We left Ravenshoe at about 12.30pm as Terry had taken the 4WD to the mechanic again about a small oil leak. We had lunch from the bakery and then drove through Atherton to find our campsite on the banks of Lake Tinaroo, a large lake created when they built a dam on the Barron River. It is about three times as big as Sydney Harbour. We were looking for Fong On Campsite as this seemed to be the only one on the lakeside that didn’t require an e-booking. Wrong! Terry went online and made the booking just before we set up camp.

Lake Tinaroo

Lake Tinaroo was beautiful spot for camping, particularly large groups, there were many sites around the 109km circumference and most of them were large open sites with easy access to the water

A couple of signs warning not to camp this close to the lake edge

One of the spectators as we set up camp at Lake Tineroo

Kookaburra watching our camp