The dam supplies some of Townsville's water and sits on top of Mt Spec in the national park. It was hot while we were there but the water was beautiful, although a little murky once we were stirring it up. There is no power or showers but there are a couple of toilet blocks near the camping grounds. There are a lot of sites and most have a little bit of privacy provided by bushes. Each site has a fire pit and you can buy firewood at the nearby ranger's hut. The toilets were clean and stocked with toilet paper although we took our own just in case. You need to bring all your drinking water as well as a garbage bag to take your rubbish with you when you leave.
It's a great spot for families as the dam has a beach area and gets deep gradually.
A panorama taken on auto and stitched in camera.
Enjoying some chocolate milk... have to have some luxuries when you're roughing it.
Breakfast time, yummy pancakes.
Nearby Birthday Creek falls... it was only a little walk down but to walk back up it's quite steep. The water was lovely and cool, well worth the short trek.
A long exposure using my ND filter.
One of the cheeky little fantail birds that would fly into our camp. We also saw king parrots but I wasn't able to get a good shot of them.
The brush turkeys were hanging around hoping for some scraps.
A male Hercules moth we found in the middle of the road
we tried to save it from being run over.
The adult doesn't eat and has a short life span, I think that is why it was on the road.
He was tattered with a little of his wings missing but still beautiful all the same.
There is a magnificent view from Witt's lookout at Paluma township. On this particular day the fog had rolled in and we didn't get to enjoy the view but the misty rainforest was still beautiful.
Birds nest ferns high in the trees.
