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I should be so lucky

To see a Southern Cassowary, no not this one, although he/she is lovely, pictured here in Bird World in Kuranda, but seeing one in its natural territory up in the rainforest on the road to Daintree from Cape Tribulation. We had been out on a 4x4 tour through an area of the rainforest, and the guide had told us that we would be quite lucky to spot one of these birds, well it turned out he spotted one legging it through the forest, but we were too slow to respond, nothing unusual there!

Anyway, as luck would have it, on the last day on the bus back to Port Douglas, one ran across the road in front of us. Fortunately the driver had already seen it at the side and had already slowed down to let it cross! Luck must have been on his/her side that day too!



As you drive up into Cape Tribulation, there is a fantastic 'doctored' road sign warning of speed bumps ahead to slow you down to protect the cassowaries that live in the area. How funny is this?