The Tableland

GILLIES HIGHWAY LOOKOUT On our trip to Port Douglas with the van in tow we travelled down this windy highway from the tablelands so no chance to stop. Today we revisited the area and it was a lovely clear day with views across the valley to Gordonvale.

CATHEDRAL FIG TREE The tree is spectacular and the board states that the weight of the leaves alone is equal to a small car, a girth of 44 metres, the crown covers 2000 square metres, it is 48 metres tall and is around 500 years old. The rainforest around it was lovely with an abundance of bird life.

LAKE TINAROO we did the Danbulla Forest Drive around this dam which was built to service the Barron River hydro scheme. There were a lot of people camping and it is meant to have a great source of barramundi. The spillway would look very impressive in the wet season.

The tableland has a variety of crops; sugar, bananas, mangos, lychees, coffee and potatoes to name just a few.