It has been hard to log bicycle miles in this part of Queensland at this time of year.
Innisfail has a tropical rainforest climate, with an average of more than 20 inches of rain each month in January and February.
I took a ride to Josephine Falls in the Wooroonooran National Park
I really enjoyed seeing the very large variety of plants and animals.
The Josephine Falls hiking trail winds through rainforest known as complex mesophyll vine forest, the most complex rainforest type in Australia. You know how much I love vines.
An interesting feature of this area is the presence of a number of plants that generally occur only at higher, cooler altitudes. Josephine Creek starts high in the mountains and it carries surprisingly cold water down to the lowlands. This has encouraged certain plants, which are normally more at home at higher, cooler altitudes, to flourish.
Amongst the more spectacularly colored inhabitants of this rainforest are brilliant green-spotted triangle butterflies,
iridescent blue Ulysses butterflies, rainbow and scaly-breasted lorikeets,
and king parrots.
Less bright, but equally interesting, are the little musky rat-kangaroos. These active marsupials rummage for fallen fruit on the forest floor in the late afternoon and early morning.
Jud's Bike Log 