Tropical North Queensland

For a little over a week, we've been in the tropics. The scenery has been coastal waters, sugar cane fields, and rainforests with waterfalls. We stayed in Yungaburra, a small village in the heart of the rainforests just west of the mountains west of Cairns. We spent most of our time driving from waterfall to waterfall, seeing the shy wildlife of tree kangaroos and platypussies. I took pictures of the platypus, but it was evening and they won't come out nicely on the web page. I've included some of the many beautiful sights on this page.

The Curtain Fig Tree




This is an incredible tree, hundreds of years old, with roots from the canopy to the ground.


Pepina Falls


Andrew took this picture of us in the Misty Mountains.


There was a wind farm on the aptly named Windy Hill. Why aren't there more of these in Texas?


Millstream Falls, the widest in Queensland


Milla Milla Falls, where we would have swum if it had been hot.


Zillie Falls


Ellinjaa Falls


Dinner Falls on the way to an old volcano vent called The Crater.

The Crater

A warning sign on the way to The Crater. We especially like frame 3, which really means that you are in big trouble, mate.


We took a drive in parts of the outback on the Savannah highway. It was a beautifully clear day and this picture captures it perfectly. We passed many unusual rock formations such as quartz or basalt outcroppings.


The Cathedral Fig tree, formed in much the same way as the Curtain Fig.


Barron Falls. The Dinner Falls above are part of the Barron River as well. This falls is closer to the beach.

Davies National Park


I couldn't resist, seeing how I was born a Davies.

The kids were taking a picture of me. Most of the walk to the falls was over boulders like these.

It was hard to get a good shot of the falls. You might have to tilt your head.

The kids meet new friends everywhere we go.