THE ATHERTON TABLELANDS

 There was folklore and romance of yesterday’s Australia in every piece of the collections , an outdoor museum of pioneer history where you can sit in the schoolhouse, stand at the bar of the pub and enjoy lunch at the Bakerville Tearooms.  
The collection currently features over 50 original buildings with intact interior displays, original machinery and vehicles, plus thousands of antique items and period memorabilia. It is regarded as the most significant ever assembled in Queensland. We spent nearly an entire day there absorbing it all -  and it was pet friendly, Scruffie had a wonderful day

THIS BANK BECAME WHAT IS NOW   ANZ  BANK  !!!!    why would I stand in front of it ????

From Herberton we drove on to Ravenshoe & out to Innot Hot Springs.  How I would have loved to have stayed & soaked in some of the natural springs.  Unfortunately Scruffie was a little too eager to get to the water & happened to choose the hottest of hot pools & thankfully he has since recovered from both his scare & also some scalding to his paws.  Never out of the wars at present......

The natural underground water issues at a temperature of 78C (though temperatures vary). Up until 1900, the mineral water was bottled and sent to Europe - mules hauled the water over the Cardwell Range to Townsville for bottling at the Innot Cordial Factory.