A Vertical Climb To Grassy Hill

Jen is fit. Very fit. She challenges me to climb Grassy Hill, which is (to put it mildly) quite steep. But well worth the view when we get to the top...

I point towards where the boys have gone fishing.

America is the next stop beyond the lighthouse.

One More Walk With Jen

A beautiful bit of wetlands to explore... we took a picnic with us to explore this pretty place

Beautiful example of a paperbark tree

Then a quick trip to a secluded bay for the perfect photo!

Success!!!!

Rod and Sticky returned from yet another fishing trip. With great success. This furious fellow, a mud crab was totally delicious to eat.

Another Walk with Jen ... along the Mangrove Swamp

What is this weird creature??? It is like a scorpion, but also like a yabby. We just could not work it out.

We liked the cone shell creatures...

And the mud scuttlers.

Sticky decides to show his feminine side

A Walk to Fig Bay and Cherry Bay

The boys went fishing. Jen and I went for a four hour walk to Fig Bay and Cherry Bay. We had more success with our walk than the boys with their fishing!

Tiny crabs dig holes in the sand and ball the sand outside the holes. The whole beach gets covered by the little balls of sand, making amazing patterns.

We travelled up and up and up through the forest of paper barks.
We are not sure what this tree is, but it is certainly beautiful. Deep red trunk with spongy bark.

Day 1 at Cooktown