THE WALLABY TRACK WITH LIONEL MUSSELL

With the arrival of spring , let ' s hope the news gets better on the virus front . Even here in far north Queensland we are sticking to the rules in the caravan park . Last night we had a trivia night here at Walkamin but maintained our social distancing .

The new owners of the Walkamin Caravan Park are busy putting in an extensive irrigation scheme that will ensure the park stays green through the year . There are trenches and pipes all over the park and the system will even include a new , modern dump point .

I mentioned recently that I had no internet reception at Kidmans Camp near Burke when we had our first Australian Caravan Club ( ACC ) Gippsland Gypsies internet happy hour but had participated through my mobile phone .

Our second internet get-together was easier because I have good reception here in Walkamin and was able to join in without any trouble . I did upset my Victorian friends a little by telling them the temperature up here that day ( 33 degrees ) and then holding up my mobile phone that showed a message from the weather bureau that warned of strong winds and rain in the Gippsland area . They were not amused !

There are lots of interesting things to see on the Atherton Tableland and I ' m lucky that my friends take me with them when going sightseeing .

In Yungaburra we came across the remnants of an old sawmill – it must have been a huge enterprise back in the day .

The old Yungaburra sawmill .

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