Cairns; Friday, November 03
Today we took a train ride from Cairns west and mostly up to the Atherton Table land. It is a precipitous route through 15 tunnels and I have forgotten how many bridges up the mountain and on to the plain beyond.
It was built to serve the gold mines and tin mines over a century ago. It is very scenic with great views looking back towards Cairns.
We stopped along the way to see the Barron Waterfall.
We reached the village of Kuranda at the eastern edge of the tableland which looks like it was custom designed for tourists. We took in the little zoo and a sleeping Koala.
Also saw a cassowary bird and a black swan.
As always the Irish had been here before.
We returned to Cairns by cable car over the rain forest canopy.
A really great Day!
Boy, doing this blog is a lot of work!!
It was built to serve the gold mines and tin mines over a century ago. It is very scenic with great views looking back towards Cairns.
We stopped along the way to see the Barron Waterfall.
We reached the village of Kuranda at the eastern edge of the tableland which looks like it was custom designed for tourists. We took in the little zoo and a sleeping Koala.
Also saw a cassowary bird and a black swan.
As always the Irish had been here before.
We returned to Cairns by cable car over the rain forest canopy.
A really great Day!Boy, doing this blog is a lot of work!!
posted by Seán at 11/03/2006 09:50:00 AM
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