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So I am in Cairns for the weekend. Took the opportunity to visit friends who are living in Yungaburra not far from Atherton on the tablelands.

There is a 19km stretch of road on the 80 odd kms trip from Cairns which is simply an epic bit of road. Perfectly maintained so wonderfully smooth, and I imagine in a 5 - unless you were really willing to take the risk of hanging a wheel off and a pretty decent slide/fall down the mountain of rock your are climbing - just an endless series of second gear corners. Some sections are s's on s's on s's - closest thing to snowboarding on wheels I have found

Fair to say the gearbox of the mighty Avis Mitsu ASX I was driving was being rowed along fairly briskly.

Saw an STI headed back down for some fun no doubt.

I lived in Cairns in the '80s, and have often since thought about that road and an MX5.

It must have been resealed relatively recently too so is in perfect condition. Beautiful area too.

I loved going up the Gillies then down the Karanda Range in the 80's on my motorbike in the one day (the girlfiend's father at the time owned Mareeba Honda/Kawasaki). There was a pub where we would all meet at the bottom of the Gillies (and no drinking).

It is a truely glorious road. Even in my Getz rental car

That's for sure. You check out the lakes at the top? Apparently so deep they haven't determined how deep yet, can't get the testing gear in there on the roads.