1Lake Barrine is located 65 kilometers (40 miles) southwest of Cairns, at the top of the Gillies Range which is part of the Atherton Tablelands.
2 Kent and I got a good helping of fresh warm scones, jam and whipped cream. Talk about yumalicious Mum, I could have scoffed another dozen
3 We left our bus driver/tour guide (I think his name was Jim???) on the dock while we took off on a 45 minute cruise around the lake
4 The fresh water lake was formed around 10,000 years ago when a large volcanic crater filled with rain water.
5 Take a close look, they're fresh water turtles.
6 A cormorant checking us out.
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8 The scrub is pretty thick around the lake.
9 Check out the unique flowers on this bush.
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12 I know it's hard to see, but there is a bush turkey in there.
13 There you go, dinner. They're good eatin' the old scrub gobbler.
14 Here's a fresh water eel.
15 Check out the Joe Blake (snake) sunning itself. The guy giving the tour said they measured this python several years a go and it went 7 meters (23 feet).
