On Friday we decided to move out of the Woodlands Caravan Park and travel about 18 km out of Atherton to Rocky War Memorial Park, which is a free camp. There are about 30 vans here. We didn't do much else today just sat, enjoyed the sunshine and read our books.
Saturday we decided we had better book ahead for a few weeks as the Queensland School Holidays start next Friday. We have booked for Cook Town and our return to Cairns after Cook Town. We have also booked ourselves on a day flight to Cape York, which we are both really looking forward to.
After this we went for a drive into Mareeba where we visited Coffee Works, The Golden Drop Mango Winery and also the Heritage Museum at the Information Centre. At the information centre there is a Tobacco Display - apparently Mareeba was one of the largest tobacco growing areas in Australia contributing thousands of dollars to the Australian Economy. Tobacco is no longer grown in Australia but Mareeba and Dimbulah were the largest tobacco growing areas. At Coffee Works the entry included unlimited coffee, tea, liqueur and chocolate tasting. Graham enjoyed his fill of coffee and I enjoyed trying the different varieties of tea. We both enjoyed sampling the chocolate and the liqueurs, which I have to say were very nice. We brought back a few samples with us. The Golden Drop Mango Winery was okay - Graham tried the port and said it was nice but it was very expensive at $34 per bottle, which wasn't even a big bottle. It was good to see all the Mango trees growing though.
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| Some of the old coffee making machines |
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| Graham relaxing after all the chocolate |
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| Mango Trees |
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