17 August – Sunday
A beautiful sunny and clear day, but a little cooler at about 22-23 degrees.
This afternoon we headed to Yungaburra and the Curtain Fig Tree was our first stop. This tree just keeps getting bigger and bigger. The raised walkway helps keep tourists from touching (or breaking bits off) the strangler fig, and also keeps the snakes on the ground well away.
Lake Barrine, with its tea house, made us think of life in the 1920’s and 1930’s, with Devonshire teas on the lawn for the residents of Cairns who escape to the Tablelands during the summer. A short walk through the rainforest (with a male leading!) took us to two giant kauri pines which had managed to survive the loggers of years ago.
The next lake was Lake Eacham, another crater lake, but completely different. No tea house here, but lovely barbecue areas and steps into the lake for those brave (or silly) enough to swim in the cold waters. We didn’t do the 4 km walk around the lake, but did make it to the turtle bay. The saw edged turtle is rather unique in that not only does it breath through its mouth, it can actually breath through its bottom! Don’t ask how, just believe me.
A beautiful sunny and clear day, but a little cooler at about 22-23 degrees.
This afternoon we headed to Yungaburra and the Curtain Fig Tree was our first stop. This tree just keeps getting bigger and bigger. The raised walkway helps keep tourists from touching (or breaking bits off) the strangler fig, and also keeps the snakes on the ground well away.
Lake Barrine, with its tea house, made us think of life in the 1920’s and 1930’s, with Devonshire teas on the lawn for the residents of Cairns who escape to the Tablelands during the summer. A short walk through the rainforest (with a male leading!) took us to two giant kauri pines which had managed to survive the loggers of years ago.
The next lake was Lake Eacham, another crater lake, but completely different. No tea house here, but lovely barbecue areas and steps into the lake for those brave (or silly) enough to swim in the cold waters. We didn’t do the 4 km walk around the lake, but did make it to the turtle bay. The saw edged turtle is rather unique in that not only does it breath through its mouth, it can actually breath through its bottom! Don’t ask how, just believe me.
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