Saturday 19th October - Malanda Falls
Down to 15.5 last night and it reached a high of 33.5 today. There is a 1km loop rainforest walk that is opposite the Information Centre. This can be accessed from the park by taking the steps down to the Falls, crossing the concrete bridge and then climbing the steps on the other side. Clive did this for his walk this morning. He was the only one on the track as it was only 8am, so there was just him and the sounds of the forest. About three quarters of the way around he spots a tree kangaroo feeding on the ground. These kangaroos do actually climb trees. After the walk he decided to play with a lens he bought, a Neutral Density Filter, taking pictures of the waterfall. We're going to Robyn's for lunch today. We got there just after 12.30 and sat at the table chatting away to catch up on old times and her family. It was so good. Before we knew it the time was 2pm, so definitely time for some lunch. She made a beautiful salad that we had with some cold meats over a glass or two of wine. This was followed by some pastries that a chef friend of hers made. Delicious and fresh. Robyn then offered us fruit salad. Way too much food. We then retired to the lounge room and continued talking until just after 5, as I was now in need of a lie down. We've arranged to take her to lunch at the Gallo Dairy tomorrow. We also dropped into the information centre and bought some tea towels and magnets for us of Atherton and Malanda. The caravan park is noisy, noisy, noisy tonight, with over excited children and thump thump head banging music. Even though it on the other side of the oval, we can hear it clearly. There is a huge group of people all together. celebrating someone's birthday. Finally at 9pm it's the sounds of silence again.