Cairns/Lake Placid

Today was an easy drive of around 200 kilometres from Port Douglas to Cairns. It could have been much shorter however we decided to drive across the Dividing Range through the Atherton table lands. Most surprising was our brief encounter of the Mitchell Lake as we had expected it to just remain mountains. The road up and the road down the mountains was very slow due to the continuous bends in the road, most of which need to drop the speed to around 30 kph. No photographs from today. Tomorrow, Liz is booked on the "Kuranda Scenic railway" (established in 1891) which includes both railway and skyrail (gondola at tree top level over the rain forest) transportation. I get the same journey on Friday, so hopefully we will have a few photographs of the trip.

Thursday

Liz is having a day out on the train and skyrail trip. The weather has been changeable however for the most part, it has been fine.

Our caravan park and surrounds

For me, I have spent a little time on the computer, taken Buddy for a walk along the Lake Placid river, then took a drive (without Buddy) into the Barron Gorge National park.

Surprise waterfall 243 metres

The park was home to waterfalls and ,,,,,,,,

Barron Gorge Hydro power station

 the hydroelectric power station (however it was closed!)

Skyrail cabins

From the Barron Gorge I could see the skyrail cabins passing over the rain forest (with the aid of a telephoto lens!)








Friday

I took the day tour on the Kuranda Scenic railway which included a 7.5 kilometre skyrail journey in an overhead gondola.

One of the many gorges

We took in a changing scenic view including Oceans, fields, waterfalls, gorges and many more sites.

Our transport - The Kuranda Scenic railway

The journey was split into to sections. The train ride to Kuranda, then the skyrail, over the rain forest back to Cairns.

The skyrail

The following photographs tell their own story on what turned out to be a sunny day.

The Gorge waterfall

No trip would be complete without a waterfall!










Tomorrow we leave for Mission Beach ............