We left Port Douglas and drove up into the Atherton Tablelands to the east. It's stange to experience cooler and mild weather when we are so far north into the tropics. The average altitude on the Tablelands is 700 metres. Atherton is a nice little farming town.
We've had some excellent rides around Ravenshoe to the local waterfalls and along quiet back roads. We came across a Dutch couple also cycling along the road to Tully Gorge, who happened to live on a smallholding just out of Ravenshoe, and joined them for a drink at their place afterwards. We also managed to see some platypuses in the little creek at the back of our motel. You have to sit motionless for quite a while before they will come out of hiding, but it is worth the effort.
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