12 June 2017 - Herberton, Tinaroo Lake, Lake Eacham, Lake Barrine, The Kauris, The Curtain Fig and Malanda Falls

After such a horrible day yesterday, we were delighted to awake this morning to sunshine and a mild temperature.

Our first stop today was The HIstoric Village at Herberton, 18km from Atherton.  This is a mind-blowing collection of things historic.  Its setting is on the banks of the Wild River and in all, there are 62 displays.  The number of articles on display in mind numbing.  It was a pleasure walking between the beautifully presented displays.  To do the site justice would require much more than the one and a half hours we gave it this morning.  We hope the few pictures we have taken will give an indication of the magnitude of the endeavour and of the quality of the displays.

120617 Historic Village Herberton housing 62 displays

120617 The story of the Historic Village Herberton

120617 The Historic Village is beautifully laid out

120617 The Wild River which runs through the Village

120617 Suspension bridge over the Wild River on the village site

110617 The Music Shop

120617 1927 Chevrolet fire truck

120617  The radio workshop

120617 A genuine fox stole

120617 Ada's dress shop

120617 Chemist's shop

120617 Dolls in the toy shop

120617 Model railway set in the toy shop

120617 The garage

120617 Inside the garage LHS

120617 Inside the garage RHS

120617 At the back of the garage

120617 Indian Prince motorcycle circa 1925

120716 The story of the Indian Prince Motorcycle

120617 Douglas Model CW

120617 The story of the Douglas

120617 Harley Davidson 1000cc V-Twin

120617 The story of the Harley Davidson

120617 Old earth moving equipment

120617 Printers shop

120617 Sewing Machines

120617 Comet windmill (huge)

120617 The story of the Comet windmill

120617 Elderslie House

120617 Dining room in Elderslie House. They even had
"Gusunders" in the bedrooms

120617 The story of Elderslie House

After Herberton we moved on to Lake Tineroo and Tineroo Dam.

120617 Lake Tinaroo

120617 Boating on Lake Tinaroo 

120617 Tinaroo Dam Wall

120617 Minimum outflow at the moment

120617 Tinaroo was Sunwater's first hydroelectric scheme

120617 Video of the Tinaroo Dam Wall

After leaving Lake Tinaroo we headed off to Yungaburra. It is a well presented town but the highlight was the hanging baskets along all the footpaths.

120617 Yungaburra - A Lovely town with hanging baskets along the footpaths

Lake Eacham and Lake Barrine were next on our list.  These are the two volcanic crater lakes on the Tableland.  They are difficult to photograph due to their size so a couple of videos will have to suffice - apart from a shot of people (divers) in Eacham.

120617 Divers in Lake Eacham


Video of Lake Eacham


Video of Lake Barrine

Not far from Lake Barrine are two magnificent Kauri Pines.  Once again, difficult to photograph so a video might help the two photos we took.

120617 Lower trunks of the two Kauris

120617 Kauris shoulder to shoulder


120617 Video of the Kauri trees

Not too far away we came across the famous Curtain Fig, very impressive.

Video of the Curtain Fig

120617 The story of the Curtain Fig

Our last visit was to Malanda Falls.

120617 Malanda Falls

Tomorrow ?  We know not where yet, but we certainly enjoyed today.