Chillagoe Caves The Chillagoe-Mungana Caves National Park is about three hours and 215kms from Cairns and an amazing destination – spectacular limestone caves, small galleries of Indigenous rock art, jagged rock outcrops and fascinating mining relics. It’s a complete contrast to the lush Wet Tropics with limestone moulded, dissolved and reformed by water to create spectacular caverns and passages. The …
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6 Top Spots: Lookouts To Look For
Millaa Millaa Lookout Photo: @andrewwatsonphoto The peaceful and simply stunning Milla Milla Lookout will take your eyes from the Atherton Tablelands to the coast on a really clear day. At 1070m its one of the best places to take in the beauty of the Tablelands with a 180 degree sweep from northwest to southeast. On McHugh Road, just a short …
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June Impressions of the Atherton Tablelands
Whether you like waterfalls, hot air balloons or wild life, the Atherton Tablelands have a little bit of everything. Here are our latest fan pic favourites – thank you everyone for the #hashtagging! Tag @athertontablelands or #athertontablelands to allow us to repost your images as well. Photo credits: @epictimes_social @zostud @simonswildlife @mycolourfulworld_ @heidzb @katiikerr
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World War 2 Trail
With a cooler climate than Cairns, the area still provided excellent jungle warfare training for those heading off to places like (Papua) New Guinea and Bougainville. Servicemen were also treated for malaria at camp hospitals. The Atherton Tablelands was the largest Australian military base with camps at Tinaroo, Kairi, Wongabel, Herberton, Wondecia, Ravenshoe, and Mt Garnet as well as Atherton/Tolga …
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Chillagoe – a true blue Down Under Experience
On the outside slate grey bluffs known as karst push out of the red earth, like an outback Mordor. Inside, about 50 metres below the ground, a network of large chambers and passages are loaded with stalactites and stalagmites and other mesmerising limestone formations. The caves are in Chillagoe-Mungana National Park, on the doorstep of the township of Chillagoe. Two …
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May Event Madness
Pioneer Weekend – Historic Village Herberton Step back in time as pioneers climb out of the history books and on to the streets. Pioneer Weekend at the Historic Village Herberton makes the past come alive with lots of costumes, demonstrations of days gone by with blacksmithing and tin panning, as well as train rides and plenty of fun for the …
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Top tips for Platypus Spotting
There is a viewing platform in Yungaburra above Peterson Creek and the town’s tourism information centre posts daily sightings on a board. There’s a good chance you will see one at the lookout but locals will also tell you to head across the bridge and take a track under the bridge. It’s quieter and with a creek to walk beside …
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Cute Roos In Trees
Alan Gilanders has been fascinated by natural history since he was a child. Brought up in western Cape York Peninsular he’s now a Tablelander who runs Alan’s Wildlife Tours, works as a consulting naturalist and is involved in many conservation organisations. He’s chuffed tree kangaroos call the Atherton Tablelands home too. What is the best time of day to spot …
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Anzacs and Artisans feature in Self-Drive Trails
Two new self-drive adventures – the ANZAC Trail and the Artisan Trail – will be rolled out by Tropical Tablelands Tourism (TTT) this month as part of an international campaign coinciding with the Australian Tourism Exchange. The trails join the six self-drive trails launched last year to encourage locals and tourists to hit the road in search of adventure and …
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