The Atherton Tablelands

West of Cairns is a beautiful area that is much less traveled for the typical backpacker - the Atherton Tablelands. Starting at the touristy Kuranda, with it's markets and views, we travelled inland, through small towns full of lakes, waterfalls and termite hills.
We visited Lake Tinaroo, an enormous man-made lake and dam that generates electricity for the region and great water skiing for the locals. We visited the Curtain Fig, a spooky tree that looks like a prop from Lord of the Rings.
We saw a number of waterfalls, including Millaa Millaa Falls, and a beautiful crater lake turned big swimming pool, called Lake Eachem.

We finished off our day of driving around with a view of the Tablelands from above Millaa Millaa, just as the storm was moving in from the west...