With Rocky passing its first test, the Kuranda Range, with flying colours, I felt confident in hooking up Matilda and resuming our great adventure. It took us a little time to reorganise ourselves so that everything was back in its proper place, but it was all part of a process to ensure we had everything we needed.
We bade farewell to Mama, Pa and Chris and Shelly and headed into Atherton to refill the fridges and pantry. The IGA had one of the best selections of fresh food we had ever seen - and the large carpark meant even we could get an undercover park, keeping everything nice and cool.
Full of food, fuel and water, it was time to head west. With every passing kilometre the landscape became browner and dryer as we moved from rich dairy farms to open savannah woodland. We pulled off the road to check out Millstream Falls, reputedly the widest single span falls in Australia. During World War II, nearly 100 000 troops were camped in the vicinity, and some of the evidence of their traning camps could also be seen in the surrounding countryside.
