Yungaburra

Today we went on the 'On the Wallaby Eco Tour' with Sid, a brilliant tour guide born and bred in Cairns.

From the word go I knew we were in safe hands when we got onto the minibus and Sid gave us whiteboard markers and told us to draw all over the interior windows on the inside to make the bus look pretty.

After picking up another …

... Mount Surprise and Yungaburra (FNQ equivalent of Daylesford in Victoria).  Listed by the National Trust of Queensland, Yungaburra Village is reminiscent of a bygone era with character filled old buildings just oozing charm.  Dominating the ...

... scenery I forgot to take a snap of the house itself !! Doh ... Taken from that great site - http://rainforest-australia.com/ - A must see for great information and better pictures :O) Taken from that great site http://rainforest-australia.com/A must ...

yungburra isch es huebschs doerfli, echli verschlafe und alles andere als gross-staedterisch.s waetter isch isch super xi und gern hettemer am abig e busch tour gmacht zum tree kangaroos z erspaehe. leider het de guide kei ziit gah und so hemer ...

... It was a lovely hostel, and we had a nice evening with some wine and playing on their digeridoo's. ---DEUTSCH--- Yungaburra Am naechsten Tag gings weiter der Kueste entlang richtung Norden, nach einer kurzen Besichtigung von Mission Beach, gings ...

... quiet, peaceful, and pretty. Mrs. Swearingen liked the stream, but was hoping to see something else – a strange little animal unique to Australia; a mammal that lays eggs and has a bill like a duck. What do you think she was looking for? Next Mrs. ...

... las zatrzymywal wiekszosc swiatla. Wyjechalismy posrod malowniczych pastwisk. Do pokonania zostala nam jeszcze przelecz miedzy Yungaburra a Cairns (43km), z przepieknymi widokami na sasiednie gory. Gdybysmy nie byli juz tak nieludzko zmeczeni wywarlyby ...

The Atherton tablelands offer a chance to see a different side to Queensland.  That of lush green fields fields full of dairy cattle, rainforests dependant on the massive giant figs, and waterfalls galore.  Our first day saw us set off from ...

... Well at least I know I'm not in New Zealand with place names like that :O)  We stopped of at the Yungaburra township .. A pretty little old world village really ... The small local church provided some interest ...especially the large flowered ...

Next was music class! We went to an Aboriginal home where Phil and Patrick taught us not only how to play a didgeridoo, but also how to make one.  We started with the trees that they had chopped down several hours away.  Termites had already ...

Today was the low point of the trip: the day from bloody hell aka won't this rain leave us alone? Maura got up for the Saturday markets, which turned out to be a dripping tent city with miserable venders complaining about the weather. Still, it was ...