From Karumba we travelled East about 370km to Georgetown where we stopped for the night and continued about another 400km on to Cairns the following day. The landscape changed dramatically from the dry outback to lush rainforest as we crossed the Atherton Tablelands. It was so exciting to see flowing creeks and rivers, and cattle that actually had green grass in their paddocks! The town of Atherton is 800m above sea level and the drive along the Gillies Highway and down the escarpment to Cairns was an exciting one. Would have been better in a Porsche rather than a 7m long Winnebago! Cairns was very busy and congested but the coastline and landscape around it was spectacular. We stayed 4 nights and made a day trip further north along the northern beaches, Port Douglas and up to Mossman. Mossman Gorge was beautiful and Ashleigh and Hannah had a swim in the extremely cold river.
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