Day 54: Lake Eacham to Lake Tinaroo

Well it was the morning the kids were hanging out for when we would seek out the elusive Lumholtz Tree Kangaroo. We had good inteligence that there was a female near Malanda Falls and the walking trails in that area. So we trudged into the rainforest and it wasn't long before we met a couple who pointed us in the right direction. Luck would be on our side when we spotted a mother and baby tree kangaroo very close to the track and not very high up. This was a real treat considering none of us had ever seen these in the wild before.

We then did a quick trip out Milla Milla falls which were nice but I think we had seen better at Kakadu. Followed by a detour off to 'The Crater' which is about 68m down to the water level, then an unknown depth beyond that.

Under enormous pressure from the youngens we stopped at Gallo's Dairy on the way back to Atherton, where you can buy cheeses, chocolate, ice cream, etc, and watch the cows get milked in one of those rotating dohickies. The kids had double scoop ice creams whiloe they watched the cows wander in and do their thing (apparently the give 20 litres of milk per day (from memory).

We stocked up in Atherton and it was then a short trip out Lake Tinaroo where we camp on a very scenic grassy bank that overlooked the lake.

Richard