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The Wet Tropics of Queensland comprises 8,940 square kilometers of territory roughly paralleling the Great Barrier Reef. It “is the oldest continually surviving tropical rainforest in the world.” (Wikipedia) It is also one of the most biologically diverse regions in the world and contains the largest collection of endemic species (native exclusively to the region)…

Here are some more photos of our train ride through the rainforest on the Kuranda Scenic Railway.  And that’s it for this post!

Follow us on Facebook! How many oceans are there and can you name them? Most people can come up with three – the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. They are, in fact, the largest. But there are two more – the Arctic Ocean and the Southern Ocean. The Southern Ocean is sometimes called the Antarctic Ocean….

Follow us on Facebook! One of our ports of call on our January 2015 Caribbean cruise was St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. As with most cruises, various excursions were offered and while the ladies opted for an island tour, my brother-in-law Don and I decided to check out something called the BOSS adventure. The…

Follow us on Facebook! Rowena’s Inn on the River is a delightful trip back in time. It’s an old homestead built by a pioneer logger in the area for his family. Charles Nelson Pretty was a businessman and entrepreneur. In the 1920s he had an opportunity to buy a 160 acre parcel of land in Harrison…

Follow us on Facebook! Here are some more photos from the Great Gatsby Party at Rowena’s Inn on the River in 2014. The party is being held again on June 11, 2017. The Great Gatsby Party at Rowena’s Live music from the Jen Hodge All Stars Tents were set up to provide shade and/or shelter…

Follow us on Facebook! Here are some additional photos of the Butchart Gardens. The Sunken Garden. You can see the last remaining stack of the old cement plant among the trees on the right. The flower gardens are stunning in their beauty. The Mound surrounded by flower beds and shrubs and covered in ivy. Janis, Chris…