Tour Australia

We had a bid day planned for today – Monday the 11th of July. It was Libby and Cam’s last full day with us and we were hoping to go up into the Atherton Tablelands and have a look around.

We left mid-morning with food packed for the day – a bit later than we’d hoped. We headed out to the Atherton Tablelands with our first stop at Lake Barrine for a quick look around. We were greated upon arrival by the elusive Ulysses Butterfly. We had a quick look around and walked down by the lake. There were fish and we saw a turtle. We then headed up to Lake Eacham. Lake Eacham has a rich blue colour to it and is the home to plenty of fish, turtles and apparently a fresh water crocodile. We walked around the lake and saw fish and turtles. We ate lunch in the picnic area and were lucky to see some more Ulysses Butterflys.

We then headed down to Millaa Milla which is the home to the waterfall circuit. We visited three waterfalls – Millaa Milla Falls, Zillie Falls and Elinjaa Falls. There were plenty of people at each and we enjoyed having a short walk and a look around.

We made our way back the way we came and stopped in at the Malanda Falls. It is an interesting spot as the road goes almost over the waterfall and there are concrete walls in the plunge pool below so it looks like an old swimming pool. We continued on to the Curtain Figtree which was amazing. We hadn’t planned on coming here but saw a road sign earlier in the day. We recommend making the stop here as it is only a short detour and a very short walk. We then went to Cathedral Figtree which was equally as impressive. This is a slightly longer walk with less formed pathways but is just as good. It was getting late in the afternoon so we made our way back to the caravan park.