Climbing Granite Boulders

Sitting at the back of the Landcruiser typing this, we are in Pt Douglas and it is hot and humid... must be around 25c now even though it is around 8pm. We arrived here on Saturday after spending a few days climbing all over lots of  boulders at Granite Gorge and Davis Creek falls. Granite Gorge has huge boulders that are the gorge, they are piled everywhere and rock wallabies live there, jumping all over the boulders. There is a small creek at the base but mostly it is boulders piled all over.
Of course some have wonderful names like Arch - a boulder lying across two forming an arch - Dinosaur, a broken off slab sitting sideways resembling a Steggosaurus (I think I have the spelling right) Footsteps, the hollows resemble a series of footprints???
We also went to Davis Creek, another great Nat. Park with a tumbling waterfall.
Swam in both places in cool water pools, great when in but difficult to get in.
Headed out of Mareeba on Saturday after taking many hours to pack up the camp. Could not remember where everything went before but eventually left. Stopped at the wetlands on the way north - lots and lots of waterlillies but not allowed to paddle Noodle there. On Sunday, as planned we went out to the Low Isles on a large sailing cat. Another great day with spectacular snorkling.
The Low Isles are a Coral Cay with a beautiful old lighthouse on the small island. The other is mangroves but the little isle is a coral cay with some vegetation. The biologist on the boat told us that the sand is made up of 30% fish poo and the rest fragmented coral, shells and seaweeds with a some pumice, probably from the pacific islands.  Did you know that beaches are 30% fish poo!!!!
It was a calm though cloudy day so we did not take any photos but had a great day. Of course the 'sailing' was motorsailing.
Today we went on an old wooden ferry, Lady Douglas, for a trip along the mangrove lined inlet looking for salties. We did see 4, 2 small and 2 larger. The largest was swimming to a crab trap which it proceeded to raid! Apparently they have learnt that there is food in crab traps so they raid the traps, occasionally a croc is seen with a trap caught over its head! Tomorrow we will head for Cape Tribulation before heading back this way and then out west.  Cape York will have to wait for another visit as it is still the wet.