Monday 26th July 2021
Well we are off and running again today, how far will we get? My guess is not as far as we think.

Our first stop this morning was at Josephine Falls in th Wooroonooran National Park, we have been in another section of this national park from the Atherton Tablelands side. The falls were quite spectacular, fast moving and powerful. The slide was great entertainment for the young guys playing in it. They didn’t seem to get any injuries but we figured our paper like skin wouldn’t like it too much, so gave it a miss this time. It was a nice little 2km wheelchair friendly walk. We tossed up whether to hike to the Broken Nose section (10km return and up 800m) of Bartle Frere which is a 15km return and 1622m up hike but decided at 11.30am it was a bit late to take on a 4-5 hour hike, so we gave this a miss as well.

Following this we went to the Golden Hole recreation area which was also another lovely spot. Then moving along a bit we went to the Babinda Boulders, which was spectacular. The waterfall and torrent of water that travels down this gorge has made for amazing rock formations. We decided on a 6km return walk to the Babinda Slide and waterfalls but unfortunately a swim across the creek to a not so sure track on the other side put a stop to this hike as well. Instead we just did a hike along the Goldfield trail (15km one way) and turned after 3km. It was a pleasant 90 min walk through dense rainforest on a well defined trail. We passed lots of cassowary scats but didn’t see any.

We decided to continue on our way and leave the 4-5 hour Walsh’s Pyramid hike (6km return with elevation of 900m) till our return trip as there was no accommodation close by and we didn’t want to stay at Cairns. So we headed to Yungaburra in the Atherton Tablelands. On the way we took a side track to Cathedral Fig which was another amazing fig tree.

The temperature in Yungaburra tonight is a lot cooler than we have experienced in the last week or so as it is 750m above sea level.