Yorkeys Knob

This blog should have been posted a couple days ago but just as I was doing some finishing touches on it, I lost it all!  I've lost some parts of other blogs before but was able, in most cases to recover them with the undo button.  This time however, the auto save feature hit just at the wrong time and everything was gone forever.  I was really upset because I had put a lot of time into it.  I felt like chucking it all.  But, after a couple days of cooling off while at sea en-route Darwin, I decided to do a quick version with mostly pictures.  

Video Cut and Paste at the bottom.

 


We had booked a tour that included a trip to the Baintree Rainforestation.  This included a ride in the WWII Army Ducks and time to explore their wildlife sanctuary.
Rainforest bananas


Bullet points from our visit:

Our Army Duck guide was a Crocodile Dundee look alike.

The Army Ducks were made in Detroit, MI, mostly by women.  Over 500 were provided to Australia.

Baintree Rainforest is the oldest in the world, 186 million years old!  10 million more than the Amazon.

Of  Australia's 315 mammal species, one-third call Baintree home, including 13 species found nowhere else in the world.

We finally got to see koalas, kangaroos, wombats and crocodiles (and lots of other animals and reptiles) up close.


Inside the rainforest




More rainforest fauna
I have a video of this Koala
Our "Duck" guide


Northern Territories Kangaroo
Jungle Carpet Python

Lazy kangaroos





Salt water crocodile


some kind of monitor


I'm hoping the below link will enable you to see my very unprofessional videos:
P.S. It works....but you have to copy and paste.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/EFAPjWm9Bn7BKEnd6









Comments

  1. LicoricetwistMarch 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM

    How frustrating for you to lose so much! 😕 Easily done with a slip of the fingers. Is that the same kind of "Duck" they use in a Boston Duck Tour?

    I'm excited to have figured out how to open your links! Copy-and-paste doesn't work for me. But when I select it, one of the options instead of "copy" is "Open" - and THAT works. 🥳 Great to get a feel for that rainforest trip, and the guide was witty and entertaining.

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  2. ccyflyerMarch 22, 2025 at 6:32 AM

    Thks Dan.

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