Blencoe Falls to Cardwell, QLD

Tuesday 12th October 2021
We had an interesting evening with wildlife last night. There were possums and bandicoots roaming around the camp whilst we sat up last night. We thought they may keep us awake all night but luckily we slept through their activities as there were hundreds of tiny footprints around the car this morning. They also included goanna prints.

This morning we started out the day slowly with breakfast, a read and then some yoga by the creek, it was a beautiful restful morning. We then headed for the drive from Blencoe Creek to Cardwell. It was a very winding, interesting drive through the Girringun National Park and then the Kirrama National Park. It was a 70km from Blencoe Falls to Kennedy which google says takes 2 hours 8 minutes. We now understand why—it is so winding and narrow. We left at 11am, had a stop for lunch and a 20min walk and we arrived at about 3pm. So it was a lovely scenic drive.

We are staying at Cardwell tonight and will make decisions on our next stop in the morning.

: Our beautiful peaeful camp at Blencoe Creek in the Girringun National Park..

: ..as I enjoy a lovely breakfastby Blencoe Creek..

: ..another Pale-headed Rosella..

: ..little skink sunbaking on the rock..

: ..Great Bower Bird..

: As we head of on our way east the road is straight and narrow..

: ..as the trees get a little thicker and the road starts to get winding..

: ..until the rainforest is thick and the road is very narrow and winding continuously..

: We went for a short walk in the Society Flat Rainforest Walk – A Kauri Pine – it was enormous..

: ..a very tall dead tree..

: ..Kuranda Satinash ..

: ..Brown Walnut..

: ..and lastly a Rose Gum – they were such magnificent trees and very difficult to capture in a photo..

: ..aswe drive further along we come across some roadworks, they were chopping down the trees to keep ther road wide enough for the cattle trucks..

: ..once cut they then bull doze the trees into the bush..

: ..and it is almost done, look at tghe 4 circular saw blades..

: ..it makes for a very quick job compared to a single chainsaw.

: The view at Tuckers Lookout as we head further along..

: ..this is how we sometimes get photos without the railings..

: ..a spectacular view across eucalypt and melaleuca woodlands, banana and sugar cane plantations and cattle farms., A patchwork of green..

: As we drive closer to Kennedy with the Cardwell Range out in front.

: We have travelled 289km from Lake Eacham to Cardwell via Ravenshoe and Blencoe Falls but we are only 182km south of Cairns but at least we have made some progress.