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	! Atherton ! North Queensland, Australia
		Atherton has a population of approximately seven thousand people and is the bustling centre of a farming district.
		Atherton was first settled by Europeans in the early 1880's as a camp for cedar-cutters.
		Atherton was established as a stopover point on the roads from the coast to the Herberton tin fields.
	rainforest-australia.com /atherton.htm (315 words)

	Atherton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Atherton, California, a town located in San Mateo County, California.
		Atherton, Greater Manchester, a town in the borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.
		Atherton, Queensland, a town located approximately 1 hour west of Cairns in Far North Queensland, Australia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atherton (121 words)

	Northern Great Divide and Atherton Tableland, Queensland. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The northern part around the Atherton Tableland is quite different.
		The Atherton tableland is milder with 28 -30C (82 -86F) being the range.
		ATHERTON TABLELAND - A rich volcanic soil plateau located to the south west of Cairns.
	home.iprimus.com.au /ozthunder/oz/atherton.html (367 words)

	Profile of Atherton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Atherton, centrally located on the naturally air-conditioned plateau of the Atherton Tablelands, enjoys a cooler climate than the coast.
		The locals claim Atherton has the best weather in Australia and they could be right, as the Tablelands is well known for its mild tropical climate and is untroubled by climatic extremes such as flood, droughts or destructive cyclonic winds.
		Atherton's real estate market is one of the most stable in the district, with very little fluctuation in prices.
	www.health.qld.gov.au /hospitals/community_profiles/profile.asp?ProfileName=Atherton (1340 words)

	Atherton Shire Council Online welcomes you to its Tableland Paradise on the Atherton Tablelands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		To travel to Atherton Shire which is 90kms south-west of Cairns in the highlands (and ranges from 500m to 1280m above sea level covering 620km² in area), can be by air (arriving in Cairns), and road.
		You will enjoy the tropical climate that the Atherton Tablelands/Cairns Highlands is renown for - pleasant temperatures ranging between 17°C and 25°C, September to June and between 5°C and 14°C from July to August, cool summer nights and mild, sunny winter days without the high humidity experienced in coastal areas.
		Atherton, in the heart of the Atherton Tablelands (Cairns Highlands), has much to offer, and we invite you to tour our site and enjoy.
	www.athertonsc.qld.gov.au (862 words)

	Len Webb Australian Ecological Images - Listing - Landscapes
		Fragment of monsoon forest on granite boulders in savanna.
		Deciduous vine thicket in steeply incised gully with Eucalyptus on ridges.
		Typical pattern of eucalypt woodland on frequently burnt ridges and sharp boundary with rainforest downslope, higher fertility soils.
	www.gu.edu.au /ins/collections/webb/landscape.html (7803 words)

	atherton queensland australia - sunzine - guide to atherton tablelands queensland
		Atherton's primitive ferns and giant kauri pines grow much as they did hundreds of millions of years ago.
		Atherton Tablelands, towns, are among the tidiest in Australia, the gardens a brilliant mix of tropical and cool climate trees and flowers.
		Stay in a classic old hotel, Atherton Motel, Atherton Rainforest Motor Inn, guest house, bed and breakfast or caravan park and take time to visit the excellent restaurants, weekend markets, galleries and art and craft shops.
	www.sunzine.net /farnorth/atherton.html (452 words)

	FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND
		Far North Queensland offers a wide variety of things to do for the visitor, including plenty of activities and places to visit.
		Whatever you want you will find it, whether it is to the National Parks and waterfalls within the Atherton Tableland, the rainforests of Cape Tribulation and the Daintree, or diving on the Great Barrier Reef.
		This whole area is home to the Greater Daintree Rainforest and makes up a large majority of the 0.1.5% of rainforest in Queensland today, which is half of the 0.3% in the whole of Australia.
	www.australianexplorer.com /far_north_queensland.htm (916 words)

	AusEmade: Atherton Tablelands Information and Attractions, Queensland (QLD), Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Atherton Shire is on the tropical Atherton Tableland, situated between Bellenden Ker Range and the Great Dividing Range, 90 km south-west of Cairns.
		Atherton enjoys cool summer nights and mild, sunny winter days and rarely suffers from the high humidity experienced in coastal areas.
		The Atherton Tableland is accessible from the coast via four major highways: the Palmerston Highway near Innisfail, the Gillies Highway near Gordonvale, the Kennedy Highway which passes through Kuranda and Smithfield to the north of Cairns, and the Rex Range Road near Mossman.
	www.ausemade.com.au /qld/destination/a/atherton-tableland.htm (788 words)

	! Atherton Tablelands ! Tropical North Queensland, Australia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Visitors are attracted to the Waterfalls and Crater Lakes District of The Atherton Tablelands by the variety of wildlife.
		The early mornings are perfect for bird watching and, if you're quiet, you may spot a shy Platypus in a creek, or a Musky Rat-kangaroo foraging on the forest floor.
		The Tablelands are accessible from the coast via four major highways: the Palmerston Highway near Innisfail; the Gillies Highway near Gordonvale; the Kennedy Highway which passes through Kuranda and Smithfield to the north of Cairns; and the Rex Range Road near Mossman.
	atherton-tableland.com /index.html (291 words)

	Tropical Tableland Tourism - Welcome...Discover...Enjoy
		The Atherton Tableland in the Cairns Highlands is a blend of the best attractions of the tropics; a combination of nature and lifestyle at its finest.
		The farm and grazing lands are "the food bowl" of the northern tropics - yielding a constant supply of fruit, vegetables and grains to local and export markets.
		The rural landscape of the Atherton Tableland is green throughout most of the year, with a temperature which rarely exceeds 30 degrees C. Everything, including the people, thrives on this cool tropical plateau some 600-1100 metres above sea level where temperatures and humidity are lower than on the coastal plain.
	www.athertontableland.com (436 words)

	Atherton Tablelands Travel Guide
		The Atherton Tablelands is Tropical North Queensland’s highland getaway.
		Visitors to Tropical North Queensland often assume that the main attractions are found on the coast, or in coastal waters.
		The Atherton Tableland is an ideal self-drive destination, and we are happy to assist you with car hire, should you be taking up this option.
	www.tablelands.org (467 words)

	Queensland Australia Bed & Breakfast Inn - Atherton Blue Gum Bed and Breakfast - FindBnB.com
		Atherton Blue Gum is situated high on Hallorans Hill which is an extinct volcano with an environmental walk into its crater.
		Atherton Blue Gum is 1.5 kms from the Main St of Atherton, close to restaurants, shops, and Pubs.
		We are central to all the Attractions of the Atherton Tablelands and the Region.
	www.findbnb.com /2297 (247 words)

	! Endangered Sclerophyll ! Tropical Rainforest, North Queensland, Australia
		One of north Queensland's leading bird researchers makes it a daily event and in the process, has discovered valuable information about a shrinking landscape.
		With new evidence that rainforests are invading the wet sclerophyll forests at an alarming rate, scientists are assessing the impact of rainforest invasion on the wet sclerophyll flora and fauna.
		Angie argues that in northeast Queensland the forest supports a different bird population from the southern wet sclerophyll forests.
	rainforest-australia.com /endangered_sclerophyll.htm (1003 words)

	ATHERTON TABLELAND, QUEENSLAND, NATIONAL PARKS IN QUEENSLAND, WATERFALLS IN THE ATHERTON TABLELANDS, PLACES TO VISIT IN ...
		Atherton Tableland stretches from Innisfail in North Queensland to Cairns in Far North Queensland.
		Once you get to Atherton, a definite must are the great Crystal Caves, which are a geological museum.
		From Malanda you can head west to Atherton, north west to Curtain Fig and Yungaburra which makes a great base from which to explore the Atherton Tableland, or north east towards the Crater Lakes National Park.
	www.australianexplorer.com /atherton_tableland.htm (584 words)

	MickTravels to Queensland, Australia -- Atherton Tablelands
		Our first stop on the way to the Atherton Tablelands (after the bank to change money, anyway) was Kuranda, a shopping village in the forested hills northwest of Cairns.
		If you go to the Atherton Tablelands and are looking for a great sandwich, stop at the large white house restaurant (I think they called it a tea room) just at the turnoff pointing you towards Millaa Millaa falls.
		In a small lawn near the small main street of the town we found a masked lapwing that was close enough to photograph.
	www.micktravels.com /australia/atherton_tablelands (2353 words)

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		Atherton was named after one of its founders, John Atherton, and it became a town on February 23, 1886.
		John Atherton was born on August 9, 1837 in Lancashire, England.
		In 1873 Atherton took up Cashmere Station at the headwaters of the Burdekin River, but sold out in 1875 and moved west to the tableland country.
	atherton.floristaustralia.net.au (272 words)

	NPP Tropical Forest: Atherton, Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Two of the Atherton sub-sites, Wongabel (17.32 S 145.50 E) and Gadgarra (17.30 S 145.72 E), are located within State Forest Reserves of 635 ha and 15,280 ha, respectively, Wongabel being about 5 km south of the town of Atherton.
		The third sub-site, Tableland (17.28 S 145.57 E) is 12 km east of Atherton, on similar soils to Wongabel.
		Overall, the sites are situated about 24 km apart on the Atherton tableland, a flat to undulating plateau of about 700-800 m elevation, approximately 30 km due west of the coastline.
	daac.ornl.gov /NPP/site_des/ath_des.html (406 words)

	BioForum 7 - Cracraft 13
		In this hypothetical example we see the parrot in the southeast of Australia is related to the parrot in East Queensland.
		They in turn are related to finch 3 in Atherton and then finally they are related to finch 4 on Cape York.
		All this hypothesis requires is three geological, climatic, or ecological events to separate the areas and allow isolated populations to diverge into new species.
	www.accessexcellence.org /bioforum/bf07/cracraft/bf07c13.html (383 words)

	Whitecar Coaches - servicing Cairns - Atherton Tablelands since 1926
		We hope we may be of service to you when next you wish to be chauffeured between Cairns and the Atherton Tablelands.
		- Ravenshoe to Herberton - Atherton - Mareeba - Cairns
		Cairns on the coast and the beautiful Atherton Tablelands (also known as the Cairns Highlands) are serviced by our coaches.
	users.qldnet.com.au /~whitecars (523 words)

	ATHERTON BLUE GUM TOURS, ATHERTON, QUEENSLAND
		There will be an opportunity to stop off at the 2-storey hide for bird watching at Hasties Swamp and then Hallorans Hill environmental lookout on the edge of an extinct volcano before descending the Great Dividing Range to sea level for a late lunch on the Coast.
		These properties are situated in some of the most stunning locations on the Tablelands overlooking lakes, mountains or even in the heart of our Rainforest.
		All are members of ATAG (Atherton Tablelands Accommodation Group).
	www.australianexplorer.com /atherton_blue_gum_tours.htm (754 words)

	The Traveler's Roost: Birding Queensland, Australia
		South-east Queensland is generally defined as the area from the border with New South Wales in the south to Gympie in the north and Dalby in the west with it's largest city Brisbane rapidly joining the Gold Coast.
		Rose Gums is on the high, rainforest-cloaked eastern edge of the Atherton Tablelands in Tropical North Queensland.
		Birding tours from the tropical forest of the east coast to the arid outback in the west to mangroves and monsoon forest of the north.
	www.bigpockets.com /roost/australia/queensland.html (1042 words)

	Brief History of Atherton Shire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The history and background of Atherton Shire traced from its beginning in 1875 to the current day Atherton which is renown for its friendly, relaxed, country lifestyle but with all the modern day conveniences of a city.
		Please note that the information supplied on this site on the Atherton history is by no means the complete history of Atherton Shire.
		Tablelands of North Queensland - Atherton and Evelyn Tablelands
	www.athertonsc.qld.gov.au /history.htm (233 words)

	Atherton, Queensland - Travelmate
		The Atherton Tableland, which guards the western front of the rainforest-covered hinterland of Cairns, is rightly regarded as one of Australia’s natural wonders.
		Set in the heart of one of the oldest land masses in Australia, the Tableland and its 'capital', the town of Atherton, take their names from John Atherton, one of the area's early white pioneers, prospectors and pastoralists.
		The town of Atherton is central to many of the area's attractions, making an excellent base for a few days of relaxed exploration.
	www.travelmate.com.au /Places/Places.asp?TownId=77 (441 words)

	Queensland Museum - Queensland Stories - Sugar, Shops and Pearls - Restricted Business
		In 1907, when Fong On and Siu Chai Hee with their two Australian-born daughters moved to Atherton, Queensland, handprints were taken to establish their identities.
		A quarter-acre allotment on Main Street, Atherton, was purchased in the name of their 22-year-old, Australian-born daughter Maude.
		John Fong On is currently the custodian of the Atherton Temple (Hou Wang Miau) constructed in Chinatown 1902-3.
	www.qm.qld.gov.au /features/qldstories/ssp/restrictedbusiness.asp (402 words)

	Uncle Brians - Waterfalls - 1 Day Tour - Cairns - Atherton Tablelands - Queensland - Australia
		You will be walking and talking, exploring, swimming, rock -sliding, singing and relaxing in some of the worlds most spectacular waterfalls, floating in a volcanic crater lake, platypus spotting and mostly, experiencing the most informative and relaxed tour on offer in this area.
		This is the only way to see the Atherton Tablelands, The Waterfalls and The Wildlife in a truly unique and unforgettable way.
		Uncle Brian's Atherton Tablelands and Waterfalls Tour is world famous for its outstanding intimate and personal way that it takes you on this magical journey.
	www.ozmagic.homestead.com /RTDTWaterfalls1Day.html (592 words)

	Atherton Tablelands Holiday House \| Luxury Atherton Tablelands Holiday Accommodation \| Atherton Tablelands Vacation ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Summit Rainforest Retreat is located in the Cairns Highlands, also known as the Atherton Tablelands, in Far North Queensland, Australia.
		The retreat is situated on the summit of an extinct volcano and commands the highest point in Atherton.
		The Summit Rainforest Retreat is unique, in its quality, the number of guests it can cater for, its position and the native fauna and flora that surrounds it.
	www.summitrainforestretreat.com (305 words)

	Atherton Blue Gum bed and breakfast inn - Atherton, Queensland
		A delightful, unique, timber "Queenslander", situated in the Cairns Highlands, Far North Queensland, Australia.
		At Atherton Blue Gum we have B&B rooms as well as a two bedroom apartment.
		The B&B rooms sleep a maximum of 4 persons in the Standard family room and 3 persons in the Deluxe or Superior rooms.
	www.lanierbb.com /inns/wwbb7946.html (389 words)

	Atherton Tablelands bed and breakfasts,apartment,house,B&B,Atherton Tablelands,Cairns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Atherton Blue Gum B&B or The Summit Rainforest Retreat
		Please view the Atherton Tablelands - Cairns Highlands Visitor Information page.
		Includes Cairns, Port Douglas, Daintree and Cape Tribulation, Mission Beach, Northern, Central and Southern Atherton Tablelands, (now known as the Cairns Highlands), and "Outback".
	www.athertonbluegum.com (132 words)

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