“The Atherton Tablelands doesn’t have one destination — it has dozens. That’s part of what makes exploring it so satisfying and so endlessly rewarding.”
Atherton Tablelands Destinations: Discover the Towns and Places of the Tablelands
The Atherton Tablelands is a region of remarkable variety — high country, rainforest, farmland, volcanic lakes, granite outcrops, and outback savannah all within a couple of hours of each other. Each of the Tablelands’ towns has its own character and its own particular reasons to visit.
Yungaburra is the Tablelands’ most visitor-friendly village — heritage-listed, forest-fringed, and home to the region’s best-known platypus viewing spot at Peterson Creek. Atherton is the regional service centre with the best visitor information and a surprisingly rich heritage including the Hou Wang Chinese Temple. Malanda is dairy country with beautiful falls and a swimming pool that generations of Tablelands families have called their own. Millaa Millaa is the gateway to the Waterfall Circuit. Mareeba is the coffee and tropical fruit capital of the north. Ravenshoe is Queensland’s highest town, with the Avenue of Honour and access to the southern Tablelands.
Further afield: Herberton offers one of Queensland’s finest heritage village experiences; Chillagoe delivers geological drama in the form of limestone caves and marble karst towers; Innot Hot Springs is a hot spring swimming experience unlike anything else in the region. The Tablelands rewards those who drive the back roads, stop at the roadside stalls, and take the time to talk to the people who live here.
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