Yungaburra is a small historic village located on the shores of Lake Tinaroo near the town of Atherton. It has a selection of Cafes, Resturaunts and Accomodation.
Daintree, Cape Tribulation and Cooktown are located North of Cairns on the coast at the base of Cape York. You can drive a loop starting from Mareeba through Mossman, The Daintree and Cape Tribulation. From there navigate the Bloomfield track to Cooktown returning back to Mareeba via the bitumen covered Mulligan Highway all up about 550 Km.
Atherton Tablelands also known as the Cairns highlands is located above the coastal plain and various in height from about 500 metres at the northern end to about 1200 metres at its highest point near the town of Ravenshoe and covers a area of 620 square kilometres. It is accessable from the Coast Via the Palmerston Hwy from Innisfail, The Gillies Hwy from Gordonvale, The Kuranda Hwy from Smithfield or the Rex Range Rd from Port Douglas. You can also reach the tablelands from Inland via the Savanah way or the Gregory Development Rd from Charters Towers.
We left Ringers Rest and headed towards our next destination Walkamin only 15 Km up the road (honestly these long drives are getting to me). Walkamin will be our next base for 6 weeks while we explore more of the Tablelands and a loop through the Daintree, Cape Tribulation, Bloomfield Track and Cooktown.
After 8 weeks in Cairns with much reluctance it was time to move on. We have enjoyed our time here and will miss the Spa, Free Bus into town and Pancake Breakfast Thursday. It was starting to get a bit expensive with so much to do in Cairns but there are other things to see further a field so it's time to move on up the hill into the Tablelands, enjoy whats on offer there and hopefully save a bit of money in the process.