Australia Day 4
12 April 2004 15:16![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kmusserOur hosts provide a fabulous breakfast featuring exotic fruits like dragonfruit, starfruit, and ramantans (sp?). I especially liked the dragonfruit, good and bloody.
Outside it is pouring rain, so we decide to skip the beach and head straight for the hills, aka the Atherton Tablelands. We know we're going in the right direction when we see the sign for the Misty Mountains.
We arrive at Yungaburra where we are staying at the Eden House. The accomodations are quite posh. The hot tub in the room and the complimentary port are nice touches.
During a brief break in the rain we make the first of many failed attempts to see platypi. We also go to see the Curtain Fig Tree, which is a massive tree - one of those "you could drive a car through it" trees. It would make a lovely Pagan place of worship. No critters sitings though.
We have a lovely dinner at a Swiss-Italian place and afterwords hang out at a pub where Reecy and I play pool with some of the locals. I also learn somewhat to my dismay that Aussies put Coke in their Black Russians, silly Aussies.
Outside it is pouring rain, so we decide to skip the beach and head straight for the hills, aka the Atherton Tablelands. We know we're going in the right direction when we see the sign for the Misty Mountains.
We arrive at Yungaburra where we are staying at the Eden House. The accomodations are quite posh. The hot tub in the room and the complimentary port are nice touches.
During a brief break in the rain we make the first of many failed attempts to see platypi. We also go to see the Curtain Fig Tree, which is a massive tree - one of those "you could drive a car through it" trees. It would make a lovely Pagan place of worship. No critters sitings though.
We have a lovely dinner at a Swiss-Italian place and afterwords hang out at a pub where Reecy and I play pool with some of the locals. I also learn somewhat to my dismay that Aussies put Coke in their Black Russians, silly Aussies.