Yungaburra - Bonadio's RV Park

 8 - 12 June 2025

We spent our last morning in Ravenshoe finishing the packing and readying the spare bedroom for the next guest - a friend of Rob and Cheryl's who had travelled with them back from Karumba. We finally left after lunch and made our way over towards Atherton, still not sure which spot to choose for a 4 night stay. In the end, economics won out and we headed to Yungaburra to stay at Bonadio's again. We enjoyed our last visit and the price was much more reasonable that the "high season" charges at the caravan park in Atherton.

This time the park was quite full but we found a good spot in the lower section, facing the rainforest. Once again we went down for the animal feeding and this time, the leaf-tailed ghecko showed itself. Later we wandered about looking for night creatures and were rewarded with a green ringtail possum high up in the trees. We didn't get to see the platypus, mainly because we didn't try very hard.

We went to check on the progress made on our new home and had a talk to the neighbours. They have been working hard to clear weeds from the bush down by the creek, so it looks like we'll have a bit of a job to do when we finally move in. 

One evening we went down to the Curtain Fig tree to see if we could spot the Lesser Sooty owl, and again we heard it but didn't get to see it. It seemed to stay very still and quiet, and out of sight, until we turned off the torch then it would fly over. 

One afternoon we drove to Millaa Millaa Falls. Mick was hoping to get photos of a kingfisher but it didn't oblige. It was a nice afternoon out anyway.

Millaa Millaa Falls is a photographers' favourite

While we were at Bonadio's we had to have a gas leak repaired and also an upgrade to meet the new compliance regulations. Leon was happy to come to us and did the first part of the repair while we were at Bonadio's but he needed a part to finish the job. As it was our last morning there, he agreed to meet us in a park in Atherton to finish the job. That wouldn't happen in the city!

Once the gas job was done, we moved on to Platypus Park for lunch then drove down the Palmerston Highway to our next stop - Etty Bay.

Innot Hot Springs

3 – 4 October 2024

We left Etty Bay and drove back towards Atherton, making a morning tea stop at Henrietta Creek which we had to abandon due to the number of march files intent on biting us. We stopped at the park in Millaa Millaa instead.

We were aware of bushfires in the area near Innot Hot Springs
so called ahead to make sure we wouldn’t be bothered by smoke. We stopped for lunch at Millstream Falls and went for a walk down to the falls lookout.

It's only a short walk down to the lookout
at Millstream Falls

We drove on through recently burnt scrub but did not see any active fires that afternoon. The attraction at Innot Hot Springs is, of course, the springs which bubble up in the creek, at sometimes extremely hot temperatures. The caravan park has taken advantage of this natural phenomenon and created a series of small swimming and plunge pools of varying temperatures. These are available at no extra charge for park guests, and day visitors can pay to use the facility.

Once we had chosen a site and settled in we wandered over for the first of a number of dips. Therapeutic value aside, moving between the pools at various temperatures was a great way to spend the afternoon and evening.

The following morning we packed up again and set off down the Gregory Developmental Road on our way south.