Saturday 01 August 2020: Mt Surprise to Ravenshoe: 186 km
A broad-leaved bottle tree Forty Mile Scrub NP protects a small dry rainforest remnant between Mount Surprise & Mount GarnetThe grevilleas and bottle brushes are all in flower along the side of the roadMount Garnet Hotel dates from 1898Innot Hot Springs – not commercial but just hot water, boiling in places, in a creekMailboxes – love the repurposed microwave ovenMillstream Falls, the widest single-drop falls in Australia Little Millstream Falls spilling over an old basalt lava flowWe were excited to spot a dozen red-tailed black cockatoos but not a good day for photosRavenshoe Hotel, Queensland’s highest pub (900m)Spent the night at Ravenshoe Caravan Park in the old railway yards
Sunday 02 August 2020: Ravenshoe to Malanda (Sightseeing): 186 km
The heritage-listed 18m plunge Millaa Millaa Falls Next stop on the Waterfalls Circuit – Zillie FallsEllinjaa Falls with water rushing over lava columns completes the CircuitWe went to see platypus – too elusive to photograph but we did snap a Tooth-billed BowerbirdYungaburra Hotel, built in 1910Historic Yungaburra on a wet and miserable dayThe huge wooden Malanda Hotel (built in 1911) is still owned by the family of the original settlersThe magnificent staircase made from local Silky Oak inside the Malanda Hotel
Monday 03 August 2020: Malanda to Mount Molloy (Sightseeing): 144 km
Malanda baths were built below the Falls in 1920Lake Eacham, a volcanic craterA fig tree on the Lake Eacham Walking CircuitThere is a 5 km walking track around Lake Barrine, another crater lake 730 metres above sea levelThese two Queensland Kauri Pines are more than 45m high and over 6m in girthCurtain Fig Tree near Yungaburra is one of the largest trees in Tropical North QueenslandBirds of Hasties SwampCow and bird eye each other suspiciouslyBowerbird’s bower decorated with shells in the school yard at Mt MolloyMount Molloy Cafe displays the flags of Australia, Mexico and Switzerland In the tiny town of Mount Molly (pop 254) a Mexican Swiss couple are serving …… award winning monster size hamburgers
Tuesday 04 August 2020: Mount Molloy to Cairns: 186 km
We went to Cairns via Port Douglas (Four Mile Beach)
Wednesday 05 August 2020: Day off in Cairns
There’s a new walking track to the Summit of Earl Hill, 215m Looking out over Double Island, the Great Barrier Reef lies beyond Catching up with family in Cairns – social distancing of course
