On Tuesday we had a scenic drive from Palm Cove up to the mountainous Tablelands of North
Queensland - a fertile plateau of farming meadows and hills.
Driving west we drove through Karunda and we went to the Barron Gorge Falls (we saw this from the viewing platform on the train journey) the platform access was above the train platform and gave even more spectacular views of the Falls - as there had been more rain there is naturally more water coming over the Falls.
We then had our picnic around Lake Tinaroo a picturesque and very quiet are in the centre of the region - as it is away from main any main roads the volume of traffic and people is minimal.
On Wednesday we headed towards the Waterfall Route near Millaa Millaa. En route we happened upon a privately owned tropical garden which had running streams, small waterfalls and lillyponds, small pagodas and ornamental bridges connected by pristine gardens full of exotic plantys and shrubs. It was very noticable that many of the plants on show are only what we can grow indors in the northern Hemisphere, beautiful impatiens which were huge!! There was also a sizable photoalbum showing the construction and landscaping of the garden to its present splendour - we did offer a holiday at La Confiance if they would like to visit and landscape our garden!!
On the spectacular Waterfall Drive 3 amazing yet diverse was spectcles which were all easily accessible - it was bizarre one minute you're driving down a country land rather like in France the next you turn off to these incredible falls.
A quicky diversion to Ravenshoe- the highest town in Queensland - and with showers becoming more persistant, we decided to head back to Palm Cover, down the twisting tortuous winding road from Yangabura to Gordanvlae on the Gillies Highway. A wise decisio9n as a "sever weather warning" was announ ced for North Queensland from Innisfail to Cooktown, and as we drove north from Cairns the deuge ensued - potential flash floods and flooded roads meant we were relieved to pull into the car park at our resort.
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Not more rain!!! It's getting you prepared for when you get home. I don't know what it's like in France at the moment but we've had a glorious few days and today it's chucking it doan and freezing too. I can't believe your 2 months is nearly at an end - what are we all going to do when we've got no more blog to read.
enjoy your last few days.
Much love
LL xxx
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