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A Little Bit About Millaa Millaa

Millaa Millaa is one of the most beautiful places in all of Australia. Many may have heard of Millaa Millaa due to its dairy farms and its famous cheese factory which is found at the entrance to the town.   It’s the scenery in Millaa Millaa that keeps bringing people back though. There are some amazing walking [...]read more

Moving on a Budget

At some point or another we will all have to move homes, but how can we move when we’re on a budget?   If you are stressing about how you are going to shift all of your worldly possessions from one property to the next, with little money to spend, here are some dollar saving ideas to [...]read more

A Little Bit About Malanda

There are so many wonderful places that make up the Atherton Tablelands that it is hard to pick a favourite. If I did though I’m sure Malanda would be up there.   Here is a little bit about Malanda from www.athertontablelands.com.au :   The friendly township of Malanda is set against a backdrop of rolling green hills, at the [...]read more

Atherton Bypass Realignment Project

The Tablelands Regional Council is currently collecting community feedback in regards to a proposed bypass between Mazlin Creek and Marks Lane.   The new alignment is being considered after studies and investigations show that a bypass would help increase freight efficiency through Atherton, as well as improving the safety of the roads. East Atherton, where the bypass [...]read more

The Great-Northern Clean-Up

It’s time to get your hands dirty and take part in this year’s Great Northern Clean-Up Day.   For all the Tablelanders out there who want to take part in the Great Northern Clean-Up, it will be held on the weekend of the 11th and 12th of September at various clean-up sites throughout the Tablelands.   Tableland residents can [...]read more

A Little Bit About Yungaburra

It’s time to get acquainted with another area that helps to make up the beautiful and wondrous Tablelands.   This week it’s all about the lovely village of Yungaburra, and if the below information from www.athertontablelands.com.au doesn’t make you want to visit the area, then you don’t know what you’re missing out on.   The picturesque village of Yungaburra [...]read more

The Maize Festival in Atherton

The Maize Festival in Atherton has begun, with festivities occurring throughout the town over the coming weeks.   We have parades and markets taking place, and there will even be a gala ball Saturday the 28th of August, where traditionally the Maize Festival Queen gets crowned.   The big Mardi Gras parade takes place down Main Street Atherton on [...]read more

Tableland Cockatoos About to Get a Fright

You may remember me talking recently about those pesky cockatoos that having been taking over the Atherton Tablelands.   Well we might not have to worry about them for too much longer because the Tablelands Regional Council has now obtained a permit, allowing them to frighten away any nuisance cockatoos if they need to.   The warnings will be [...]read more

A Little Bit About Lake Tinaroo

It’s time to learn a little bit more about the Tablelands community we live in. This week’s area spotlight is Lake Tinaroo thanks to www.athertontablelands.com.au.   Lake Tinaroo is 15 mins from Atherton via the township of Kairi and also via Tolga. Tinaroo township is a small settlement of accommodation and private residences, that sits on the [...]read more

Cockatoos Flock to Atherton

If you’re like everyone else in the Atherton Tablelands, you might have been noticing a few more cockatoos around then usual.   It seems the cockatoo population has skyrocketed on the Tablelands of late, with the birds most likely in town due to peanut harvesting in the area. The cockatoos get attracted to the peanuts and so [...]read more

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