Leaving Cooktown going to Townsville





View from our van - Riverside caravan park Innisfail



 20/09. Left Cooktown this morning bright and early, to catch up with Neil and Lorraine who left a day before us. Caught up with them back at the Palmer river roadhouse. had lunch then traveled down to Mt Molloy rest area where we will spend the night before moving to Mareeba.

Poor cattle on the way down, not much feed they look like Skeletons.



 21/09. After a lousy night with mozzies all about, we packed up moved to Mareeba on the Atherton Tablelands. We collected mail then went on a tour of the Coffee Works a tourist attraction just out of town. They say they sell the best coffee and chocolate in the world, it was very good , we sampled a lot of chocolate which was too expensive to buy, but I bought a packet of dark coffee, hope it tastes as good as it smelt?. After that we then drove out to Rocky Creek war Memorial Park which is also a rest stop, we will stay here tonight before going down to Millaa Millaa. We will part ways with our friends as they have not seen this area before, and meet up later on the coast.



Me and my Gal at Townsville Reef Aquarium.

22/09. This is our 37th stop of the trip so far. We are now in Milla Milla, Aboriginal word meaning plenty water,. What a drive to get here, rain, heaps of fog, it is so Green and lush. Millaa Millaa is the Gateway to the Atherton Tablelands, with 6 Waterfalls in 15kms of the township. There is the rare Lumholtz Tree Kangaroo in this area but these days it is so hard to find.

Tobin's supermarket in town has been operating since 1937, it is only a small town with 3 shops, a Museum, an Opal shop, newsagent,and post office. We drove out to look at Millaa Millaa Falls, Zillie Falls and Elenjoa Falls and all looked great.



You have to shut the door to the amenities at night and make sure you turn lights off as they attract bugs and frogs, frogs love bugs and snakes eat frogs.

24/09. Not raining this morning only heavy fog as we drive down the mountain to Innisfail 60 km away. we have booked ahead and will be staying at Riverside caravan Park.

We have a great site overlooking the Johnston River, and so quiet and peaceful.

26/09.  Happy Birthday Kylie 36 today Love you Baby, where have all the years gone?, only seem.s like yesterday that you were born.

Went to see the fish weigh inn at the wharf in town, it was a 10 kg line comp with a 35.5 Spanish Mackerel caught, A World Record going to a Lady competitor. Most of the fish caught were Spanish Mackerel, a few Giant Travelly and assorted reef fish.

27/09. Left Innisfail today and stopped at Tully for lunch, 31deg in the shade. Before stopping here we called into Cowley Beach to see what it is like for a future stay, it is a magic spot, great sandy beach lined with coconut trees, but a fisherman told us that there were sharks close in and croc's in the river only 150 metres along the beach !! Bugger !!,  there were a few people in the water swimming, don't know if we will go in, maybe do some Sun Baking??.

Left Tully and continued driving down to the Bilyanda rest area, we have spent the night here before.