Follow the Tableland trail to historic Tarzali.
A small rural village on Millaa Millaa road, Tarzali was built on fertile and well-timbered soil as a closer settlement to its neighbour Malanda. The railway from Malanda was built through very rugged country and eventually reached Tarzali in 1916 and the final stage of the railway to Millaa Millaa was completed in 1921.
It is thought that the name Tarzali is derived from an aboriginal expression describing a eucalypt species, the area was very rugged and heavily timbered, and in 1915 supported two timber mills, Dunlop Saw Mill and Reid’s Saw Mill, requiring 14 teamsters and their bullock teams to haul timber to these mills, local dairy farmers railed their milk and milk products to factories near Atherton. In the 1950s the factories turned to 
road transport for milk, Tarzali milk was sent to the Malanda and Millaa Millaa factories supplementing milk supplies for the longest milk run in the world Malanda Milk.
The railway closed in 1964.In its heyday there was a post office, Primary School, Hotel, two sawmills and the railway (1915-1967)
Today you will find an expert craftsman at Tarzali Saddles specialising in personally designed hand crafted western saddles, a visit to the saddler will delight any horse lover, take in the aroma of leather imported 
from Ohio USA while watching an expert saddler at work. Leather art a relatively new concept is on display. Many accolades worldwide have been attributed to Tarzali Saddles and their ornamental miniature saddles find homes all around the world.
The Australian Platypus Park, just minutes from Tarzali on the highway heading towards Millaa Millaa, you will see man made Tarzali Lakes, home to several communities of platypus, the lakes house the largest population of wild billed Platypus in Australia, numbering over 70 animals, and is one of the few places in Australia where you are guaranteed to see this rare and most ancient mammal in its own habitat. Tarzali Lakes Aquaculture centre provides fun for the whole family with recreational fishing where you may select from catch and keep to catch and release fishing. Tarzali is 25 minutes from Atherton (28.9 klms-12 miles) and 8 klms from Malanda