Mount Edith - South of Cairns FNQ

All these images are from our first week of work. Beginning with our arrival at camp along the Danbulla Forest Road until we leave on day 7 of the trip.

These are the tents we will be staying in - i hope they keep us dry, there is a LOT of rain here.

Notice how dry we tried to keep the tents. Ground sheet, tent, fly and tarpaulin.

You can see from this picture that the rain is pretty heavy and even though we have just arrived, the ground is already turning to slush under our feet. This isn't called a rainforest for nothing.

We arrived in 4 wheel drive vehicles which was just as well, the ground is fast turning into sludge.

This is the main tent we use to keep us dry during the day when we are back at camp. We tend to site at one end and the cooking is all done at the other.

The main tent is basically 4 tarpaulins linked together to form a roof to keep the rain out.

Before we started we had a tour of one of the sites we would be examining over the week we were at this camp.

The forest was completely different to anything we have in Victoria.

From this view you can see how thick some of the undergrowth can get.

The Wait-a-While plant is one of the hazards you need to avoid when moving through the rainforest.

This is the stem of the Wait-a-While plant, tough enough when you come across it, but it dangles smaller vines across the trail whilch also have barbs along its length. If it touches you, you need to wait a while to unhook yourself.