Hello again from Yungaburra, things have been going well despite the weather not being the best. It’s been really really windy and showery but when the sun pops out occasionally it’s just fantastic, especially when Anthony’s camera is focused on a dragonfly or Butterfly.
We did have one clear morning where Anthony raced down to the waterfront of Lake Tinaroo ( almost on our doorstep ) to get some beautiful photos of the lake, nice and calm and some morning mist. This really is a beautiful place to hang out as you can see.
Lake Tinaroo
We have had a few outings too, yesterday we drove past Mareeba to the Wetlands which to our dismay are now permanently closed.
We then backtracked to Granite Gorge Nature Park which is always nice rock hopping and looking for dragonflies. We saw an echidna here too but couldn’t get a good photo as he saw us too and tried to squish himself under a rock, so we gave him some space and let him be.
Granite Gorge
Yes we have Dragonflies
I’ve been deprived of seeing my favorite Insects for some time now.
These critters put a huge grin on my face 🙂
and Butterflies
Crater Lakes Barrine and Eacham
We also visited the two amazing volcanic lakes just up the road from Yungaburra, You can walk around both but we had Devonshire teas ( award winning) at Lake Barrine. Then onto Lake Eacham, which we did walk around.
These are great places to see the Victoria’s rifle bird, we heard them a few times but no luck for photos. Another elusive bird we are chasing is the Pied Monarch, such a gorgeous little bird that we have spotted a few times but never get a photo. We passed another photographer at Lake Eacham who proudly showed us a great photo he just got of the Monarch…..just around the next bend……🤨🤨 but no such luck for us.
Giant Kauri Pines at Lake Barrine
and of course Birds
Press play to veiw a selection of video snippets
Today the weather is really awful so we will have a inside maintenance day, enjoy the pics and Video snippets.
Bye for now Steph and Anthony.
Odds and ends
Nostalgic Moment
I have fond and sometimes painful memories of doing just that up here
