We camped Wednesday night at Undara – place of the longest lava flow tunnels in the world. The campsite is an absolute delight. Lots of space in a bush setting. The main reception area, complete with bar and restaurant is made up of old railway carriages joined by very large undercover areas and rain catchment tin roofs. Very well done, and non-sardine like – all for $20 a night. Thursday morning everyone did a tour of the tunnel/s except me (not really interested in paying $47.50 for a possible bat scare!!) so I walked up to a bluff and sat on a granite outcrop overlooking the valley with my iphone listening to Handel's Water Music – I was in heaven. We were moving on to Atherton today so we had to pack up and head off. Hard top driving so it was a doddle and quite interesting. Heading East on Kennedy Highway we passed some hot springs, but decided they were a bit too hot and set off for Millstream Falls. These falls are the widest in Australia and well worth a look at and a nice place to have lunch. On through Ravenshoe (is that Ravens Hoe or Raven Shoe?) the road now heading north we then pulled into the crater at Mt Hypipamee. If you have vertigo you wouldn't enjoy this:) The scenery along this road is Beautiful, reminding us of NZ. So hilly, windy roads, lots of rain forest – our Henry would love to be taken for a drive here. The soil looks so rich, dark reddy brown. Arriving in Atherton mid afternoon we headed to the Info place to 'educated' on the 'must sees' by a lovely couple from Corrigin – this place is full of West Australians – well who would want to be in Perth at this time of year (heh, heh, sorry guys, I couldn't resist that). Decided to camp out at Lake Tinaroo at Kauri Creek. Can it get any better. Lush green everywhere – I am overdosing on the massive trees, lots of grass to camp on and a deep blue lake to fish in. The Kurrawong birds are so cheeky and I am sure they would hop on your lap and steal from your plate if you let them. In fact a kookaburra stole the bacon rind off Richard's plate – he only just managed to get his fingers out of the way.
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Thursday 11th July - Undara to Lake Tinaroo – 14,858 Km plus a bit more
We camped Wednesday night at Undara – place of the longest lava flow tunnels in the world. The campsite is an absolute delight. Lots of space in a bush setting. The main reception area, complete with bar and restaurant is made up of old railway carriages joined by very large undercover areas and rain catchment tin roofs. Very well done, and non-sardine like – all for $20 a night. Thursday morning everyone did a tour of the tunnel/s except me (not really interested in paying $47.50 for a possible bat scare!!) so I walked up to a bluff and sat on a granite outcrop overlooking the valley with my iphone listening to Handel's Water Music – I was in heaven. We were moving on to Atherton today so we had to pack up and head off. Hard top driving so it was a doddle and quite interesting. Heading East on Kennedy Highway we passed some hot springs, but decided they were a bit too hot and set off for Millstream Falls. These falls are the widest in Australia and well worth a look at and a nice place to have lunch. On through Ravenshoe (is that Ravens Hoe or Raven Shoe?) the road now heading north we then pulled into the crater at Mt Hypipamee. If you have vertigo you wouldn't enjoy this:) The scenery along this road is Beautiful, reminding us of NZ. So hilly, windy roads, lots of rain forest – our Henry would love to be taken for a drive here. The soil looks so rich, dark reddy brown. Arriving in Atherton mid afternoon we headed to the Info place to 'educated' on the 'must sees' by a lovely couple from Corrigin – this place is full of West Australians – well who would want to be in Perth at this time of year (heh, heh, sorry guys, I couldn't resist that). Decided to camp out at Lake Tinaroo at Kauri Creek. Can it get any better. Lush green everywhere – I am overdosing on the massive trees, lots of grass to camp on and a deep blue lake to fish in. The Kurrawong birds are so cheeky and I am sure they would hop on your lap and steal from your plate if you let them. In fact a kookaburra stole the bacon rind off Richard's plate – he only just managed to get his fingers out of the way.
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