Atherton

Last Saturday we left Port Douglas and headed southwest, inland. Our goal was Lake Tinaroo near Atherton. The route was a beautiful but narrow winding and climbing road up into the Tablelands. The Toyota had to show (and use) its muscles pulling the 2.5 ton caravan and its own 2 ton up to Mount Molloy. No problems, although some other cars behind us were not impressed with the speed.
We passed a nice and impressive world war II monument near Mareeba where we had a coffeestop. Within a few minutes Kelly the Ranger of the park showed up with his dog, he was glad somebody stopped, so he could have a chat.
From there it was a relative short drive out to lake Tinaroo.Di sapointment ! A nice lake, but the caravanpark was at the other side of the road, no view over the lake. This was not what we had in mind, so we decided to move on, directly to Atherton, to see what the parks were around there. Our first choice was a park just outside the town and we hit the nail right on its head. This is definitly the most beautiful caravanpark we have been in. Tropical rainforest all around, birds, wallabies, nice grassy and shady spots, swimmingpool, perfect toilets etc. We will stay here a while. Its a great basecamp to discover the tablelands.
Sunday we had a trip to the local market in Tolga: Great ! More news soon !

PS: Nan, manoeuvring the caravan is just a matter of beiing a good driver and getting the right instructions from your partner. Just back in, a few times forward and backwards, and then step out the car knowing that everybody in the caravanpark has been watching you.