Atherton Villas - Reviews and Rates

We decided to take a day trip to Queensland's Tablelands. Inland Queensland that took us into a very rural setting . But not all rural farmland as it boasts its own 'lake district' and a wealth of rainforest and wildlife.



To take a quote from another website




"You can enjoy barramundi and fresh water fi...

It was time to leave Cairns before we spent too much money, easily done!!

We are heading inland and going to do the tablelands, a stunningly beautiful mountain range! What they don't tell you is you need two new clutches and a new gear box for the effort!

First on the list was Kuranda, a hippy town from years ago, with lots of litt...

To the east of Cairns lies the high mountainous region known as the Atherton Tablelands. It is a land of waterfalls, lakes, dairy farms, and outstanding natural beauty. There are not many roads leading up there, and all are steep and with more bends than a jumbo pack of paper clips. A tough test for Heggy therefore; and for the patience of the d...

So, what have we been up to this week? In an Australian nutshell, we've travelled to the back o' Bourke, risen at the sparrow's ****, eaten smokos, packed our Esky (repeatedly), talked to Banana Benders, shared the highway with road trains in the arvo, used dunnys, eaten snags, enjoyed sundowners, and chucked a few U'eys. At one point, Kevin eve...

(Happy Birthday Tay-ray!) Right then, I've got a couple days to catch up on... as usual ;) So I'll back track a bit to Port Douglas, which seems like ages ago already... The weather continued to keep us on our toes much like it had in the Daintree - not that it's a surprise given that the rainforest pretty much lives on Port Dougie's back doorst...

Thursday and Friday Today we were heading towards the Atherton Tablelands and waterfalls but decided to take a 600km detour to the Undara Volcanic National Park! The park has the World's largest molten rock tunnels running up to 160km's underground. They were formed around 190,000 years ago, following a 3 month eruption of a single volcano. They...

Today wqas anotehr early start as we were being picked up at 7.30 (moan) for our uncle Brian's tour of the Atherton Tablelands. We had heard really good things about this trip from various friends we met along the way, and we were not disappointed, it was a crazy fun filled day! Most of what I describe here had a 'you really had to be there hila...

We went along with the Australia Conservation Volunteers on their trip to eradicate weeds up in the tablelands and around. Technically we were volunteering but we got a nice free tour out of it as well of the waterfalls and the curtain fig tree. It poured rain on us for a while, but what else can you expect during rainy season?

The Atherton Tablelands are the mountains sneaking up on Cairns from the southwest. In times past, dense forest covered all the highlands, but now it remains in pockets only, the rest cleared for timber and now dairy cattle, tobacco, and grain. From a road we followed along hill ridges, the highlands fall away and out much like the green, Englis...