Atherton Hotel

... to the TIC and gave them the money for it. Struggling to shake the feeling that we were petty criminals, we escaped Atherton in El Barto deciding that we were definitely no competition for Bonnie and Clyde. As we left Atherton the landscape became ...

... do a really good job of cleaning everything. This morning I had to get up for a 7:30am start on Uncle Brian's Atherton Tablelands tour. This is basically a huge tropical mountainous area surrounding Cairns, full of waterfalls and rainforest. This is the ...

... and great food. We grabbed brunch at a café and then decided to move on to our next destination. So much to see! Atherton, Aussie We decided to stop in Atherton bcasue it was the biggest town in Atherton Tablelands and it was our best chance of getting ...

... the food was lovely (of course!) and everyone drank lots as well. On Sunday Kylie and Anne showed us around the Atherton Tablelands which is a beautiful area of lakes, waterfalls, craters & green hills & valleys. Highlights were a refreshing swim ...

... for my trusty head torch. Not an experience I wish to repeat. The next day we drove into the lush, rolling hills of the Atherton Tablelands. Unfortunately we spent the day in a cloud that shielded the land like a veiled bride, but from the few glimpses I ...

Just to see something other than beaches and surf (why you might ask?--so did the boys), we headed inland to the Atherton Tablelands for a  2 night stay at a B and B. We ascended 1000 m. into a hilly, green plateau which looks a bit like the ...

Absolutely glorious day touring the Atherton Tablelands (lots of hilly dairy farmland - cows with guns! - rainforests, volcanic lakes, scenic vistas, and gorgeous waterfalls) with the craziest and best tour guide ever - Captain Matty of Barefoot ...

Bambam: Today was definately my best day sofar!!! It was just brilliant and Catp Matty was hilarious! So started out by getting picked up at 7.15 and went to get everyone else - think there was 18 of us in total. The tour was to see the sights on the ...

... car from the Sunday morning, later on another girl phoned asking if there was space so we now had a full car leaving for the Atherton Tablelands and Cape Tribulation in a few days time. I went to collect the car on Sunday morning. A brand new Hyundai ...

... fun caoch driver/guide to boot. The journey itself was 2067km in 3 days, through a bit of tropical rainforst, over the Atherton tablelands and across a vast stretch of outback. Outback some locals calls 'the Dead Centre' a play on the popular name ...

... fresh-air. The rainforest was very nice, and some of the views driving through the super winding roads up the Atherton tablelands were breathtaking. Our experience with this type of tour is greatly affected by what animals we can encounter. Unfortunately ...

... interesting. There is the Barrier Reef, the world's largest living organism that can be seen from space. There is the Atherton Tablelands, an incredibly varied and fertile landscape with some exciting places to visit (more later). There is also the ...

... merchant center (the Valley Fair or Del Amo Mall of its time), the main Theater (Staples Center), the privileged residences (Atherton / Bel Air), and of course the Brothel (which was conveniently located across the library and where they found a secret ...

... the first person I have ever met from Slovenia. :-) The first part of the trip took us though the lower part of the Atherton tablelands. Where the landscape was beautiful. There is a large dairy industry in the tablelands. It is also home to the ...

Wednesday 11 February, 11.23pm, Vibe Hotel   All hail Susan Atherton: the biggest doughnut in the land. It's bedtime here, but can I sleep? Can I jingo. Because like a moron, I let myself fall asleep at 4pm, rather than pushing through for ...

... nervous. After watching a carpet python feed on a a cute little mouse we left Mount Surprise and moved on into the Atherton Tablelands, with a visit to Millstream Falls which was flowing beautifully. Another 15 mins down the road and we're at Millaa ...

A German backpacker in Atherton warned us against staying in Townsville asking "Why are you going there?" and stating “It's empty!”. Well we set off through the bottom half of the tablelands on our way.  Stopping off at all the waterfalls ...

... time, so there were a fair few people to pick up. There were 26 people on our tour to Darwin. We drove through the Atherton tablelands to get to Millstream falls, the widest waterfall in Australia. We then headed to the town of Mt Surprise-Where we were ...