After thousands of kilometres of flat landscapes, our drive up in to the Atherton Tablelands was a complete contrast with winding hilly roads, lush rainforest and misty rain. Sitting at around 800 metres, we expected cooler weather in Atherton but weren’t prepared for it be quite so cold.
After pulling out warm clothes, we went exploring. Lovely rainforest walks, waterfalls, wetlands, we even saw two Cassowary.
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| Crater - formed by an explosive eruption of volcanic gases which blasted through solid granite |
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| Dinner Falls |
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| Determined to have an aperitif outside |
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| Malanda Falls but too cold for swimming |
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| Rainforest |
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| Fig tree |
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| Stone Curlew in its natural habitat - the caravan park. |
We spent 5 days here and then moved onto Cairns for one night. This stop was simply to get Lawrence’s bike adjusted and restock. We’ll get back to Cairns after Cape York. We stayed in a Caravan Park that was a paradise for school kids, but not so much for old fogies like us.
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| Shopping for essentials in Cairns |
From we just started heading north stopping at campsites on the way. We are currently in Coen with very little to recommend it except a pub with terrible beer and a low-key camping area. We’ve organised to leave the bikes at Bramwell Roadhouse so they are not bouncing of the back of Boris. They just ask a $25 donation to the Flying Doctor Service – brilliant.
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| Bush camping at Mt Carbine |
The road so far as been quite good with more paved than expected, and the gravel not too bad, however from here on in it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
We’re seeing a few breakdowns but thankfully not us this time – having spent about 10k on preparations trying to be breakdown proof!!!! I hope that’s not famous last words…
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