Atherton Tableland Cont.A nice walk through the rain forest to this ancient tree. You have to see it to appreciate how big it is. Hundreds of strangler roots are all around the original trunk, forming a huge twisted mass. These roots were really thick, and some at the base running along the forest floor were enormous. Trip over one of these and break your neck.
This mass of roots forms a cavern in the middle of the tree and we stood in there. With the light shining through, it was very pretty. That covers the trunk and root system. Up in the enormous canopy, the branches stretch out like an umbrella with big fern things as big as Wedge tail Eagles nests, grow along the branches. It looked like the sort of tree that Tarzan would live in.
 Cairns 5. There was also the tallest tree I have ever seen. A Red cedar and it was so very tall and straight. We could hear Lyre Birds calling somewhere in the forest. *Correction-it was not a Lyre bird, but an Eastern Whip Bird. Lyre birds do not range this far north - info provided by calyeptor. The road at this point was closed for bridge repairs, so could not go any further around the big loop surrounding Lake Tinaroo. IN THIS SECTION Babinda Boulders Falls Atherton Tableland 
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