We have spent the last 5 days on a farm, belonging to friends of the Walkers, on the Atherton tablelands. They are currently overseas so we had the place to ourselves, but no internet was available to post the blog.
We had a great look around the area & are now moving on. I am posting this while sitting roadside at Ravenshoe with a hot coffee & chocolate biscuit. We are heading to Undara lava tubes & will be spending the next 2 nights there.
The prawn farm opposite where we were staying at Port Douglas was expanding with a heap of new 1 hectare ponds. The houses in the back ground, at the base of the jungle hills is where we have been staying.
Pano as above.
The estuary the prawn farm pumps out of.
Leaving Port Douglas & heading up the range to The tablelands..
Heading through Mareeba.
Heading into Atherton.
Setting up on the farm at Yungaburra.
Pano, view from the caravan over Lake Tinaroo.
It got cold so we made a fire & cooked jaffles for dinner.
View from the caravan.
Morning walk to the edge of the lake.
Our campsite walking back up the hill.
Great spot.
The Afghan commemorative walk in Yungaburra.
As above.
As above.
The Yungaburra Hotel, Wendys parents owned this in the early 2000,s
The curtain fig tree near Yungaburra.
As above.
Nerada tea plantation.
Some honeycomb ginger at the plantation.
Inside the tea factory.
Pano of the plantation.
A nice flower I spotted.
Malanda falls.
Inside the cheese & chocolate factory.
Some passing turkeys.
Pano, early morning at the camp site with cloud over the lake.
Some curlews on the early morning walk.
Lake Barrine.
As above.
Pano, Lake Barrine, we walked all the way around, 5 klm. Not Yvonne her foot is still broken.
2 giant Kauris at Lake Barrine.
Pano, Lake Barrine.
Yunguburra forrest drive about 100Klms all the way around.
On the sign.
On the Mobo creek walk.
Mobo Creek crater.
Tinaroo dam wall.
As above.
As above releasing water.
As above irrigation channel.
Pano, another misty morning at camp.
Another flower I found at Herberton.
Wall mural at Herberton.
At the trough again at Herberton.
Main street, Herberton.
China town temple at Atherton.
As above.
We had a great look around the area & are now moving on. I am posting this while sitting roadside at Ravenshoe with a hot coffee & chocolate biscuit. We are heading to Undara lava tubes & will be spending the next 2 nights there.
What a lovely camp site at the farm. I particularly enjoyed seeing the misty countryside as it is already over 100 degrees here in Phoenix, and of course VERY dry! Roz
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