tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70921602024-03-13T15:20:11.661-07:00Mason's Tours Forest Stories and Wildlife SightingsMason's Tours Cape Tribulation are the best choice for Day and Nightwalks or 4WD Safaris in the Cape Tribulation Area.
We offer Croc Spotting Nightwalks, Informative Daywalks and a 1/2 Day Waterfall 4WD Safaris or Full Day 'Home Rule' or Cooktown 4WD Safaris. Mason's Tours are Cape Tribulation's original Land Tour Operators.
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<div style="font-size: 8px; padding-left: 10px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_jV6pta2YMhkMqNDQZVOTbct9b1qwtalEESPghsb4ARAD1u7PU5wke2KgnqoPosMF40aj2EOHmkQsHDAGGomeYLCe9FWZ5cVI8hLma4Ihjx2KAFzWP20_kETNl-PkPx09ahPAQ/s1600/old+cow+bay.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_jV6pta2YMhkMqNDQZVOTbct9b1qwtalEESPghsb4ARAD1u7PU5wke2KgnqoPosMF40aj2EOHmkQsHDAGGomeYLCe9FWZ5cVI8hLma4Ihjx2KAFzWP20_kETNl-PkPx09ahPAQ/s320/old+cow+bay.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This pic was taken at what is now known as Cow Bay in 1927. The three Mason brothers had formed a company called Almason with a partner in Brisbane and were developing a large farm near Bailey Creek. Pictured is Ron, Joy, Don (uncles to Lawrence Mason) and Elsie and Andy Mason (Granparents to Lawrence Mason). Joy is the only one still alive and lives in Townsville.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the last month, we have been using our spare time designing a new 1/2 Day Walk. A small hill at the back of our property looked like it might yield a view, and we actually found two of them!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">We have now found a workable track down off the ridge, and the next step is to plan the rest of the walk!</span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We have just started to reveg a three hectare area adjacent to the site of our proposed rainforest centre, the process begins with killing the weeds and grass that prevents the natural regeneration (see picture). The site has been allowed to naturally regenerate over the past ten years and we have now signed a Voluntary Declaration (VDEC) over it and plan to have it fully reveged over the next 15 years. The VDEC is our way of compensating for any potential damage done by the construction of boardwalks along Myall Creek.</span><br />
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<div style="padding-left: 10px;">On the night of Saturday 20th 2010, Cape Tribulation recieved 256mm of rain, or about 10 inches in the old money. This is entirely normal for this time of the year, and not a really big fall. Our record for a day, set in 1981, is 818mm, or about 33 inches<br />
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In fact the road was open again at about 4pm, despite one remaining low level causeway at Cooper Creek. This causeway will be raised this year, and make the road nearly an all weather prospect.<br />
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The photo shows Woobadda River on the Bloomfield Track north of Cape Tribulation, with one of Mason's Tours's 4WDs crossing after rain. <br />
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</div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: small;">Last week we saw this large male Water Dragon on the nightwalk. He is a regular this time of the year. Water Dragons are normally very skittish, but soon become habituated to people, as long as they aren't handled or otherwise alarmed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: small;">Male Water Dragons are significantly larger than females, and form harems of several females. Water Dragons are accomplished swimmers, using their large tail to propel themselves through the water. Even their nostrils ore on top of the nose, allowing easier breathing when in water.</span><br />
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<div style="font-size: 8px; padding-left: 10px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Over the last few weeks we have seen several Scrubhens; they have decided that the area around our houses and the orchard looks like a good new territory. It has been a regular occurance to see a pair wandering around. I love their personalities so it is good to see them around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Scrubhens are megapodes, also called the Orange Footed Jungle Fowl, they build large mounds of leaves as nests, and the eggs are incubated by the breakdown of the leaves. The process is controlled by the male bird, who adds and removes leaves as needed. The babies are not looked after when they hatch and can fly within a couple of days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The local aborigines call them 'Cherooka' due to the long drawn out calls that make...Cheroooookaaaa.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The birds we see comprise two pairs, and the new territory is hotly in dispute. It is common to see the males flying up to 4m in the air squawking and packing at each other. They clearly have no love lost...</span><br />
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<div style="font-size: 8px; padding-left: 10px;"><span style="font-size: small;">On 16 October 2009 Amelia Toni Ann Mason was born, and she is the 4th generation of the Mason family to live at Cape Tribulation. She is named after her great grandmothers, Elsie Amelia Dorothea Mason and Toni Berden and her Grandmother Ann Mason. Mother and baby are doing well.</span><br />
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This is very gratifying, because for some time from about 1985 to 2000, cassowaries were rarely seen at Cape Tribulation. Researchers even suggested that at some point they must have been shot, as oral history recorded that they were common at Cape Tribulation as recently as the 1970s. Certainly I can remember them as being common in my childhood.<br />
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Although forest clearing and predation by wild pigs definately affects there population, neither would seem to account for the decline in the 90s. In fact some areas of the Daintree maintained very high concentrations of Cassowaries even when other areas showed a decline.<br />
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My personal theory is that there must have been some sort of disease that came here in the introduced birds like chickens, ducks and geese that were bought in by settlers, that decimated the Cassowaries here. I suspect that we are now seeing the progeny of the resistant birds, and that is why numbers have been seen to increase from about 2000 onwards....<br />
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I went straight there, verified it, and rang The Bat House and National Parks. The bat House sent volunteers immediately to keep it went an prevent sunburn. They later built a shelter over it.</div><div> </div><div>More locals arrived and a ranger, and it was decided not to wait for the tide which was hours off, but to use a tractor to move it to the sea. Rod from Cape Trib Sea kayaking provided the sling, Jason and Trav from Ocean Safari the muscle, and National Parks the tractor.</div><div> </div><div>A lot of effort saw the dugong returned to the sea and swim away. A great result!</div><div> </div><div>No-one seems sure why the dugong stranded. It was young male, perhaps inexperienced, who was inside the fringing reef at a time of rapid tide movement. maybe he will be more careful next time...</div><div> </div><div>Sorry the pics are in the wrong order...they reversed when I loaded them!<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div>masonstourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283824617301890549noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092160.post-41720606120649949442009-06-21T15:13:00.000-07:002009-06-21T15:14:35.147-07:00Who is looking at who?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZTOIGBFZDrWI0RzFQWxwAg3abmG-Pj-tApp2boA4xwrnakJl6tDJhKijNoyPiHpHBr_-x3Udr5XcGYNR0v1FAeQ7sQKM-P-PCYYD8eb9Bw4gCL9BgUdsl4kgfjtiijtVYH9-GGA/s1600-h/WLGT+Frog+8+low+res.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349907729970248482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 178px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZTOIGBFZDrWI0RzFQWxwAg3abmG-Pj-tApp2boA4xwrnakJl6tDJhKijNoyPiHpHBr_-x3Udr5XcGYNR0v1FAeQ7sQKM-P-PCYYD8eb9Bw4gCL9BgUdsl4kgfjtiijtVYH9-GGA/s320/WLGT+Frog+8+low+res.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This White Lipped Green Tree Frog was discovered recently on a Mason's Nightwalk. At times it was hard to work out who was the spectator as the frog moved its head from side to side, checking out the walkers. Everyone was able to get fantastic shots, and this specimen was a really bright green.<br /><br />White Lipped Green Tree Frogs can be seen any time of year, but are easier to spot in the green season, when they migrate to castal swamps at Cape Tribulation and breed in their thousands. The croaking sound like aboriginal clicking sticks from a distance.<br /><br />Mason's nightwalks are on real jungle trails, with boardwalks or concrete paths. It is real jungle all the way. The guide carries a spotlight and all guests are given rechargeable flashlights.<br /><br />Why not try the excitement of a Mason's Nightwalk when you come to the Daintree?</div>masonstourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283824617301890549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092160.post-39939445898462997222009-02-19T23:04:00.000-08:002009-02-19T23:16:28.563-08:00February weather great!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgKijNn3WFdAmqqsXA5UngXNr9Sae-hfAk6xLtzJiV8lNs7VxWDE1Tz5_3DGrz53WqTudAB88bjynAPHjJyxZZIjec8eyLs-WilXCYZEoJM6G-Im8LNmZTz2DdqXIeqF-0WgSfA/s1600-h/Cape+Trib+15.2.09.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304772277917237042" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgKijNn3WFdAmqqsXA5UngXNr9Sae-hfAk6xLtzJiV8lNs7VxWDE1Tz5_3DGrz53WqTudAB88bjynAPHjJyxZZIjec8eyLs-WilXCYZEoJM6G-Im8LNmZTz2DdqXIeqF-0WgSfA/s320/Cape+Trib+15.2.09.jpg" border="0" /></a> Despite all the media hype, the weather at Cape Tribulation has been generally fantastic in February. While it is true that some areas, notably Ingham and Karumba have suffered massive floods, we have not.<br />Ingham is well south of Cairns, near Townsville, and Karumba is on the west coast of Queensland, nowhere near here.<br />The picture was taken on the Valentine's day weekend, a couple of kilometres east of Cape Trib, and shows the wonderful calm conditions, and blue skys. The fish were biting too!<br />While it is true that March can be a very wet month here, I urge anyone thinking of coming here to ring first and ask about the weather on 07 40980070, rather than relying on the media.masonstourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283824617301890549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092160.post-53270408887764235252009-01-05T21:12:00.000-08:002009-02-19T23:28:04.263-08:00Mason's Cafe Opens<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pzBZrtE9Bv3gOlS2k8J4ZDmiQ38xnkv7-Kl-6kuoXhfH_X1D-PtUYcL5x2riAoh8nLhBGktoTHFoHSzcf9dtcllcMZ6M_oeh8yAq3pP-VJ35_guTp6WCboqqkQX3HCIRZiLDVg/s1600-h/Cafe+web.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288048022010961010" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pzBZrtE9Bv3gOlS2k8J4ZDmiQ38xnkv7-Kl-6kuoXhfH_X1D-PtUYcL5x2riAoh8nLhBGktoTHFoHSzcf9dtcllcMZ6M_oeh8yAq3pP-VJ35_guTp6WCboqqkQX3HCIRZiLDVg/s320/Cafe+web.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Mason's Tours are pleased to announce the opening of Mason's Cafe. The cafe has been operational for some years but was previously leased and traded as Myall Creek Takeaway. Run by Sharon Mason, the cafe serves burgers, fish and chips, sandwiches,wraps, shakes, fresh juices and much more. Sharon is commited to having daily specials, and offerings so far have included Thai Fish Cakes, Salt and Pepper Calamari, Lasagne (including a yummy vego version), and Chicken Pasta salad.</div><br /><div>Mason's Cafe sells Tichum Creek Coffee, grown on the Atherton Tableland, west of Cairns. 'Mario's Blend' is delicious, and the ground coffee can be purchased on site if you wish to take some home. Local Daintree Tea is also served, and likewise can be purchased on site.</div><br /><div>All cakes and biscuits served on Mason's 4WD Tours are prepared in the Cafe, and being freshly baked are proving popular. Ann Mason has trained Sharon to make all the old favourites such as Banana and Walnut cake so look out for the family recipes on your next Mason's Tour.</div><div></div><div>Sharon is also making yummy decadent cakes for sale in the cafe well so look out for these when you visit!</div><br /><div>Mason's Cafe also can cater to groups who want lunch as a one off or on a regular basis. Please phone 40980016 to order. Our Green season hours will be 1030 to 1600, but this may vary so ring to check if you are not sure.</div><br /><div>Mason's Cafe is 34km north of the Daintree Ferry midway between Cape Trib Resort and Spa and PK's Jungle Village</div>masonstourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283824617301890549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092160.post-69214044415600460762008-02-24T14:03:00.000-08:002009-02-19T23:01:55.102-08:00Amazing Crocodile SightingLast week, a nightwalk group went to Myall Creek as usual to look for Crocodiles. We see Crocs on average about half the time, and many of those sightings are simply the eyes shining back at us. As you can imagine, to see a whole Crocodile on foot, you need to be careful to keep safe, and its not always possible to get close enough on foot to get a really good look.<br />On this occassion, the guide was scanning the water with the spotlight when a huge commotion was heard up stream. The group went to investigate, and from a high bank were able to clearly see about a 3m Crocodile killing what they believe was a wild pig. For around 15 minutes they watched it death roll and snap at the pig. This is a very lucky sighting, and even for the guide, a once in a lifetime sighting.<br />The next night the Croc was still there, guarding its victim. Later in the week there was no sign, either the Croc moved the body, or it became soft enough to eat!masonstourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283824617301890549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092160.post-87113837134472297352007-12-23T14:59:00.000-08:002007-12-23T15:28:09.116-08:00Boyd's Forest Dragon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDHabOMw-fbvWy9IX14ZLPmc2ev7Shl6v-7SBcPUw6ZtdkHuPG9AdqlVE3q9KazL_-R8Rn7SgeI7FXPWCNMa6d_idjJU3Djk2zdktOT8DP0_N8e4ZY8u81ndQCu19_geZm35FTg/s1600-h/Boyds+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147308881715751842" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDHabOMw-fbvWy9IX14ZLPmc2ev7Shl6v-7SBcPUw6ZtdkHuPG9AdqlVE3q9KazL_-R8Rn7SgeI7FXPWCNMa6d_idjJU3Djk2zdktOT8DP0_N8e4ZY8u81ndQCu19_geZm35FTg/s320/Boyds+3.jpg" border="0" /></a> These amazing Lizards are only found from Townsville to Cooktown in the Wet Tropics. Previously named as part of an Asian genus of Dragon Lizards, they are now recognised seperately as Hypsilurus.<br />Dragon Lizards are 'Agamids' and the Boyd's has the typical habit of favouring the rear legs when on the ground. It gives them a bow legged gait, often described as like a little old man trying to run.<br />They have a sticky tongue which can shoot out up to 3cm, amd they use this to good effect picking up ants, one of their favourite foods.<br />Boyd's love sleeping on tree trunks, and are often seen at night clinging tightly to a tree, just like in the picture. They end up the same temperature as the tree, making it harder for things like the Amethystine Python to sense them.<br />This one is fairly light coloured, but in the morning they darken up, so as to better absorb heat from the air. They tend not to bask in the sun, but more rely on warm air circulating around them. I have seen Boyd's actually holding their body out so air can circulate around them.<br />Males tend to have larger heads and jaws, and I would say this one is male for that reason. Boyd's are very common at Cape Tribulation, despite being considered fairly rare by textbooks.masonstourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283824617301890549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092160.post-22327019348094636682007-12-19T23:32:00.000-08:002007-12-19T23:49:13.108-08:00Eastern Water Dragon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBY9aUj37DKcBqlSQlkzLjKAxsBPFdk5A5Z3PKMKfn2YS2xS4uQrmSXzq7955r5MPip41RY0TZLsRhmbKU016Sj9yOliD60s0WqVbIImKi-C4yGG4KBzHfr8v6-paEuhQ3oVl2yg/s1600-h/Water+Dragon+3+people.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145956722931755922" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBY9aUj37DKcBqlSQlkzLjKAxsBPFdk5A5Z3PKMKfn2YS2xS4uQrmSXzq7955r5MPip41RY0TZLsRhmbKU016Sj9yOliD60s0WqVbIImKi-C4yGG4KBzHfr8v6-paEuhQ3oVl2yg/s320/Water+Dragon+3+people.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p>Look at the top left! Nightwalkers on a tour in December 2007 are looking at an Eastern water Dragon as the walk along the trail. The water Dragon has chosen a typical spot to sleep; a sloping vine near a small creek.</p><p>Eastern Water Dragons live right down the coast as far south as Sydney, and there are several subspecies. Thsi one is almost certainly a female, judging from the size of the head and body. The males can get much larger, I have seen examples well over 1 metre long. (Note that reference books measure lizards snout- vent, which does not incluse the tail)</p><p>Eastern Water Dragons tend to form Harems, with one male having a teritory that includes several females. We notice that their range seems to shrink in dry weather and they spread out along smaller creeks when it rains. Water Dragons can swim and dive, and have nostrils on the top of their snout, so it seems they have evolved for some time to be aquatic.</p><p>At least once a year someone comes up from our waterhole and says that they have just seen a samll crocodile there. It always turns out to be a Water Dragon!</p>masonstourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283824617301890549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092160.post-42611328641791224932007-12-19T23:16:00.000-08:002007-12-19T23:29:56.051-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWgxJJEa_pFt6Sgzz9T26vkFjo8ElaVttFEVNDONfrInpRvf8Vcvx_2_4BDGnqf5biCP8mYMhEtMKygg23FvA03WmRFeHsTu2OENgt_4laog9GcLUwxUoRbPklSbeK19Z0VTmH8w/s1600-h/Ameth+Pyth+Fan+palm+tongue.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145951972697926530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWgxJJEa_pFt6Sgzz9T26vkFjo8ElaVttFEVNDONfrInpRvf8Vcvx_2_4BDGnqf5biCP8mYMhEtMKygg23FvA03WmRFeHsTu2OENgt_4laog9GcLUwxUoRbPklSbeK19Z0VTmH8w/s320/Ameth+Pyth+Fan+palm+tongue.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p>This lovely Amethystine Python was seen on a Nightwalk in December 2007. It was about 2m long. Amethystine Pythons get their name because of the wonderful shimmering that you can see off their scales in torchlight or sunlight.</p><p>If you look cloesly at the picture you can see this shimmering from the neck down.</p><p>This image also allows you to see the heat sensing pits on the nose in front of the eyes, that are characteristic of these pythons. The pits allow the snake to detect the heat of warm blooded prey up to ten metres away!</p><p>At the moment the photo was taken, the snake has poked its tongue out. This allows the python to 'taste' the air, something we can only imagine. It has been variously described as a combination of smell and taste all in one. </p><p>Amethestine Pythons eat mammals, birds, reptiles, even other snakes! They are not venemous, but have many backward facing teeth to help hold on when they lunge at their prey. They then wrap around and aspyxiate the victim before swallowing it. They grow commonly to 4 metres long, and occassionally to as long as 8.6m. Large examples can eat dogs, pigs, and other large animals.</p>masonstourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283824617301890549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092160.post-59606098775710901462007-12-19T23:02:00.000-08:002007-12-19T23:15:14.339-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76P9sjKkGxd770-S1fpOQYajbQZ90cTKEjs_R1Uh4slgmIdk9hpfZuwmJ4TXC-VWOus4DA-Iw7XgZmA0jpVaEQyF6cmsg2ccu0aIOtq2RcOhpS-kvT10szLp4lhQhWC-g0ZQiIg/s1600-h/WLGT+Frog.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145948841666767730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76P9sjKkGxd770-S1fpOQYajbQZ90cTKEjs_R1Uh4slgmIdk9hpfZuwmJ4TXC-VWOus4DA-Iw7XgZmA0jpVaEQyF6cmsg2ccu0aIOtq2RcOhpS-kvT10szLp4lhQhWC-g0ZQiIg/s320/WLGT+Frog.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Thsi photo was taken on a nightwalk in December 2007. It is a great view of a common frog at Cape Tribulation, The White Lipped Green Tree Frog. These frogs live througout the forest, but migrate to coastal swaps to breed when the heavy rains fill the swamps.</div><div>Their calls are loud, from a distance it sounds like millions of aboriginal clicking sticks, closer it is a distict brack-ack, brack-ack.</div><div> </div><div>Only the males call, and the calls are dual purpose, to repel other males and attract females. Apparently the females can select the best male frog from the calls. In my opinion these are the most spectacular frog we have here, and I never get tired of looking at them.</div>masonstourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283824617301890549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092160.post-27026748659951400382007-11-18T17:18:00.000-08:002007-11-18T17:27:02.978-08:00Extreme Crossing of Eammagen Creek<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxVCet57AK1WKuLFUNE7jlSI3-Fi8UcTm4_-K9kYUZqYczi8Eoz5XmRGnGStdAEyRt80lCQN0L0B57Y_ZESTrTGb40H45_qvzr41fSJYXKOiC0WvAeVHhVizSZpKJ3kHRqYV7xw/s1600-h/Emmagen+flood+fording.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134355552907144834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxVCet57AK1WKuLFUNE7jlSI3-Fi8UcTm4_-K9kYUZqYczi8Eoz5XmRGnGStdAEyRt80lCQN0L0B57Y_ZESTrTGb40H45_qvzr41fSJYXKOiC0WvAeVHhVizSZpKJ3kHRqYV7xw/s320/Emmagen+flood+fording.JPG" border="0" /></a> This crossing was made after an early start to the wet season in 2000. The group had to wait for the water to recede before coming home after a flash flood. Mason's Tours have fitted their vehicles with snorkels and winches to make rare crossings this deep safer. Out of the image is another Mason's 4WD with a towrope ready just in case! The drivers had also walked the crossing to check depth, rocks and current prior to driving in. The crossing was succesful!<br /><div></div>masonstourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283824617301890549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092160.post-34035346577074515452007-11-18T16:55:00.000-08:002007-11-18T17:16:12.550-08:00Green Season ArivesOver the last three days Cape Tribulation has experienced about 250mm of rain, and the whole area has changed from brown to green. Creeks and rivers that had slowed to a trickle are now flowing fast, and there are frogs everywhere!<br />Today the weather has improved, and it is forecast to be reasonably fine later in the week. A Wet or 'Green' Season is a bit like a winter, in that the worst of the weather rarely persists the whole season. Generally there arer rain periods interpersed with periods of calm, fine weather.<br />In my view, this is the best time to see the forest. The rivers run strong and clear, the waterfalls are spectacular, and the wildlife at its best.<br />Cape Tribulation has plenty of good accommodation, with either air-conditioned roooms, or well ventilated designs with fans, so you can sleep in comfort after a days exploring.<br />Visitors are often coinfused about waht to wear...I tell them swimwear with shorts and a t-shirt. Although we provide raincoats, the rain is usually so warm, its more fun to get wet. A 'sacrificial' pair of shoes is also a good idea. Most activities require footwear, so a set of cheap sneakers that you don't mind getting wet is a godsend.<br />Seeing the Daintree Rainforest in the rain is a fantastic experience, one I recommend. Don't be sad about the rain, enjoy the forest at its best!masonstourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283824617301890549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092160.post-67052986496833348042007-10-21T15:57:00.000-07:002007-10-21T15:59:26.240-07:00Nightwalk Sightings August Sept 07The Weather has continued very cool the last couple of months with temperatures as low as 10 Celsius still being recorded. I am sure some Cape Trib residents had to buy new wardrobes!Snake sightings have stayed low, with very few snake sightings recoded at all. The good news is when it warmed up they were all hungry and now we are seeing plenty. The other day when I dropped an account at a local B+B, Rainforest Hideaway, a fair sized python was curled up next to the pond there. No doubt the resident frogs were nervous…<br />During August and into September the Boyd’s Dragons and Water Dragons were very hard to find, but now that the weather has warmed up, we are seeing plenty. One of our guides, Jennie, started nightwalks in June, and so has had her first three months with few Dragon Lizard Sightings. She commented last week on the sudden change in situation, having seen 4 dragons in one night!<br />Despite the cooler weather, possum sightings have been poor. The forest is now very thick, having recovered from the 99 cyclone fully, and I suspect this makes possums harder to find.<br />Croc sightings have been better, since last report. We are now back to about 50% sighting rate, which is where it should be. I am at a loss to explain why the sightings dropped this year, perhaps it was the cold weather…<br />Many native rats have been seen in these months, representing all the common species. In particular there are lots of Melomys about, and we usually find these by listening for the chewing sound as they use their sharp teeth to open seeds. Quandong seeds are still abundant, and the rats love these.<br />We have also been seeing Bandicoots regularly, and there seems to still be a healthy population of Northern Brown Bandcoots in the valley. Sometimes we also see the Long Nosed Bandicoot too.<br />Sleeping Birds are still being seen often, and this will continue until the weather warms up more. Even then, on rainy nights, amny birds sleep low down in the forest.Glowing Fungi has also been present most of the time when wet but hard to find when it is drier.Now that all the reptiles are getting hungry and thinking about reproducing, it’s a great time to do a nightwalk! See you on one soon!masonstourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283824617301890549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092160.post-82110746057265663352007-08-10T18:31:00.000-07:002007-08-10T18:38:09.679-07:00Diadem Leaf Nosed Bat<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfts0K5xF7ZKmObgnkRPVjLjOPtqOaGamnKPy0XbUImNm_etmlFAry4zTvJls5FeahDaDbag0FLlG7gy3BAMlN2YTodRf5ouMTr0-kWBUR_Aqdi5RVum471O-pXs2yiWQBG3RaQ/s1600-h/Diadem+Leaf+Nosed+Bat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097251009946504306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfts0K5xF7ZKmObgnkRPVjLjOPtqOaGamnKPy0XbUImNm_etmlFAry4zTvJls5FeahDaDbag0FLlG7gy3BAMlN2YTodRf5ouMTr0-kWBUR_Aqdi5RVum471O-pXs2yiWQBG3RaQ/s320/Diadem+Leaf+Nosed+Bat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>masonstourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04283824617301890549noreply@blogger.com0