Tablelands

Welcome to the Atherton Tablelands. The fruitbowl of Queensland. They grow just about everything in this region.
Most mornings we have a fog but the days are beautiful and the temperature is about 29C.
The park we are at is 11km from Mareeba, on the banks of the Barron River. The bird life is amazing. It is about 65km to Cairns, up through Kuranda and down the range to Cairns. Kuranda is the Queensland equivalent to Byron Bay. The old markets are like a lot of the market sites at Byron. The rest of the market stalls are geared towards the tourists, with the Kuranda train and the Skyrail, both delivering tourists everyday.
We drove past a 'tinnie' yesterday at Mareeba that was for sale. Not any more. It will be delivered tomorrow. Today we had to go down to Cairns to get new roof racks and to order a boat loader. It should be here by Monday, so at this stage we will be heading off on Wednesday. We fitted the new roof racks today so a couple more days will be spent here at Mareeba.
We have decided to visit Cooktown while we are on the move. Will post next from there, hopefully after we have caught some fish.
Safe travelling.