This was another kind of touristy thing that I did on my way up the East Coast, heading for the Tip of Cape York. I decided to take the guided walk in the Mossman Gorge part of the Daintree Rain Forest. This is a guided walk, lead by an Aboriginal Guide from the local area. I wanted to do it to see what kinds of plants are in the area and other things that relate to the native history of the land.
The tour was well done and interesting but really not enough discussion of the detailed biology of the rain forest. This is supposedly the largest and oldest rainforest in the world. I was kinda hoping to learn a lot more details. The guide had a pretty good way of describing things and was, in fact, pretty interesting. Just not quite as personable or complete as I expected. The group was about a dozen or 15 and everyone kind of stayed in their little family clique. Realistically, I don’t have a lot to say about the tour itself but I’ll try to flash some pictures, videos, and maybe sounds of the tour.
One of the first things on the tour was a smoke ceremony. Here's what it looked like.
And here are a few pictures of what the rainforest looks like in different places.
One of the more interesting things on the tour was his description of how people painted their skin for different purposes.
I'm glad I did the walk, I'd just rather have learned more details about the biology of the rainforest.
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