ATHERTON TABLELANDS.

 Well since we have left central Queensland the scenery has changed so much from dry pastures with nothing growing at all to the green rolling hills, waterfalls, and lots of healthy looking livestock. 

We visited five waterfalls in one day and this is the most famous in this area(Milla Milla), very special area with lots of visitors everyday. 

We love this area but have only been here at this time of year, what it would be like in the summer might be a completely different, its the only place so far that we have visited that we have said that we could live here.

 This is the dam wall at lake Tinaroo which is just outside of Atherton, for those of you reading that dont know I was born and lived in Atherton UK till I was in my late 20s.

We went for a drive around the lake to see if we could bring the caravan to the campsite but the road was too narrow and full of potholes, it was a shame as it would be a nice place to camp by the lake.

 We visited granite gorge which is just outside Mareeba, it was a nice walk and we got to feed the rock wallabies. the second part of the walk turned out to be a climb rather than a walk but we both managed to complete it.

 I was very lucky to go for a hot air balloon ride,(only cost $50), I went on the stand by list and only had to wait for two days. Andreas decided to stay at home and used the excuse that we had to get picked up at 5am, the weather wasnt the best it was very overcast but I am very happy that I did it. Not the most exciting thing in the world but I can tick it off the list.

 We are planning to stay up here in Northern Queensland for at least the next month, hopefully the weather will stay sunny although it has been drizzling all day today.