No Tribulation at the Cape

Poor old Cape Tribulation. James Cook was having a rough trot when he named it that, but it's a beautiful place undeserving of such a moniker.

Here's a collection of photos from around the place.

Daintree Tea…

We paid a visit to the Entomological Museum with it's fantastic collection of all things great and creepy.

The Peppermint Stick Insect. Cute name. Though peppermint is the smell of the irritant is sprays out as a defense mechanism…

Up close and cuddly with a leaf insect…

This mask on display

is reminiscent of the one I saw at the MONA last month

There is a huge collection of moths, beetles, and butterflies in all colours imaginable, on display inside, and the gardens are lovely to wander in, with nice picnicking areas along the creek.

The water is crystal clear. Just a shame the weather wasn't quite warm enough, 'cos I was busting to swim in there.

We ate lunch on the beach at Cape Tribulation.

Basket ferns can be impressively large (this one would have been two metres diameter), and when they are full of water they must be impressively heavy!

Spikes

Strangler figs are everywhere, and they look so cool….

The fig grows around another tree, strangling it's host. When the tree inside dies, the fig that is left is strong. The story goes that the indigenous people of yore used to 'bury' their dead in the hollow figs, standing the bodies upright to look out the window holes created by the fig. Imagine early explorers stumbling across these man-eating trees!