Innisfail

15/6/2013 Mount Surprise

Graham dropped a line in at Lake Belmore before we left Croyden, but no fish.

 

 

 

 

After then, driving on boring sealed roads again.. Until we arrived at Mount Surprise.  We stopped at this awesome little caravan park, which was the cheapest powered site we have had ($17) since we left.  There was loads of grass and plenty or water to wash the red stuff out of the car and van. We were planning to go see the lava tunnels at Undara, but latter changed our mind. The owner has a collection of snakes,and does a free snake show, which was very informative and interesting.  He bought his 18 year old Black headed python out for show and tell.

 

 

 

16/6/2013  Innot Hot Springs

 

We had a lazy morning, and chatted for a while with some Polish people we had met the night before (Lidia did most of the talking), so only drove for a short while before arriving at Innot hot springs.  It was $10 per adult to use the pools they maintain, or, its free if you shell out $27 and stay in their caravan park.  So, we stayed and spent the afternoon and the next morning in the hot tubs.  The trick was 5 mins in the cold (26degC) tub to get your body temp down, then 5 mins in the hot tub (45 degC) then repeat.  The sensation is pretty amazing, and good for muscle relaxation.  The best thing was that kids were banned from this room.  They had a heap of other pools outside for the noisy little monsters.

 

 

You didn't have to pay, you could just go the the creek running through next t the park, and dig yourself a hole.  The only problem is that the artesian bore water temp is around 90 deg C, so you have to be careful to blend the right amount of hot and cold river water to get your perfect temp.  I burned my feet and ankles, because I didn't realise the water was so hot (you can see the steam coming off the water in the photo below)

 

 

 

17/6/2013  Fred Drew Park (near Innisfail) - free camp

 

Heading east towards the coast, we stopped off at some of the waterfalls in the southern parts of the Atherton Tableland's.  Some people told us they had rain here a week ago, so I think this is the reason these waterfalls actually have water (awesome),  Here are some of the glory photos - one thing we noticed was that there was not a great amount of walking to see these falls.  The Milla Milla falls, could be a drive through because you can see them from the carpark.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We found a pretty cute Kookabura.  Graham actually sat at the table with him to get this photo

We also like the cassowary survival guide, which explained how to behave it confronted

Graham successfully completed an obstacle course returning from the Mungalli falls
















Lidia kissed a pink cow at the Mungalli Crek Bio-Dynamic Dairy.  We bought some fresh milk, yogurt, cheese and some cheesecake.

Li

One of the amazing things for us was the change in temperature, and vegetation.  Temperature here topped out at 21 deg C, and the nights are cold.

 

 

This is the roads we have been use to for the last month...

This is what we had today..













And, we learnt Australia has Tree Kangaroos, that are only found here in the atherton Tablelands.  We could not find any, so we googled a picture of them..  Here is a website with more info if interested.

http://www.australiananimallearningzone.com/lumholtz-tree-kangaroo.htm