The Licuala Lodge Rainforest Walk was completed in June 2007. The number of creatures to be found on the original walk was 24, but now there are 30 plus. There were numerous attempts made to spot all the creatures before the first successful expedition by a Norwegian couple, Otto and Ashild from Tromso, somewhere in the Arctic Circle. They obviously followed in the great tradition of Norwegian explorers (such as Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen). However their expedition did take place over 4 days at the end of July 2007. But despite the prolonged search, they were determined to succeed, so first place goes to them.
The first to complete the search in one single day were Dave and Sandra from Surbiton in the UK. Armed with a mobile phone (they took photos of all the creatures to prove that they found them all - how sad is that !!), they completed the search on 2nd August 2007 in a time of 30 minutes. Dave is ultra-competitive, and if his time is beaten I'm sure he will be devastated enough to sink a few pints in his local.
Neil, Wendy and Helen completed the course in 25 minutes to prove that 3 heads are better than two. The same time was also achieved by Feli, Olivia, Cecilia and Valerie - four very charming and very beautiful young ladies
The Lueck family from Essen, Germany set a new record of 24 minutes in July 2008 - but they were four adults.
Stefan and Gabby from Germany did the walk in Aug 2008 complete with photos in an astonishing 15 minutes - surely a record which can never be beaten !!
The two creatures that are the hardest to find are the Owl and the Giant Fly.
Printed sheets of the walk are always available at our reception desk on the breakfast verandah.
August 2007 - A Blue Fish was added to the list of creatures (courtesy of Otto and Ashild), making the total 25.
September 2007 - A Santa, Rhinoceros, Tiger and a Giraffe were added to the Rainforest walk ( thanks to Nikolas and Dominique ), bringing the total to 29 animals on the walk.
December 2007 - Several more creatures added (including a gorilla and a shrunken head) bringing the total over 30.
Below is the Hall of Fame of all the successful explorers. The thousands that have tried and failed are not mentioned here - incompetence and anonymity are worthy allies.
| July 2007 |
4 Days |
Otto and Ashild from the Arctic Circle |
| Aug 2007 |
30 mins |
Dave and Sandra - Surbiton, UK |
| Aug 2007 |
30 mins |
Ramon and Mareille - Boxtel, Netherlands Also took photos to prove that they found everything. Go PSV !!! |
| Aug 2007 |
30 mins
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Dominic and Bianca - Shepton Mallet, UK We knew Bianca found the spiders because the whole street could hear her screams
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| Sep 2007 |
35 mins |
Nikolas ( aged 11 ) and Dominique ( aged 10) - Hobart, TAS Found most of the creatures but had a little help from their parents (Heather and David).
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| Sep 2007 |
25 mins |
Neil and Wendy from Townsville and Helen from Harrogate. A new world record, but there were three of them. Took photos of all the animals. |
| Oct 2007 |
60 mins |
Denise and Bardon from Magnetic Island. Perseverance finally paid off for them. The giant fly was their nemesis. |
| Dec 2007 |
2 days |
Serina and Ellie from Cairns. Took them a long time to find the owl, but they were determined. |
| Dec 2007 |
23 hours |
Emma from Nottingham. Dogged perseverance paid off in the end. Found everything on her own, despite a morbid fear of spiders |
| July 2008 |
25 mins |
Feli (10), Cecilia (12), Valerie (14) - all from Germany, and Olivia (11 - aka the Pancake Queen) from Melbourne. Had a little bit of help from their father Rainer |
| July 2008 |
55 mins |
Uli and Jonas from Munich. Both took photos of all the creatures - but only Jonas managed to photograph the Giant Fly. |
| July 2008 |
24 mins |
From Essen, Germany - Conny, Michael, Katy and Fabian. Seems as though Germans are excellent explorers as well as footballers. |
| July 2008 |
30 mins |
Guy from Melbourne (but now living in Dubai) and his grandma Maxine, a Townsville resident. |
| Aug 2008 |
15 mins |
A new world record - Stefan and Gabby from Fuerstenfeldbruck (which I believe is near Munich !!) |
| Aug 2008 |
20 mins |
Stephanie from Wellington. A great effort from just a single pair of eyes (hubby Peter would have been no help at all - apparently) |
| Aug 2008 |
30 mins |
Rhonda, Greg, Terry, Maureen, Rod, Judy, Terry and Cheryl from Melbourne/Brisbane. Not a bad effort depite the fact that there were eight of them. Hope they enjoyed the rest of their Pollywaffle Tour. |
| Sep 2008 |
27 mins |
Peter, Lesley and Ian from Melbourne - Go the Storm !!! |
| Dec 2008 |
41 mins |
Laura, Jill and Jim from San Francisco - with a little help from Lenny |
| Dec 2008 |
35 mins |
Michelle and Adrian from Leeds. First to complete the walk with the turtle and Garfield the Cat |
| Dec 2008 |
19 mins |
Pam and Graham from Oak Valley. To be precise it took them 19 mins and 38 seconds (not that anyone was counting) |
| Dec 2008 |
17 Hours |
Alannah and Samantha from Gordonvale - a new world record for a couple of 10 year olds |
| July 2009 |
25 mins |
Hamish and Grant, an excellent father and son team from Christchurch, NZ |
| July 2009 |
24 mins |
Peter and Friedi from Berlin - upholding the theory that Germans are excellent explorers (although Peter is a Fifer) |
| July 2009 |
25 mins |
Chanel (8) and Marine (10) from Sydney - a new world record for a couple of youngsters :-) |
| Aug 2009 |
24 mins |
Frederik and Pieter from Warnsveld in Holland. No help from their parents whatsoever !! |
| Aug 2009 |
31 mins |
Kate and Bruce from Reston - confirming the theory that folks from VA are excellent hunters |
| Aug 2009 |
30 mins |
Dominic and Lauren from Stoke. The time included a toilet break. And the second time round only took 15 minutes. |
| Sep 2009 |
23 mins |
Rob and Marni from Pannawonica, and Brayden and Jaimi-Lee from Harvey. Thanks for the voucher guys - much appreciated !! |
| Dec 2009 |
27 mins |
Rebekka and Eddie from Dublin - a splendid all European effort |
| Dec 2009 |
25 mins |
Anuschka and Zoe from Aesch, near Zurich. A new Swiss record, and a new mother and daughter record |
| Dec 2009 |
15 mins |
Chris and Ari from Townsville. Equalling the world record set in 2008. Photos to prove it as well - sad or what ?? |
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