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We recently returned from a week in the Daintree in the far north of Queensland - way up there in the tropical jungle with the crocodiles (tho we never saw any).

We did see lots of amazing butterflies, a spotted tree monitor (the big lizard pictured below), a male cassowary with its chick (a very big flightless bird), a raft of impressive insects, lots of fruit bats, very friendly jungle perch, and, many other things.

We stayed at some truly beautiful places and I would recommend a trip up there to anyone looking to get back to primordial nature and even off the grid (yikes! that’s right folks, no mains power, cell phones or, <gulp> interweb)…

We swam in beautiful streams - we were told by the owners of the property that there just couldn’t be crocs here, nevertheless, we were somewhat nervous, despite the amazing setting…

We also took lot’s of walks and some got rides (that’s labeled Lucas on my shoulders),

(Keri & Cedar)

(Sherry & Lucas)

‘Gama Sherry’ has been on hand to provide some much needed support (the boyz still run us ragged!):

Here Lucas and Cedar are being crabs.. I think…

And little by little, the boys seem to learning to play better together (they generally do, but there’s still plenty of wrestling for independence from one another).

and yes, even hugs:

- for the full slice of reality, here’s the full motion version:

In all it was a wonderful and much needed break - we got lots of rest and it was so warm and humid, it was like being in a sauna the whole time.

Well, I guess it’s back to the rat race!