okay, the only thing cool that i did in port douglas was check out this rainforest walk led by an aboriginal medicine man. insane.
the damn aboriginals know (or maybe knew) EVERYTHING about the rainforest. white people would be so murdered within 15 minutes. as we’re walking along the path in the pouring down rain, this guy’s pointing out 5 different plants and trees that would kill you if you touched their sap, leaves, bark, or looked at them funny. he has nothing to fear, though, because next he showed us the 3 different plants that you could create antitoxins from.
“if you get bit by a taipan snake, here’s the one you use to flush the wound with.”
“if you get bit by an hourglass spider, this is what you crush up and grind into the wound.”
“if you cheat on your taxes, this weed will make the IRS forget about you.”
seriously - there’s a plant for everything. there’s one that turns into soap, one that you wash your clothes in, and one that gives you smooth, supple skin. white people would probably try to eat that one. i bought a book about the plants, so if you’re curious, ask me what’s up.
and that was the highlight of port douglas. it did not stop raining - there was one tourgroup that went up into the rainforest and then couldn’t get down because the damn roads had flooded. all four of them.
i bet an aboriginal could find a plant to fix that.
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