to next?