After brekky we drove to the Kalkani crater to have a walk. It was about 17 kilometres from Undara with about 6 kilometres on unsealed road. Luckily the road wasn't too badly corrugated and although we had to go slow we got there no problem. The walk was up and around the rim of the crater. The volcano has been dormant for a very long time and the entire area was filled with grass, trees and scatterings of volcanic rock.The view from the rim was great down into t...

We had enjoyed peace and quiet overnight as promised and woke up refreshed. After brekky we hit the highway and drove for about an hour to the Undara Volcanic National Park where we intended to stay tonight and also to see the lava tubes. It was about 15 kilometres off the main highway through bushland. It is advertised as being the accessible outback due to it's relative proximity to Cairns and the Tablelands. It was certainly very much an outback landscape as w...

After brekky we went to say goodbye to Megs the calf and then we hit the road. First of all we went to do the waterfall circuit which started at the town of Millaa Millaa. The scenery around here is very vibrant and green and the scenery with all the rolling hills is it very reminiscent of England. We had been told this and it was true. Apart from the odd tropical looking tree every now and again you could have been mistaken for being in England. We stopped at th...

We had breakfast and then just before nine we wandered down to the farm to say g'day to Megs the calf. Megs was happy to see us and came over for a cuddle. She is really tame and loved being fussed and stroked on the head. The guinea fowl and hens were there as well and the c*** was strutting around and c*** a doodle doo ing. At just after nine the lovely lady from reception, Kylie, came over with a big milk feeding bottle. We were the only people there and we to...

After brekky we went to Woolworths in Atherton where we stocked up on a lot of essential food items. This was the last big supermarket and relatively cheap prices for quite a while as we will soon be heading across the top of Australia and through some very remote areas. Our first stop after Woollies was the Curtain Fig National Park near Yungaburra.We went to see the huge fig tree which the park protects. The formation of the fig tree is unique. It's extensive a...