To get from Port Douglas to Cairns we hired a car and headed inland to explore some of the Atherton Tablelands region. The first leg of our journey, the landscape was typically Australian with red soil and gum trees a plenty. There were also loads of termite mounds everywhere.
After a brief stop in Mareeba, we headed to Lake Tinaroo - a popular holiday destination with lots of camp sites around the large lake.
We then saw our first fig tree of the day - the Curtain Fig, and amazing tree.
The board shows how the tree is formed.
Next stop was Yungaburra to spot duck billed platypus - we did see a baby, but he was too quick for me to get a photo, so I took a photo of the info board instead...
For lunch we stopped at Malanda - one of the famous waterfalls in the region. Unfortunately we didn't have time to visit any of the others this time so will do those on a future visit.
The crater lakes were our next stop, first off Lake Eacham.
And then Lake Barrine complete with its daily boat trips.
Our next stop for the day was the Cathedral fig tree, another imposing tree formed in the same way as the Curtain fig.
The road to Cairns, and our final stop for the day, gave us this view over the Tablelands.
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