THE UNDARRA EXPERIENCE

Our next leg of the journey is Alice Springs and it will take us a week to get there. 

It was the first real test of riding through winding mountain roads with the trailer at the back. We started at sea level and rode up to the Atherton Tablelands. Peaking at 960 metres we were travelling through the clouds! 
A fantastic experience that lasted for over an hour.

Little did we know as we headed west that later in the day we would again be riding through these clouds via Ravenshoe to Chillagoe and Undara Volcanic National Park. 

The Caravan Park has a lot of beautiful railway carriages which have now found a permanent home after many years on the rail.  They were all pretty, nestled amongst the gum trees.  Now we are really in outback Australia and it is awesome and we love it.  We saw wild pigs crossing the road as we are riding yesterday through Savannah grassland,  the habitat of several types of wallabies, kangaroos, eagles and many other types of birds, snakes and more. 

We listened to outback stories around a campfire and took a guided tour to the lava tunnels that made Undara famous.  Our fitness needed some attention and after
6 kms of bush walking we felt better, and ready to eat some more tucker. 
We did manage to take some time out during our walk to sit and watch the wild life that was in abundance.

After two nights stay in this beautiful place we are getting ready to hit the road again, travelling towards Kurumba.