Australia's Tropical Rainforest

On Monday, we took a tour of the tropical Rainforest in the Atherton Tablelands outside Cairns. Wait-a-While was the tour operator. Our guide, Clayton, picked us up at 2 PM, and we drove for about an hour and a half until we reached Lake Barrine, one of the Crater Lakes in the Tablelands. As we drove from Cairns, Clayton explained the difference between the "bush" and the rainforest. When we reached the rainforest, you could visibly tell tell the difference. We had tea and scones at the Lake and then took a short walk. We drove around the Tablelands, saw a huge Weeping Fig tree, and made our way to the other Crater Lake, Eacham. During the daytime, we saw many Wallaby and over 30 different species of birds. We had a nice dinner and then the real animal spotting began, at night with spotlights. We saw 5 different types of possum, a small Kangaroo, and even a "duck billed" platypus.

This is a Cathedral Fig Tree.
Ben's dad took these pictures during the night portion of the tour.