Down the Tablelands to Townsville

Misty rain and cloud cover leaving Atherton but at least it was cool and as Warren said the brakes wouldnt be over heating.

Ahh, know that one is in Queensland by the scenery.

Sugar cane on either sides for as far as we could see.

If it wasn't sugar cane then it was bananas.

All that was needed now was pineapples but we are too far north for pineapples yet.

First stop was to be Tully for morning tea.

While I was searching for Tully, it told me that Tully was famous for Mt Tyson and the Golden Gumboot which stands 7.9 metres high, this was the most rainfall ever received in Tully. We knew that it does have the highest rainfall in Australia of around 5 to 6 metres of rain each year.

The Golden Gumboot complete with green tree frog climbing up the side. Love it!

Growing up in a wheat belt our average rainfall was 19 inches or half a metre so cant really imagine getting 5 metres of rain a year.