A lizard of some kind, surprising what a difference those legs make about how calm you feel!

DAY 10: February 27th, Cape Hillsborough – Airlie Beach

After our previous trip to Cape Hillsborough last year, Andy and I were determined to go back with my family. Firstly, to overcome our fear of walking there after the horror snake-fest last time and secondly to give them an Australian bush-walking initiation trip.
Snakes and spiders aside, Cape Hillsborough is a beautiful place, a complete mixture of things including a lovely beach, rainforest surrounding the beach, rocky sections with pools, a boardwalk over mangrove wetlands and then the cliff tops with their walking trails. Huge grassed areas for barbeques and picnics and a small camping area make it popular with families, walkers, nature lovers and people fishing on the beach as the tide goes out. Although there is evidence of aboriginal occupation, the first recorded European to see Cape Hillsborough was Captain Cook, who on June 2nd 1770, named the headland after the Earl of Hillsborough.