What has webbed feet, a beak and swims in water, but is not a bird?

View down valley from Eungella.  Fuji F10

14th September 2013

Today Ellen and Dan took me on an adventure up into the hills and the rain forest.  The views down the valley from Eungella are beyond spectacular.

The rain forest is enchanting; and nice and cool to walk through.

And in a little pool, swimming amongst the turtles, was a chimera that only Australia could conjure up; the platypus.

Cute, but bizarre; and a lot smaller than I thought they were too.

Platypus.  Fuji F10

Strangler Fig.  Fuji F10

Rain Forest.  Fuji F10

Turtle.  Fuji F10