Roads Less Travelled

Short drive to Mission Beach where we have been once before. We had booked a beach side spot in the council van park under some huge trees. Then we realised that we had an unpowered site. Because we are under the trees, we can’t use the solar to power up the van. So like our…

Set off early as we had made a time to get the car and the van weighed in Ravenshoe. As we thought we scrape in with Both the car and the van when the tanks are all full. Needed to move a few items from the car to the van to drop the weight by…

As per usual we started the day by popping in to Ravenshoe for something at the bakery and then off to the town of Atherton. Quite a long drive but the cold and misty rolling hills that remind us of England are simply beautiful. In Atherton I washed the car for the first time since…

Quick stop at the bakery in Ravenshoe and then off to Mount Hypipamee National Park for a short walk in a rain forest. We have now transitioned from the dry tropics to the wet tropics where it tends to be cool and rain a lot. Then after visiting the old volcano crater we drove to…

Left Undara and headed off to Ravenshoe which is in the Atherton Tablelands. We have slowly been gaining altitude for the past two legs of the journey and we were now in the area that housed Queensland’s highest pub. We booked a camping spot at the golf course about 10km out of town and set…

Got up at a reasonable time and Elaine dragged me out for a bush walk to a lookout over the valley. All you can see are hills and trees for as far as the eye can see. You could never imagine what is hidden below the tree line in the dry tropics. When we got…

After brekkie we packed up and headed into town to empty the toilet which has to happen every three days. Had a coffee at the hotel and took some pics of the Savannah rail bridge and line before heading off. The roads are still very interesting. Stopped at mount surprise and pumped up the tyres…

Packed up by 10am and filled the water tank as we are bush camping tonight. Drove the dirt road back to Forsayth and had a coffee at the pub. Quick catch up on messages and calls and then on the most beautiful narrow road through the Caterpillar Ranges. The road is 90% sealed and just…

Woke early and went for a bush walk. Got back to camp at around 10.30am and had a coffee at the resort cafe. Resort is a loosely used term in Australia’s North. It is an upmarket camp site that has a pool, bar, cafe/restaurant and a shop of sorts. It probably also runs some sort…

Slowish start today as a t 10am we have a tour of Cobbold Gorge which is part of this cattle station. We boarded a 4 wheel drive truck/bus which took us to the entrance of the gorge crossing an enormous dry sandy river. They pump all water out of the ground from an underground river…