6th July Mareeba

I’m very sorry to have to advise that we have had to invest in updated phones with the result I can not  get into my Blog .

I have made the decision to stop trying to find a way to do it. Tried for 2 evenings with no luck.

Thank you for your interest. I will continue to post on Facebook and you may follow me there 

Au revoir, Rosemary .

29th June 2018 Yungaburra

Well, what else do you do in the rain!.......go for a drive in the Rain forest. oh it is so wonderful. We went to the Cathedral Fig Tree, The Chimneys which are the remains of the house of the first settlers in the area. Then we went to check our next camping spot...get ready to start laughing 🤣🤣🤣🤣 22 k to Rocky Creek War Memorial caravan parking area. $5 donation, toilets only. It’s only for a 3 day stop. Because of the rain we wondered if it could be a quadmire, but it wasn’t, so all OK. 

We have had a most enjoyable time even although rain every day. It’s a glorious area.

28th June 2018 Yungaburra & surrounds.

Same anthem......WE DONT DO RAIN.! Oh well, it’s just too bad we want to see more of the beautiful land. The main word is ‘Green’, we took off through the hills, wipers going most of the time but we did see the Malands Falls, called into the Millaa Millaa falls but it was raining to heavy, on to Zillie Falls then backed tracked to Malanda and went to the Malanda Dairy Centre which is a most interesting restaurant with a History of the milk factory and life from war times to cyclones and many stories of families who have lived in this area all their lives. We spent quite a long time reading all the displays. These small town all have Caravan parks and have done special things to make their towns attractive. Perhaps another year we may Camp in some of them.
Brian wanted a tee shirt of The Avenue of Honour but they didn’t have his size. I was able to get a contact, so phoned a was going to get them to post it to Mareeba Post Office.....instead the gentleman said, I’ll deliver it, what site are you on? Talk about service. He was here 1/2 hour later & said he wanted to check out TheAvenue after the celebrations over the weekend. Joy of small town. 😀😀

26th June 2018 Yungaburra

Monday was a ‘non event’ that is to say...except that we actually got a wash done and even dry ( under the awning) and then inside with the help of the heater!
Today we went into Atherton, and because we have been fortunate enough to have been here a few times , we know our way around. Centrelink (needed to clear up a Medicare query), Reject type shop for some more crochet wool, Bunnings for hinges, pop rivet gun and, Big W for a car phone recharge plug.......while there we met a woman at he entrance , dressed as ‘Snow White’ (promoting toy sale!) When I asked ‘where are the Dwarfs?’, I got the perfect response.......They are working down the mine to bring the diamonds in for me! That’s the way to enjoy your job. A call into Woolworths capped the morning.
The afternoon was mine to wander round Yungaburras pretty Village, it was very quiet, showers on & off and not quite the vibrant place that it is in sunshine, however I loved it.
Tonight I had a number of wins as we played Rummy Cub. We do have full TV coverage which is great with the long evenings of the shortest day of the year.

24th June 2018 Yungaburra & Surrounds.

With a break in the weather we took the opportunity to go sightseeing. We headed up around Lake Tinaroo, it’s a long meandering lake held by the Tinaroo Dam which has a quite spectacular plume of water for its outlet instead of a spillway. The area around here just thrills me, rain forest, sugar cane, potatoes, peanuts, corn, avocados, and macadamia nuts as well as dairy cattle.
On the return trip we stopped at a Strawberry farm , bought 500g of HUGE strawberries and the most delicious soft serve ice cream- Strawberry of course!
All evenings have been in the Van because of inclement weather & we have been glad of our heater.
Another most enjoyable day.

23rd June 2018 Yungaburra

This was a very special day in this little town. It’s only 12k out of Atherton and this morning they had  a marvellous Market, it’s the biggest on the Atherton Tablelands, approx 300 stalls. A shame ‘Umbrellas’ were the order of the day. AND WE DONT DO RAIN!
I did enjoy seeing the craft, food, and usual market fare. Brian went walking & got WET!
During the afternoon were were privileged to attend a Memorial Service at Afghanistan Avenue of Honour which is opposite our Caravan Park. It was opened 23 June 2013. Private Chuck’s parents were the instigators as their son was one those who’s name is on the roll of Honour. There was a Service with wreath laying and there were 2 donations of $1,000 each made by The Veterans Association and The Patriots Motorcycle Club. There were 2 Tanks with uniformed soldiers and about 100 motorcycles. It was most impressive and touching. There was a Piper and a Trumpeter  to play The Last Post. How wonderful that we were here at right time to share in this day.

21 June 2018 Yungaburra

At 1 pm we drove into one of God’s most beautiful pieces of his handiwork, the citizens of Yungaburra have also assisted in creating one of the prettiest little towns we have seen. It’s on Lake Tinaroo and we are booked in for a week at the Lakeside Caravan Park. Our site has a wonderfull view over the Avenue of Honour for the fallen of the Vietnam War to the stunning lake. It is 2k out of town which I will elaborate on later in the week.