Queensland wildlife...tourists warned..

There are warning signs all over Australia. Everywhere we go! The funny thing we've noticed? They always suggest what might happen to you....sometimes quite humourously! They don't request that you NOT do something.

We didn't have to worry about the jellyfish, as they're not lurking around during the winter.

We were on the lookout for the Cassowary...a rainforest bird...endangered now. Apparently, this flightless bird is as tall as a grown man, has three toes, a blue and purple head, a helmetlike horn and scraggly black feathers sort of similar to an emu's. Unfortunately, we didn't catch a glimpse of one in the wild. They are important because they're the only creatures capable of digesting and passing, and therefore distributing, the larger seeds from many species of rainforest fruit trees. Precious rainforest poo!