We left Atherton and drove south west on the Kennedy Highway as winds it way though the rainforests of the Herberton Ranges then it opens up onto lush green farm lands for the milking cows of the region then it changes into the grass timer land of the west and then into grass scrub lands the changes as so different and the reason this area is so good for farming with so many different areas within a small zone.
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This video is from Innot Hot Springs heading back tow wards Ravenshoe note how dry this is and then watch the other two videos which are all within a 100 km of each other,which over such a short area shows the difference in the areas.
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This video is of a road which takes you along and though dairy country via a rainforest road very peaceful and so dense sometimes you are not sure if the sun has gone
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This is the road from just outside Millaa Millaa heading towards Atherton it is a very green and free flowing road with lots to see.
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As we drove along out in front of us and high on the hill we saw these monsters working away
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This is about as close as you can get to them
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Two videos of the towering blades just spinning around in the wind on Windy Hill
Queensland’s highest town, Ravenshoe is 920 metres above sea level and is home to Windy Hill wind farm which generates enough electricity to supply approximately 3,500 homes. Created on the extinct Windy Hill volcano in 2000 and its 20 wind turbines take advantage of the consistent winds on the volcano’s slopes.
The Ravenshoe Visitor Centre at 24 Moore Street provides first class tourist information and has excellent displays on the rainforest, timber-milling, dairy farming and WWII military presence in the area, plus a section on bats and a noctarium which simulates night spotting of local native animals. The Centre is also the home of the Nganyaji Interpretive Centre which showcases the culture and lifestyle of the region’s Jirrbal people whose language is the world’s oldest spoken language. On Sundays the historic steam train “Capella” runs to Tumoulin, Queensland’s highest railway station.
Ravenshoe is the highest point in the Misty Mountains walking tracks network, and is a great location for wildlife watching, particularly for platypus, 12 species of possums and 340 bird species and of course, Lumholtz’s Tree- Kangaroo, one of 14 species of kangaroo to be found in the area.
The Ravenshoe Visitor Centre at 24 Moore Street provides first class tourist information and has excellent displays on the rainforest, timber-milling, dairy farming and WWII military presence in the area, plus a section on bats and a noctarium which simulates night spotting of local native animals. The Centre is also the home of the Nganyaji Interpretive Centre which showcases the culture and lifestyle of the region’s Jirrbal people whose language is the world’s oldest spoken language. On Sundays the historic steam train “Capella” runs to Tumoulin, Queensland’s highest railway station.
Ravenshoe is the highest point in the Misty Mountains walking tracks network, and is a great location for wildlife watching, particularly for platypus, 12 species of possums and 340 bird species and of course, Lumholtz’s Tree- Kangaroo, one of 14 species of kangaroo to be found in the area.
Millstream Falls the Small and large Falls
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The first falls is the small one if that's true as they are both big by most, anyway you drive into a dirt road a few hundred feet and then its a walk down the hill and all the time you hear the roar of the water falling over the falls
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Note the sign as during the war there were army camps spread all along the top of the ridge here and I guess they trained with live shells and some would be still in the bush as most of the area in within a National park
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Little Millstream Falls
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Large Millstream Falls
Photo from the track walking back up hill
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Innot Hot Springs
Very dry here not the same as Atherton
Part of the caravan Park
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The water was so hot, Ellen feet were red from a few Minutes in Water
This is the caravan park next to springs
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Ravenshoe Town And Caravan Park
I lost Ellen in here for ages
Old Town Goal House
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Just too many pretty Colours
Caravans parked between the rail and steam display
Highest Pub In Queensland From Sea Level
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Caravan Park Office
Looking Down the Main Street
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Ellen's Mother Day Present its Rainbow Hematite
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The inside of the shop I lost Ellen in For a long Time.
Hematite is a very common mineral consisting of iron oxide. Its color ranges from steel gray to almost black (specular hematite), brown to reddish brown, or red. The variety known as rainbow hematite exhibits colors similar to oil patches on water. The drusy form of rainbow hematite is quite fragile and is usually backed with a quartz material to increase the stone's durability.
While the forms vary, they all have a rust-red streak. Hematite is harder than pure iron, but it is much more brittle.
The name hematite is derived from the Greek word haimatites for blood.
It is mined in Australia, Brazil (rainbow variety), England, Mexico, the United States and Canada. It is the state mineral of Alabama, USA where approximately 375 million tons were mined between l840 and 1975.
Hematite (iron ore) is a very common mineral on Earth and it also occurs everywhere on the planet Mars where it is responsible for the planet's distinctive red color. It was first identified on Mars by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES), aboard Mars Global Surveyor.
Rainbow hematite is the trade name given foliated specular hematite which comes from a mine near Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
While the forms vary, they all have a rust-red streak. Hematite is harder than pure iron, but it is much more brittle.
The name hematite is derived from the Greek word haimatites for blood.
It is mined in Australia, Brazil (rainbow variety), England, Mexico, the United States and Canada. It is the state mineral of Alabama, USA where approximately 375 million tons were mined between l840 and 1975.
Hematite (iron ore) is a very common mineral on Earth and it also occurs everywhere on the planet Mars where it is responsible for the planet's distinctive red color. It was first identified on Mars by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES), aboard Mars Global Surveyor.
Rainbow hematite is the trade name given foliated specular hematite which comes from a mine near Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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