Blogs from Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Deel 13: zaterdag 1 okt Van Lake Eacham naar Granit Gorge camp area. Onderweg gestopt bij een Wood en Craft Gallery, alwaar prachtig bewerkt hout. Je zou het prachtig vinden Renée, wat je allemaal van hout kunt maken. Zo mooi. Uiteindelijk een mooie armband gekregen, gemaakt door een Abroiginal artist. Ik vind het erg mooi. Het is gemaakt van pewter, een soort tin, maar precies weten we het niet. Hoe dan ook een mooie gedachte erachter. Oh, en ze hadden ook lekker koffie!!!! De omgeving van de camp area bleek te bestaan uit schitterende granieten rotsblokken in de rivier wat leuke watervalletjes en stroomversnellingen geeft én een waterhole zonder crocs mét heerlijk verfrissend water. Daar waren we aan toe. Even relaxen, zwemmen, opwarmen op een rots, boek en krantje lezen. Het was er heel rustig. Veel ... read more

Bereits um 4.00 sind wir wach, zumindest einer von beiden und nur noch 2,5 Stunden bis Sonnenaufgang. Man versucht doch noch etwas zu schlafen. 4.30: Immer noch wach, jetzt beide, auch wenn eine eigentlich gerne schlafen würde. 6.30: Endlich Sonnenaufgang und ab zum Creek. Die Schnabeltiere sind auch wach paddeln an der Oberfläche des trüben Wassers und tauchen ab, nach ca. 15 Minuten sieht man Luftblasen aufsteigen, das seltsamste Tier der Welt kommt wieder nach oben. So gegen acht ziehen sich die Tiere in ihre privaten Gemächer (selbst gegraben Erdhöhlen) zurück. Wir gehen Frühstücken, können aber noch auf einem der Bäume am Ufer ein Baumkänguru entdecken. Es sitzt recht versteckt in der Baumkrone und ist nur mit dem Fernglas zu erahnen. Nach dem Frühstück – Selbstversorgung ist angesagt, denn vor 9h geht nichts in Yungaburra - ... read more

25-8-11 headed off after saying goodbye to Tom & Di to go to Lake Tinaroo in the Atherton Tablelands. After Navman lead us astray twice & nearly got us lost, we arrived at the most beautiful lake, where we are going to stay for a week to have a bit of R & R. We have flushing Loo’s & we can run the generators & it is only $74.20 for a week. We set up & cooked tea & this very cheeky Kookaburra came down & pinched a sausage off Warwick’s plate. 26-8-11 happy birthday Cheryl, girlfriend, have a great day. We had a great morning in the kayaks, fishing & exploring, but the fish are on holidays. The boys went off & collected a whole lot of tree trunks & had trouble cutting them up, ... read more

After some relatively rough seas and a whale sighting, we sadly departed our floating home and transferred our huge amount of gear (read the list of dressing requirements for Team Awesome from our previous blog, our first one for the Australia trip) to a rental car so that we could drive out to the Atherton Tablelands. On our way into the countryside, we stopped at Granite Gorge Nature Park, where we hand fed wild rock wallabies (small kangaroo-type animals) including ones with joeys in their pouches. It must be a genetic thing – I just wanted to pinch their little kangaroo cheeks. The wallabies weren’t wary of us at all. They come up on their hind legs and put their little paw in your palm to balance while they eat the food. I had more attempts ... read more

the wet tropics combined with the dry outback charm The drive from The Daintree National Park to the Atherton area was the longest we did in Queensland. No complaints however as it is a really scenic road with the landscape changing a lot when compared to the coastal tropics. Suddenly the earth starts to look red, trees are no longer tropical palms and you see loads and loads of cattle grazing and kangaroos crossing your path ;-) The Tablelands are covered with lush green patches and they are the site of the recent volcano activity in Australia. Some of the craters and lakes are 'only 10,000' years old so pretty recent ;-). We took the road 44 linking to 81 straight to Atherton town when we were making our base camp for the 2 nights. ... read more

Hi guys! Today I went to the Atherton Tablelands to see some waterfalls and do some other random stuff and yet again, it was a fun-packed, awesome day despite the rain and the lack of tannage opportunities!! I went with the same company as Cape Trib so I was hoping again for a slightly crazy guide who knows his stuff and I wasn't disappointed! We went to Babinda Falls first which has a legend about it that it is actually an upside down waterfall and a girl killed herself there years ago when her boyfriend was killed because he wasn't allowed to marry her. Apparently young men are killed who swim there!! We didn't swim there as it wasn't safe and I think the five guys on our bus were relieved! The boulders were so beautiful- ... read more

We had planned to visit a Chinese temple in Atherton this morning but on our way we decided to take a road signposted the scenic tourist road. It was also signposted unsuitable for caravans. We were unsure if this meant us as well but Andy decided to go for the ‘try it and see’ method and we soon found ourselves on a single track road with nowhere to turn round. This was starting to remind me of the time we got stuck on a single track road in Molly the caravan back in the UK because Andy decided to ignore the road signs and the navigator (me). Thankfully this time it all worked out fine. The views were of rolling hills with sheep grazing in the distance. Had we driven into the Cotswolds we wondered?? We ... read more