Cape York Trip – Post 8

Ian Collard
May 27, 2018

Noah Beach campground - where the rainforest meets the sea

 

It is not just here but all along this section the rainforest is right down to the beach. But at this national park campground we were camped in the rainforest and walked down to the beach.

 

There's a rain squall coming - I guess it is the wet tropics.

 

 

Oliver Creek

 

There are crocodile warning signs everywhere. Enough to make any-one paranoid 🙂 This crystal clear fresh water creek is only a few hundred meters from the mouth which is very much salt and mangroves - ideal estuarine crocodile habitat - so I guess it doesn't hurt to be a little paranoid

 

 

 

 

Marrja Botanical walk

 

 

About 1 km south of the campsite is the Marrja botanical walk. Here you take an elevated board work through the rainforest and then loop through the mangroves at the mouth of Oliver Creek.

 

 

 

Rain Forest Dragon

 

 

While not the Majja boardwalk this Dragon lizard was visible from another boardwalk unfortunately he was not close enough for me and the lense I have with me.

 

 

 

Morning Noah Beach

 

 

There were sand flies at the campsite. I thought I would escape them on the beach, No they were really thick getting in my eyes and mouth. Almost took the joy out of capturing this sunrise shot.

 

 

 

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