Let the Water Fall in Atherton

Question: What do you do when you have a day to kill and you've already done everything in Cairns?

Answer: Hire a 4W4 vechile and go exploring!

This is what we ended up doing as we didn't want to spend a whole lot of money but didn't want to be in the city. What a great idea this became. As we hop in the truck, we map out our plan of attack and away we go. Our first stop was Bebinda Boulders which was a glorified version of Lynn Canyon in Vancouver. Now, I don't want to bore you with details of every stop we made but the purpose of this entry is to talk about Josephine and Milla Milla Falls. 2 spectacular waterfalls hidden in the Atherton Valleys and the biggest bonus was the fact that we could go swimming in both of them.

Josphine Falls had a natural waterslide while Milla Milla was the tallest falls in the region. Both of which were not overrun by tourists at all. In fact, what made this experience more memorable was the fact that I was able to swim to the falls with no one else around. A complete day exploring waterfalls combined with one of the most scenic drives I have seen based on no planning whatsoever. Let's call this entry a "nice surprise"

Also important tid bits to note are as follows:

- road kill here is not a skunk, racoon or squirral, the first one I saw was the corpse of a snake!

- "DID YOU KNOW?" fig trees (which are also known as stranglers) are created by birds feces as they eat the leaves then leave their crap (literarly) on trees. From there, photosynthesis occurs and the trees grow from branches downwards eventually killing the host. We were able to see the largest one in the world