Einasleigh River – just outside Mt Garnet

Arrived at Mount Surprise just in time for morning tea. What a gorgeous little town it is. If you were ever looking for a picturesque little town to get away from it all in, with a fabulous community spirit, and so beautifully organised and run, then this is it! Its certainly a lot cooler than the Gulf Savannah Land that we’d just left. Its still full of the stunning woodland savannah grasslands, but its just better. Its also on the edge of the gold and mineral fossicking area, so lots of fun to have after the wet season, fossicking around in the creeks around town.

The Savannahlander Train has a stop in Mount Surprise. It runs from Forsayth to Chillagoe in the North approximately 200kms in total. Their train station is just gorgeous. I’ve never seen a train station that provides a lovely green grassed area around the platforms and tracks. Very cute! They also had an interesting little museum on the history of the construction of the line. Lots of stunning old pics of the poor old buggers who built the line.

We then arrived at Undara – the longest and oldest lava tubes in the world. Quite interesting trip. We did the 2 hour three tube trip. You can spend 3 days on the entire experience. There is accommodation, a restaurant, bar and lots of walk trails you can do as well. There is also wildlife spotting and other trips to do in the evening.