ATHERTON / TABLELANDS / CURTAIN FIG TREE / INGHAM CEMETERY - 023

We head up the Tablelands this week to check out the sights and visit family. We explore Lake Eacham, the curtain fig tree and Lake Tinaroo before heading onto Ingham where we go to an unusual tourist attraction at the Cemetery. We clean our van and it finally looks like new again!
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[@wendyhicks3473]

Wow! What a massive tree.

[@heinherselman1172]

Welcome to our backyard guys.

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks Hein!

[@MrIstvanc]

You should get a collapsible ladder to get onto and off the roof. It collapses into a small size which is easy to store. It's much safer than the shenanigans you get into.

[@BigOzExplorers]

We still don’t have a ladder but have used the car roof rack parked up close since and it’s worked well ☺️🤙🏻

[@roypowell3450]

24 next! As you can see we are getting on, we loved Ingham on our travels there before. I worked for British Sugar so I am always interested in the Sugar industry. Well getting Cheryl ready to get the rib eyes just in case we are lucky!!!!

[@BigOzExplorers]

Your slowly getting through them! Sugar cane is so interesting! A shame about the imported animals (ie cane toads) and what they have done for Australia now though 😢

[@roypowell3450]

@@BigOzExplorers Our friends near Townsville introduced us to those flaming cane toads, not nice! We are up to 29 now and you have met up with other families in the next one. We are both enjoying these very much. The roast pork in the Ziggy looked good! Talking of which!! Take care for now.....

[@timbroadbent5286]

Wow 😉 that hair do Chris 😝. Just watched your Busselton episode ( hair cut part ) 😂🤣👍 . Just back tracking , missed when you first got the new “ Datson “ 😝 😎👍

[@muzzyahoy1489]

Quick one on the Corn/Maze. Looks like Silage Maze. It’s grown solely for livestock feed, that’s why they let it dry out so much. It’s all mulched together for feed. It’s a different breed of corn to the one we eat

[@BigOzExplorers]

Well there you go, fun facts with Muzzyahoy! Thanks for that 😁🤟🏻

[@derektion2]

Maybe a fold up ladder will work better to get up and down your caravan. Just stumbled across your channel last night and I am enjoying watching your channel. Much Love from Canada

[@BigOzExplorers]

Yes we agree we need to change something about our setup for the roof 😖 thanks for following our journey all the way from Canada!! 🥰 That’s awesome!!

[@johnbontoft8548]

Another top show keep them

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks John! 😍

[@heinherselman1172]

Bwahahahaha we camped at the exact same spot at tinaroo with our camper trailer. Yip had to wash the tent. I know your pain.

[@lauriwatson537]

We use a Telescopic Aluminium Ladder to access our RV Roof, it is light and compact. A rope with Knots in it is a minimum safe method to exit the roof. Please look after yourselves, Love your content.

[@BigOzExplorers]

Good idea on the rope with knots haven’t heard that one yet! We’ve decided to use the car roof rack to hop up now. Worked well (but I made Chris do it this time 😝) thanks for following our journey Lauri 🥰

[@kennethdeed1199]

Hi guys, Quite new to your channel and I just wanted to say thay I am loving it! My wife & I were in Oz 2 years ago, and are waiting on your borders reopening so we can get back across. We are taking notes of all those beautiful places you are visiting as we would love to retrace your steps. Stay well and keep them coming. Ken, Inverness, Scotland.

[@BigOzExplorers]

Hey Ken, that’s awesome! We love hearing about how we help others plan their route, give them ideas or allow them to feel like they’re in Australia already. Hopefully we’ll still be on the road when you get here and catch you along the way 👍🏻🥰

[@jackiemc862]

Hope that your feeling better. Loving the content and like the balance between your van, car and changes and destinations.

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks Jackie 🥰

[@sambulli]

Another top show guy's. Thanks.

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks Sam!

[@louisestone-weatherly5517]

Hey where was that strawberry farm ??

[@ovrlandaustralia8229]

Love it! Home town is Ingham. Had to smile when it started raining at the curtain fig. Welcome to FNQ.

[@BigOzExplorers]

We were very lucky with rain in cairns as it only rained twice in five weeks but almost every time we went to tablelands it would rain 🌧 destined to see it damp with no sun!

[@greg3095]

Hi guys what brand of towing mirrors do you run cheers Greg

[@BigOzExplorers]

Here is the link! :) bigoz.me/melinco

[@deirdrefisher2773]

Oh Sian, 😓, just doing some binge watching to catch up with you guys. Hope your feeling better and I hope you get a ladder🤔

[@BigOzExplorers]

I’ve just realised I’ve replied to a few of your comments lol, having a good old binge! Glad your loving it. 🥰 My leg is much better now! 😁👌🏻

[@BozSpooner]

Hey guys another awesome video :)

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thank you! 🥰

[@davidtopham7663]

Hi You could get a 2.1 extendable ladder from Adventure King. you would need a bracket with it . that would help to get up onto the top of your van. The aluminium ladder is suitable for installation on almost any model of 4WD coming to a total of 2.1m high. Ladder extensions are available for higher vehicles if required.

[@BigOzExplorers]

We need to do something. Will let you know in our upcoming episodes when we decide what mod to make, thanks for the tip! 😁

[@jaygus7297]

Can’t believe you let her get down that way off the van !!!! Hope your ok

[@BigOzExplorers]

He definitely didn’t ‘let me’, I decided to. If you watch our previous episodes I’ve done it before and it worked a treat! I’m all good though, thanks for tuning in!

[@tibbsontour1946]

Yeww! In the background at 15:53 👌👍

[@BigOzExplorers]

Spottoooo 😜

[@seanchristie7150]

Great video as usual, can I suggest that you put Rainex on your solar panels, it will keep the dust n birdshit off, it will just come off with rain or a hose, no scrubbing

[@BigOzExplorers]

Sean!! That is the BEST idea!!! Hadn’t even thought of that, thank you!! 🙌🏻

[@seanchristie7150]

@@BigOzExplorers no sweat, we use it on our glass pool fence

[@seanchristie7150]

@@BigOzExplorers also, in the instructions where it says to buff until clear, no need, wait til dry n hose off, should work on van surface too, but you could always just use car or boat polish

[@josefbranczyk7316]

Maybe a collapsible ladder for a roof top tent

[@BigOzExplorers]

Hind sight is a beautiful thing! Going to use the car roof rack next time, much easier we hope 🙌🏻

[@josefbranczyk7316]

Big Oz Explorers we have all been there. The first time I was setting a van up in the rain, my drill smashed me in the face while I was putting the legs down.

[@katherineporter2654]

Ouch, you poor bugger, you are so lucky you didn’t break anything ❤️

[@BigOzExplorers]

I agree 🤞🏻🙌🏻

[@colinross6259]

Sorry Sian, but not if, just a matter of when with the shin scrape. I am going to buy a telescopic foldable 5m ladder. 2.5 m in the A frame, and opened up straight does 5m, telescopes and folds down to nothing. A frame means you can put it sideways down the van for versatility, and 5m is always handy in case you need it. You can always make a ladder shorter. Keep having fun. Weather looks so good.

[@BigOzExplorers]

Good thinking Colin! Hind sight is a beautiful thing hey! Going to use the car roof rack next time, much easier and no extra items to carry. 😊

[@madaniss]

Can’t you park the car next to caravan when in top. So u can jump on the car then down

[@BigOzExplorers]

That’s what we want to do next time! Lesson learnt! lol

[@AZsliding]

Yeww my home town Cairns beaut of a spot 🤙

[@BigOzExplorers]

Soooo good!!!

[@peterstrang9902]

We park the car next to the van then use the roof racks to climb up, its not as far to fall and saves the extra weight of carrying a ladder.

[@BigOzExplorers]

This is what we’ve decided to do next time, how good is hindsight! 😂🤦🏼‍♀️

[@gondwanatravels8834]

Oh I couldn't look!! I knew it was going to hurt😢. You did well to hold it together. I think I would have said a few more words😖

[@BigOzExplorers]

I was thinking them don’t worry, but we’re a family channel 😂

[@slatibaadfast]

If hubby had put the camera down, climbed up on the tool box and helped you down, like a MAN would, it wouldn't have happened.

[@marcoguisande6676]

👏👏👏👌👌👌♥️🇨🇱✌️

[@BigOzExplorers]

🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@ianbray8687]

Telescopic ladder for getting on the roof maybe?

[@BigOzExplorers]

Hind sight is a beautiful thing! Going to use the car roof rack next time, much easier than that climb!

[@krisfairweather5794]

You took that fall like a champ i was waiting for all the sound to be beeped out lol

[@BigOzExplorers]

I’ve got a pretty good pain threshold 😂😂 no squeakers here, that’s normally Chris 😜

[@trekcampfish]

Frrrkkk that hurt all the way to Tassie ....

[@BigOzExplorers]

It was a bloody good one! 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

[@xoncention3265]

Sorry to see you’ve hurt yourself. Try parking your vehicle close to your van and use it as a step. You may also think about a small portable pressure washer to be self sufficient with cleaning your stuff.

[@BigOzExplorers]

That’s what we want to do next time! Lesson learnt! lol

[@sp2074]

Hopefully content on new Y62!

[@jasonmifsud7072]

Maybe Mr Hair should help his woman and support your legs as you slide down instead of watching from the floor. Get a ladder for next time if you can't get anyone to help you out of a very dangerous situation. Could have broken your leg o worse. Your too good girl.

[@sunshinecatcher8779]

Ouch

[@BigOzExplorers]

Yup! 😖🤦🏼‍♀️

[@lukeduke3001]

the most bizarre cemetery of the graves you showed us are all new

[@BigOzExplorers]

Very different hey!

[@katherineporter2654]

Love how the mat goes back in the bag, our clear mat will not 🤣 need to find a new bag for it. 🙂

[@BigOzExplorers]

We always bag it, we’re too OCD sometimes 😂

[@soul15644]

Wet season is coming guy's

[@BigOzExplorers]

Yes I know!! We’re not worried :)

[@ianm3172]

Ok , Maybe next time “Me standing there to catch her” might be better than holding the go pro. FYI, a pair of Dunlop Volleys are good for slipping slowly down, my roof is about the same angle😁, hope you’re ok.

[@BigOzExplorers]

Ahhh Ian you need to meet me and know that I don’t accept help often 😂💁🏼‍♀️, I’m not your typical woman and Chris knows that! I’m probably too independent sometimes... 😎 And to be honest, I’m glad we got the footage to share with you... Hopefully others will learn from my mistake and do it the right way the first time 😁👍🏻 I am totally ok though thank you, love a good battle wound story 🤘🏻

[@jenwilko1692]

You poor kid when You fell! My tum rolled over, you know that tummy pain when one of your kids get hurt🤕? The problem being a “tough nut” is that you’re expected to just carry on! Sometimes I’ve thought if only I’d had fallen into a screaming mess then the troops would have swooped in with ice and bandages galore...hehehe! 🏋🏼‍♀️🐨

[@brisbanenursebennett3130]

Ice, ice, ice... Rest your leg above your heart. Bit hard with a baby though! Your shin isn't a good place to damage your leg. Close to the bone. Please try get rest and off it. It must be sore and throbbing. Looks bad.. You're a trooper but look after yourself too. :) Pain relief and anti-inflammatories too. Love your little girl, she's so so cute :)👍😂 BEST travel info. NATURAL.

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks Nurse Bennett! I’m also a nurse by trade, funny how the nurses always get the injuries 🤦🏼‍♀️😂 thanks for following 🥰

[@katherineporter2654]

Are you guys behind on your content Not that we are complaining just that you throw in the Y62 then the next is still with the old tow vehicle 🤗 keep up the great work.

[@BigOzExplorers]

Hey Katherine, the y62 will start coming in next week. We’re always a few weeks behind to allow edit and family time 😁 thanks for following 🥰

[@munecito]

Hello guys. This is a much better duration for the videos. I hope your shin is better now. Is the new vehicle getting the gvm upgrade? I saw one of those tombs was in Spanish. The noisy miner is Aussie. The Indian myna is the one that isn't native.

[@BigOzExplorers]

We normally try to stick to half hour but sometimes there is just so much good content we have to share it! 😍 Oh was it? Well there you go, quite a mix of tombs then... The Indian myna is the one I like, I’d totally have one for a pet if I ever find one 🥰💁🏼‍♀️

[@LocksmithSteve]

Can't wait to see your Cairns episode, (we live in a southern suburb of Cairns). Hope your bruised & battered leg has healed up.

[@celiabonifacio2305]

Ouch 😓 felt your pain when you slipped down the caravan, hopefully you’re better! Good on you for getting the job done ✅ Love your videos and lifestyle, best life for families with kids , hopefully you’ll get to go other states All the best and enjoy

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks Celia, and thank you for following and tuning in 🥰 we will go to NT definitely but our fingers and toes are crossed for WA 🤞🏻🤞🏻

[@mervo1477]

Damn sorry Mrs Nugget. Great vid though I enjoyed the rest

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks Merv ☺️

[@zacmann21]

Bro you are in the wet tropics 🤣 it's called the wet tropics because it rains all the time and that's why it's so green and lush up our end of the country

[@BigOzExplorers]

It’s amazing up here 🙌🏻👌🏻

[@zacmann21]

@@BigOzExplorers there's plenty of scenery to be taken in if you go for a drive around Tinaroo and hot some tracks as well as all the back tracks around irvinebank etc

[@Jellybean00001]

I am confused about your vehicle? I watched you put draws in back of silver wagon and now I see wagon extension on a white wagon. Some towns have truck washing bays. A 3 metre concertina ladder comes in handy for cleaning roof solar panels and packs away tidy and less dangerous. Enjoying your travels 👏👏😘

[@BigOzExplorers]

The Y62 is our new car, our travel series is a few weeks behind. Our new y62 will start popping up next week 🥰🙌🏻 Hind sight is a beautiful thing hey! Going to use the car roof rack next time, much easier than that climb! Thanks for following! 🙏🏻

[@WindowNT]

Buy a bloody ladder

[@BigOzExplorers]

Hind sight is a beautiful thing hey! Going to use the car roof rack next time, much easier we hope! 😁

[@ladysusanjane2682]

I’m yelling at my phone....”put ice on it!!” Looks really painful😞

[@BigOzExplorers]

😂😂 I hear you! I had to walk it off for a while though, it was very sore!! It’s healed amazingly though 🙌🏻👌🏻

[@ladysusanjane2682]

Big Oz Explorers fab. You are obviously very healthy and really lucky👌🏻

[@soul15644]

So how many episodes still with ranger

[@BigOzExplorers]

We get the Patrol in the next episode 😁

[@neilcullen7866]

No more cleaning the roof like that, it ain’t worth it!! Can you use the roof of car to get up and down a bit safer?

[@BigOzExplorers]

That’s our plan next time 😁🙌🏻

[@dotharbour4514]

Travelling between states during Covid. Are people unhappy with you potentially spreading disease. We’re hoping to do the grey nomad trip but don’t want to e confronted with angry locals Dot and Bill (in our 70s)

[@BigOzExplorers]

I promise you 99% of people are lovely if your following border guidelines ☺️ things have changed a lot since when Covid first happened and the general community know how to deal with it better now.

[@dotharbour4514]

@@BigOzExplorers thank you

[@sunshinecatcher8779]

Am so confused the rangers back

[@BigOzExplorers]

The Y62 will be coming next episode. We are behind with youtube for time to edit 😁

[@jackiemc862]

Big Oz Explorers that makes sense we have gone from the start and thought we missed an episode lol

[@stephendimech7174]

Hi love watching your shows. But you need to put a ladder on the back of your caravan man

[@BigOzExplorers]

Hind sight is a beautiful thing hey! Going to use the car roof rack next time, much easier and no added weight 👌🏻

[@michaelholmes6152]

I cant see what it is .... the sign fell off ....... It is a water fall ....... My god you are so observant :-)

[@BigOzExplorers]

Haha, I mean what the waterfall name was 😉😜

[@michaelholmes6152]

Big Oz Explorers 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I know but It did come across rather silly, stay safe all of you Greetings from the UK 🇬🇧

[@cruzinoz8783]

Confused as one minute your in patrol then ford ??

[@BigOzExplorers]

Our series is a few weeks behind real-time on socials. Patrol comes in next week 😁

[@lukeduke3001]

oops you just answered my question

[@BigOzExplorers]

😂😂

[@johngiannakos4873]

4 or 5 adds in an hour episode is ok but ten adds in 30 mins .... I try to support small creators and let them play through to help your algorithm but that’s a fair ask 🤷‍♂️ people will just ending up skipping through your content . Keep up the good work!

[@BigOzExplorers]

Thanks for your comment I wasn’t aware there were so many ad’s! It’s hard to keep on top of it all when we’re so far from reception at the Cape! I’ve adjusted them now. We never want that many ads either because we hate it watching others shows too 🤦🏼‍♀️ thanks for following and we won’t have that again for you! 😁👌🏻

[@chuckberry7692]

Didn't you already get the new car?🤷‍♂️

[@soul15644]

I miss turn once I took bdouble in town oops my bad

[@BigOzExplorers]

Oppsie daisy!! 😂

[@soul15644]

Inclose shoes next time hope u ok

[@BigOzExplorers]

We’re shocking for wearing shoes lol

[@lukeduke3001]

do you guys know w,,,, kers put adds through your vlogs

[@BigOzExplorers]

KZbin automatically places bulk ads and I mean to go in and change it but I’ve been so off grid for so long I forgot 🤦🏼‍♀️ I’ve changed it now. Thanks for letting me know. 🙌🏻

[@lukeduke3001]

@@BigOzExplorers cheers mate