2 September Millaa Millaa

2 September
Millaa Millaa

We have stopped at a lovely little caravan park at Millaa Millaa on the Atherton Tablelands. It is so quiet and our campsite is surrounded by trees and backs onto the rainforest / creek.  The cicadas are singing very loudly and it is lovely to hear the frogs croaking and the whip birds and other birds singing. There is also apparently a local tree kangaroo but we haven’t seen it. We are going to find it very difficult to adjust to staying in the busy caravan parks when we go back to the coast.

We have returned to the Atherton Tablelands because on our way north, the caravan park we had stayed in was full and we couldn’t stay as long as we wanted to. There are lots of waterfalls in this area which Darryl couldn’t miss – so today and tomorrow are waterfall days.

Today we visited four waterfalls. Given that each waterfall needs approx. 1 – 2 hours for photography – it was a full day (and lots of crocheting done by Merril).

We saw the Josephine Falls - magnificent falls. Even though it is the dry season it is incredible the amount of water at all the falls. There was a bit of a walk to the Josephine Falls but it was bitumen surface all the way. Made the walk much easier and it meant that no leeches were to be seen on the path. (Thumbs up from Merril.) These waterfalls appear to be very popular with the younger travellers as there is a large swimming hole with boulders to slide down at the base of the falls.

Josephine Falls

Next stop was the Babinda Boulders. This area consisted of enormous boulders (hence its name) in the creek with a water fall cascading over them. Quite phenomenal how there were these boulders in just one area.

The last two waterfalls required an “old fashioned” bush walk to get to. These were not as popular – indeed we were the only ones there, and the bush path was quite narrow and obviously not as well trodden. It was a lovely walk, although quite steep and slippery in parts. A very wet area and all the rocks edging the path were moss covered. Very pretty.  (No – Merril didn’t see any leeches – but had sprayed herself from head to toe with Aeroguard to make sure that the leeches and ticks stayed away!) The waterfalls were also very spectacular – although much smaller than the Josephine Falls.

Wallacha Falls

While driving we came across a couple of roadside stalls and bought a superb red papaya (we thought of you Mum when we enjoyed it for tea) for only $1!  Might have to call into that stall again on our way out.

We have extended our stay here at Millaa Millaa for an additional night so that we can see some additional falls in the area tomorrow.  We have just read about the local dairy which has a café that sounds nice – so we might just have to visit there tomorrow around morning tea time.