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Australian Rainforest

9/23/2014

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One day while Mamma was here we decided to take a tour with Queensland Day Tours to see some rain-forests around Brisbane.

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We got to see some really cool things

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The tall tree is a fig strangler, it grows from the top of the tree down,

 gets strong, and kills it's host tree.  When the tree is hollow like this, you can tell the tree has been killed and is now just a fig strangler.

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We got to see some waterfalls

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Our tour was amazing.  It was five people and our tour guide.  We would recommend them to anyone.

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  He was very knowledgable and patient.  We really enjoyed this day looking at God's work.

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Here our guide was explaining about how some eucalyptus trees will shed their bark.

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During the day we also got to go on a glow worm tour.  They only shine in the dark, so we went to a made cave that a tourist trap made to trick the glow worms into shinning all the time.  

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We couldn't take pictures in the cave, so this quick video I found on you tube will have to do. 

We did learn that they lay around 150 eggs, but only 10-15% will survive.  They are cannibal's from day one.  Once they are an adult, they are flying insects.  Our guide told us they are smart enough though not to fly around.  They know all the traps that are placed around the cave.  He said they rarely fly.

If you still want more, click on the link, to some images on the internet.  Remember those Glow Worm dolls that were popular when I was a kid?  It was kind of neat to see what those were patterned after.  They are only found in Australia and New Zealand. 

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We really had a great time getting to see rain-forests all around the Brisbane area.   We went to the Tamborine Mountain, Natural bridge, Springbrook National Park, Numinbah Valley,  Cedar Creek Rockpools, Glow Worm Caves, and Curtis Falls.  We truly saw a lot in one day.

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Of course Mamma and I wore our Chacos, our guide warned us we needed to check in between our toes for leeches. 

REALLY?!?!?! 

UCK! no need to worry, we were good. Guess we should have thought more about wearing sandals, oops.  


What are some of the craziest things tour guides have ever told you?

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What are some of your favorite outdoor places to explore?  

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-EAT

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Courtney link
9/24/2014 01:42:06 pm

I'm just going to use your blog as my guide when we finally have our first visitor, love it!

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