We set up camp in a fine drizzle and organised ourselves onto a tour of the Bat Hospital. This was a fantastic opportunity to see some special little bat species.
Many are released from the hospital each year, but some are so badly injured they would not survive and remain in the hospital, which is entirely staffed by volunteers.
We also saw some birds freeloading from the fruitbats' enclosure and were told they were a female rifle bird and a Maclays honeyeater. I'm going to have to get some binoculars again :-)
The following day we went to the Nerada Tea plantation, viewed the factory and enjoyed a Devonshire tea.
The highlight of this visit was the excellent views of a adult and juvenile Lumholtz tree kangaroo, who were able to be seen from our table. Sadly they were too high up for a photo.
We drove to Lake Eacham, and decided to take the 3km walk around it. It was lucky we took our raincoats, but we missed most of the rain :-)
No visit to Atherton would be complete without checking out the local produce, and we went to Gallo's cheese and chocolate factory. We had a tasting plate of cheese - so much cheese! We didn't really need dinner that night.
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