Sundays in Cooktown

 In the post-Yasi period wehad a lot of rain but now are experiencing beautiful sunny days. Despite the sun, the roads and rivers are still boggy and full which makes getting about and exploring difficult.  So last Sunday it was time for a walk to one of our favourite haunts - Cherry Tree Bay. After a hefty walk up Grassy Hill we hit the beautiful path that takes you down to Cherry Tree Bay.

The wildflowers at this time of year are plentiful and there is a great variety. As we headed down to the bottom of the hill, the usually dry gully was a racing creek.  At the beach we found several large but broken sea urchin shells and then we found one perfect and intact one. 

There are lots of croc signs around at the moment as everyone knows there is a huge croc that travels from the Endeavour River to Quarantine Bay. People have stopped walking their dogs in the evenings at Finch Bay because the croc watches and waits. Despite that, Max went for a swim and then played games with a very stroppy crab.

We checked out a turtles nest but the edge of the beach but found that with all the rain and high tides, they have been washed away. Nice to know that a few green turtles have been coming into Cherry Tree Bay to lay their eggs.  The sea is still a dirty colour - the river is still full of mud and debris and its still washing out to sea. Despite that, I hear there a few fish around and people have been doing ok with fishing at the wharf and off the rocks. 

Anyway we had a lovely walk and felt much better having expended lots of energy and drunk litres and litres of water.