Daintree, Queensland, 21 July 2022
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It was only half an hour’s drive from our accommodation near Mossman Gorge to the accomodation for our next night at Daintree Village. We needed to be there for a wildlife cruise the next morning. So we had most of a day to fill and we decided to drive up the valley beside the Daintree River and also explore some of the side roads.

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Daintree river.

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A stream down a side road.

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We got to a sign on the main road down the valley that said four wheel drive only beyond there.  We only had a tiny Chinese MG hire car so we turned around.  At this place there was a massive broad-leafed rainforest plant beside the road.  I asked Jools to stand beside it to show you how large it was.

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Daintree River.

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Daintree River, suddenly showing autumn colours.

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Autumn can be quite brief, especially in Queensland in July.

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At the end of a side road we got to a point where we couldn’t drive further.  Based on the colour of that water, perhaps it was just as well.

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Appearances can change quite rapidly though.

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On the way back from that bridge….

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“Red sky in the morning, Shepherd’s warning”.  This was mid-afternoon though.

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Some cattle perhaps interested in gaining our acquaintance.

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The last two images show a glimpse of the coast.  We drove there through a motor camp that may have been private no access but no-one stopped us.

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You might perhaps have noticed that some of these images are infrared.  Eight are infrared and six are normal.  One is perhaps less obvious than the others.

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