Enjoy the many places of interest in the northern tropics in classic style, whether it be the incredible rainforest, an exciting Daintree river cruise or even a hunt for collectables and curios in Yungaburra and the Atherton
Tablelands Areas.
Not exact matches
Migrants from all around the world settled on the Atherton
Tablelands (also known as the Cairns Highlands) thru the Gold rush periods and then firmly established the
area for farming all sorts of tropical foods like mangos, lychee's, avocados and passion fruit.
It's position also makes day trips to the Atherton
Tablelands, Cape Tribulation, Kuranda and The Great Barrier Reef very easy also and all day tours will collect you from the reception
area at Alamanda Resort.
Head towards Yungaburra in the Atherton
Tablelands for the night, and enjoy additional free time to explore the
area.
Make sure you pre-book your Atherton
Tablelands holiday home at least 12 months in advance as this
area is extremely popular with both the local community and visitors to Cairns
The northem districts contain considerable
areas of low
tableland.
There are also an outstanding selection of Atherton
Tablelands Tours which are better for travellers who only have a short time in the
area.
Our
area of operations is centred in cairns but includes north to port douglas and mossman including the amazing world heritage listed daintree rainforest, west to the atherton
tablelands and south to innisfail, mission beach and townsville.
Our
area of operations is centred in Cairns but includes North to Port Douglas and Mossman including the amazing World Heritage listed Daintree Rainforest, West to the Atherton
Tablelands and South to Inni...
Similar to many other famous mountainous regions, the Atherton
Tablelands, otherwise known as the Cairns Highlands, is an
area rich in wildlife, nature, farmland and gourmet food.
Mungalli Falls is a key location on the
Tablelands and is the largest accommodation centre in this
area.
Fish mountain streams, play a round of golf or just relax in one of the most picturesque
areas of the Northern
Tablelands.
Outside of diving Cairns is a reasonably sized town of about 150,000 people who service mainly the tourism industry associated not just with the Reef, but also the
areas inland of Cairns including the Daintree Rainforest and the Atherton
Tablelands.
With over 20 different varieties of cane growing in the
area, the Mossman Sugar Cane Mill production
area spans over 8500 hectares all the way from the Daintree Rainforest up to Atherton
Tablelands.
The Atherton
Tablelands or highlands
area is not only home to dairy farms, wineries, fruit, nut, and coffee plantations, but is also renowned for its incredible, diverse beauty replete with waterfalls, stunning crater lakes and rolling, green hills.
1880 to 1886 Drought in Victoria (northern
areas and Gippsland); New South Wales (mainly northern wheat belt, Northern
Tablelands and south coast); Queensland (1881 — 86, in south - east with breaks — otherwise mainly in coastal
areas, the central highlands and central interior in 1883 — 86); and South Australia (1884 — 86, mainly in agricultural
areas).