mission beach & cardwell - queensland, australia

after the atherton tablelands was the mission beach our next destination. especially because we hoped to see a CASSOWARY in a free nature and yes, WE DID 😃.

joy at mission beach ~ QLD, australia

my dears, swimming in mission beach was allowed and there were no crocodile warning signs. but only 6 - 10 km to the south at the south mission beach were crocodile warning signs ?!?. how the hell do the crocodiles know they can not swim to the mission beach and eat tourists and/or local people? just to make sure, there is no island / reef or any other natural or artificial barrier in between 😱.

enjoy few beach & sun 💥 pictures:

source of the picture unknown, probably some postcard

mission beach + dunk island 

 best of all wives at mission beach

evening at mission beach

sunset at clump point:

cassowary walks together with us in free nature in djiru NP (licuala day use area @ wongaling beach)

 

walking to the bicton hill (Clump Mountain National Park):

 

view to dunk island + hinchinbrook island from the top of the bicton hill

atherton tablelands (crater lakes NP, babinda boulders & more) ~ queensland, australia

the atherton tablelands were our next destination in queensland (australia) after the beautiful UNESCO heritage daintree NP.

lake tinaroo, QLD, australia

the highlights here were the crater lakes NP with the lake barrine and lake eacham. in the lake eacham was possible and allowed to swim despite its freshwater crocodiles as they do not attack people 😃. To see the platypus (schnabeltier), the one of two egg laying mammals in australia in a small creek close to yangaburra was also a nice experience, you know?

The dinner in a french restaurant on my wife's birthday was also a very appreciated variation to the standard fish & chips or burger menu in northern australian food courts. and yes, there was also the babinda boulders jungle and swimming paradise and the best bananas we have ever ate directly from the farmer. of course, there were also forests and meadows with many, many, many cows and sheep and in the lower areas (babinda) also huge sugar cane fields, just to complete our impressions 😇 

lake quaids dam, QLD, australia

 yes, we have seen a platypus (schnabeltier) in free nature ~ yungaburra, the peterson creek aka platypus creek :-)

 

fields & meadows in the atherton tablelands

 lake barrine

 lake eacham

 yungaburra

french restaurant in yungaburra

babinda

king peacock and company

mr. peacock at babinda boulders (babinde gorge)

 

the natural swimming pool at babinda boulders

is this a ferntree palm?

 two of us

 2 butterflies in love 💕

best bananas ever purchased directly from the farmer

more pictures here.

the overview about all our stops in australia is here.

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