Some colourful birds to act as a place-holder while I marsahall my thoughts (and try to find any spare time!) These were taken at a bird sanctuary in Kuranda. The crazy-looking beast in the middle is a cassowary, an indigenous Australian bird that is incredibly large and incredibly rare. We didn't manage to see one in the wild, despite the fact that there were tell-tale signs of their recent presence in the Daintree, though we did seem them both in Kuranda and at the Rainforest Experience in Port Douglas. Maybe it's hard to see them in the wild because, if they show their faces, they're rounded up and sent off to the nearest wildlife park, of which there were many in this part of Northern Queensland.
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