The water was crystal clear and along the way he saw a Southern Fiddler Ray. Mr 3LG has caught several rays while fishing, they are harmless and he always releases these rays back into the river. It would have been neat to see a White Bellied Sea Eagle but instead only a Nankeen Night Heron was sighted and this bird was uncertain about eating a poisonous Toad Fish. It flew off in search of other tastier fish. "Good choice" Mr 3LG muttered, that could have been its last meal. Mr 3LG couldn't stop for long, the Mosquitoes were starting to bite. He decided to pull up the boat, on the muddy bank, and went walking through the mangroves thinking about the Aboriginal Use of Mangroves. Mangrove plants are also a source of medicines. For instance, the ashes from burnt Ceriops australis and Camptostemon schultzii wood is used to heal sores and infections, while the bark of Avicennia marina is used to treat stingray stings. Another Aboriginal Use of Mangroves was to use the mangrove timber to construct canoes, paddles, spears and boomerangs. The list of such uses is long and diverse.
While walking through the mangroves he disturbed another Nankeen Night Heron. These are beautiful birds if you ever get the chance to see one close by, although he still would have liked to have spotted a White Bellied Sea Eagle. Mr 3LG remembers back to when we saw the sea eagle while walking the trail along Waitpinga Cliffs. During a short walk back to the boat the evidence of Human Impacts were clearly visible. Rubbish gathering along the banks and among the trees. Before leaving the mangroves Mr 3LG decided to hide just one more geocache, all you need to do is work out where he has hidden it.
