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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ESTEBANNIC" data-source="post: 1637277" data-attributes="member: 12643">Hi Guys!Stayed at the Cassowary house on the night of Oct 18th and also had luck of seeing the Cassowary female during breakkies on the terrace. Went downstairs on Sue's advice ("don't make any sudden movements" lol) and sat with the bird for half an hour. An awe inspiring experience to say the least!!! This birds could stretch up to 2 metres! Felt like being in jurassic park next to a velociraptor.....After that the male turned up, a lot smaller than the female and a little more grumpy. Also got fantastic views of the Victoria's rifle bird, a fantastic male came a sat right on the table!! We met loads of locals who had never seen a Cassowary, funnily enough a few days later near Mission Beach south of Cairns we came across another one crossing the road in front of the car. Needless to say, after that we went a lot slower...Attached is a modified Cassowary road hump sign cleverly modified by someone... :-O Though it was quite funny....Many thanks to Chowchilla for pointing me in the right direction! :t:Steve</blockquote>