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 we drove through. When we got to the Undara Experience where the camp ground is we went into reception to find out where everything was. We booked into the camp ground and also booked onto a tour later on in the day as the only way to see the lava tubes was on an official tour. We went to find our spot on the camp site which was set amongst the bush and then we went on a walk to the bluff to get a good view of the area. It was great to be back in this sort of country again and we really enjoyed the walk. When we got back from the walk we went to check out the bar and restaurant and enjoyed a free cup of tea. They had free help yourself tea and coffee in the restaurant which was great. The bar and restaurant area was different and quirky. There was a central covered area which was surrounded by really old railway carriages where you could sit and eat and drink. The tea that I made for Jay and I was much better than the tea we had been served at Nerada the other day! Even though I only had tag tea bags at my disposal I doubled them up and made a tasty brew. After our refreshing cuppa we made our way back to the campervan to chill for a couple of hours until our tour at half 3. On the way back we stopped to say hi to all the kangaroos that were loitering on the grass near the swimming pool. There was one gorgeous kangaroo in particular who had a very cute joey who kept getting in and out of her pouch. He was just the cutest thing. Just before half 3 we made our way over to reception to join our tour of the lava tubes. Due to health and safety reasons the National Park didn't allow people to view them unescorted. Tours aren't our sort of thing normally but we made an exception today and hoped that it would be worth it. We got taken to the main section of the National Park on a minibus along with about fifteen other people. Our guide was very good and informative and he took us down into two of the lava tubes which were like big caves and explained how they had got there. They were formed around 190,000 years ago following a three month eruption of the volcano. The massive lava flows drained towards the sea, following the routes of ancient river beds, and while the surface of the lava cooled and hardened, hot lava continued to race through the centre of the flows, eventually leaving enormous basalt tubes. It was nice and cool down in the tubes and we got some great photos including some of the friendly orbs that still appear to be following us. The tour lasted two hours and we did enjoy it which was good. Later on back at the resort we went and ate in the restaurant being very careful to avoid anything containing sugar. I had kangaroo steak and Jay had some local sausages. The food was really good and tasty despite us not having the sauces to avoid the sugar. It had been a really good day and we crashed in our cosy camper exhausted. Despite the heat we slept well. Luckily we hadn't seen the grogger again today, we were happy for that!