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Article: Rain forest teems with wildlife in private preserve.(Travel)
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- October 26, 2003
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Byline: Dan Leeth
Special to the Herald
MOSSMAN, Australia - "The guide does not like his guests to use mosquito repellent," the lodge manager warns.
I try to comply. Squeaky clean after a morning shower, I venture from the screened shelter of the bungalow. Within seconds, a luftwaffe of winged vampires ravenously attacks. Each hopes for a proboscis-filling feast of type-O negative. I swat the first kamikazes that alight, then retreat indoors. Like it or not, today is a day for DEET.
Unfortunately, mosquitoes are ubiquitous around Daintree National Park. Located between Cairns and Cooktown in northeastern Australia, the Daintree ...