Today's sightseeing took us to The Curtain Fig Tree; Yungaburra and Lake Tinaroo

The Aboriginal Traditional Owners of the Curtain Fig National Park welcome you to their country and ask that you respect their special place....

The tree is situated just outside Yungaburra on the Atherton Tableland  - ask what's special.................

This park protects the endangered Mabi Forest and a large fig tree. The formation of this fig tree is unique; its extensive aerial roots drop 15 m to the forest floor and forms a 'curtain' 
A truly majestic tree which is very hard to capture due to its enormous height.  The tree is well protected by way of a wooden walkway around the circumference of the base of the tree

Yungaburra Platypus Viewing Area

Yungaburra boasts a platypus viewing area on the Gillies Highway, located on the Atherton side of the village. It provides you with a convenient viewing platform from which to watch the resident platypus swim and dive.  While we weren't lucky enough to capture one on film we did spot one who surfaced 4 times during our visit.  He was situated in the area below & not around the viewing platform area.  This is now our 2nd viewing of a platypus, the other time being at Eunguella National Park near Mackay

Under the Bridge viewing area for  sighting  Platypus