Saturday 9th  and Sunday 10th October 2021
After our big hike to Mt Bartle Frere we had a very quiet day on Saturday. We had an easy swim at Malanda Community Pool, spent some time catching up  on the blog and  then went  for a short walk  near the Malanda Visitor Centre in search of   a tree kangaroo.  I thought there was no chance  but lo-and-behold,  the  animal man spotted one within about 3 mins. It was so high in the  trees, just under the rainforest canopy, in the fork of the tree just like a koala. I still don’t know how he spotted it. We watched and watched for a while hoping it would move and like a little kid David  gave the tree  a knock with a branch to  wake  it. Unfortunately it the  woke and climbed further up the tree out of sight. We could rest easy now and  don’t need to search for a tree kangaroo anymore.  We decided to have another night at our peaceful camp in Eacham.

On Sunday we drove to Atherton for a swim in their lovely 50m outdoor pool, it was heated to at least 27° but it felt more like 29°. It was a bit warm to swim too hard but was a most enjoyable swim. We then had some lunch in the park and  did some shopping. We then  took the scenic  drive to Ravenshoe, which was beautiful once more.  The  Tablelands is so lush and green and it was lovely to see it in the sunshine this time. After checking in to our creek side camp at Ravenshoe, we went for a drive  to  Tully Gorge – the upper end this time. The falls were dry but it was a magnificent gorge. I am still feeling the effects from the walk on Friday so didn’t even walk down to  the  falls with David, but apparently I didn’t miss much. We then drove further to Koomboloomba Dam.

We are heading a little further south tomorrow to either Blencoe Falls or Murray Falls. We will make that call tomorrow.