Atherton Tablelands Travel Guides

Getting to the Cairns Highlands

There are no direct commercial air flights into Atherton, only to nearby Cairns. The area does have reliable bus services, bitumen highways and...

Tully Falls and Tully Gorge

Follow the scenic Tully Falls Road to the spectacular Tully Gorge Lookout. The falls only run in a big wet season, but the walls of raw rock and...

Activities at Granite Gorge Nature Park

For those who are fascinated by natural marvels, the privately owned Granite Gorge Nature Park is an unforgettable spectacle. Like no other place...

Millaa Millaa Falls

Millaa Millaa Falls are magnificent waterfalls surrounded by lush rainforest located on the Waterfalls Circuit, along with Zillie and Ellinjaa...

Hallorans Hill Conservation Park

The highest point of Atherton township, this hill is one of several extinct shield volcanoes. At the lookout, managed by Atherton Shire Council...

Cathedral Fig Tree

Located in the Danbulla State Forest, the Cathedral Fig has the reputation of being the best place to hear an early morning bird 'singing'...

Curtain Fig National Park

Part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, this park contains an endangered type of rainforest called mabi forest. The highlight is a huge fig...

Crater Lakes National Park

The park contains two volcanically-formed lakes, Lake Barrine and Lake Eacham. In geological terms, the lake is a maar, a volcanic crater formed...

Stewart Head Trail

This walk extends beyond the Great Northern Mines Walk, following the trail up to the Herberton Firetrail. Just past the Ironclad is a small trail...

Ellinjaa Falls

Ellinjaa Falls are picturesque falls that are part of the Waterfalls Circuit along with Millaa Millaa and Zillie Falls. Enjoy the sound of the...

Hasties Swamp National Park

This small but significant wetland is flooded during the wet season. As it dries out it becomes an important refuge for waterbirds. A two-storey...

Wongabel State Forest

Wongabel protects a remnant of the endangered mabi forest, less than two per cent of which now remains. In 1903, red cedar seedlings were planted...

Mt Hypipamee Crater and Dinner Falls

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The crater is referred to as a volcanic pipe. The pipe was opened upward through surface rocks by gas produced from molten rock below and as a...

Zillie Falls

Zillie Falls are spectacular falls located on the Waterfalls Circuit with Millaa Millaa and Ellinjaa Falls. There is a lovely viewing platform at...

Danbulla National Park and State Forest

Danbulla State Forest is a spectacular part of the Atherton Tableland. Covering 12,000 hectares between Tinaroo and Lamb ranges and bordering Lake...

Mount Ida Firetrail

This walk extends beyond the Great Northern Mines Walk, following the trail up to the Herberton Firetrail. At the top of the steep trail there is...

Dinden National Park

Located high in Queensland's Lamb Range, Dinden National Park protects rainforest and eucalypt woodland. Rainforest cloaks the wetter eastern...

Millstream Falls National Park

The Millstream Falls National Park has reputedly the widest waterfall in Australia. Located just west of Ravenshoe the national park has open...

Little Millstream Falls

Here, in the rain shadow of the eastern dividing ranges, the dry, open woodland vegetation is dominated by eucalypts. A separate entrance to...

Emerald Creek Falls

Emerald Creek has a series of cascading waterfalls over granite boulders. A walking track takes you alongside the creek to the numerous falls and...