Well the few days in Karumba turned into 10 days!what can I tell you about Karumba?The fatest juiciest prawns,great food at the pub,fantastic Barra and chips from Ash's and the best sunsets.We can see why a lot of people stay for 3 or 4 months every year enjoying the warm sunshine.After 10 days we were all prawned out and ready to travel we had planned to go across to the coast but had heard so much about the Atherton Tablelands thats where we headed off to.As we drove off Jeff asked me if I had seen the photo of the croc in the office taken only a few weeks before outside the caravan park!!WHAT I shrieked thats where I walked Barney several times a day and a few times in the dark.One thing I hate that gives me the heaby jeebys is crocs its amazing the amount of people that have a croc story to tell and I do not want to be one of them.We stayed at Georgetown for a few nights made famous by the goldrush its very rich in gems we met a few people who were off gem fossicking .The dingos really howl during the night here, sounds very creepy glad we were'nt in a tent,we saw an awful lot of roadkill on the way here after seeing the cows walk all over the road on the main bridge we can see why.The drive to Ravenshoe is beautiful its the highest town in Queensland very green and lush and 2 supermarkets!!the first place since Karumba to buy fruit and veg.The scenery is amazing on the tablelands ,mountains,waterfalls ,lakes and lush grass and of course loads and loads of avocados and bananas for sale at little roadside stalls yum.The town of Atherton is a very old town surounded by mountains we free camped again here at Rocky gully which in the 1940's was home to the largest military base in Australia the complex had the largest military hospital in the southern hemisphere you cand still see the foundations of a few of the buildings it is now a memorial park.It was a bit grey and cloudy so after a drive to Granite Gorge were the wallerbies are so tame the come right up to you we thought we would head north to Cooktown.The drive from Mount Molloy to Cooktown must be one of the most scenic in Australia I know on previous blogs I have said that but this drive is through the Great Dividing Ranges so very steep in parts its beautiful no towns just mountains and rivers, I really can't explain how stunning the countryside is ,breathtaking,amazing ,wow. words do not do it justise.We have been here in Cooktown for 3 days now surrounded by mountains, there are beautiful totally unspoilt bays that probaly havent changed since Captain Cook was here in 1770.Now to the important stuff there is a great bakery!!We can't go any further north from here,its the end of sealed roads and our caravan is not an off roader so we will be heading south in a few days
