Wednesday 17th of August 2011
Malanda – Lake Eacham – Lake Barrine – Yungaburra river walk – Malanda
At Lake Eacham I did the walk all around the deep blue maar. The lake is a round crater filled with water, so called maar. There where turtles and fish to be seen. A giant crazy looking real big tree, probably a fig tree, but I am not sure about that, to crazy! Only few people around. I did go to the tree plant information centre, interesting, because there is a group of about 500 who are active in replanting native forest and wilderness areas, providing corridors for wildlife migration.
At Lake Barrine a had a coffee and looked at the two old gigantic Hope Pine trees.
Then I drove to Yungaburra and did the platypus lookout, luckily there was one swimming just in front of me. After another coffee at the bookshop and talking with a village lady I bought meet and went back to my hosts place. I met the landowner and he invited me to one beer and some funny chatting.
I did dinner, white cabage, turmeric, beef, onion and potatoes.
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- Turtle swimming in the lake
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- Giant tree roots and me for scale
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- Pacific Black Duck – Anas superciliosa
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- Two Hope Pine trees
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- Platypus swimming – Schnabeltier im Wasser
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- Face Bush Turkey
