One Small Lap
Everyone sleeps in a bit more than would be expected. Up and breakfast and I take the short walk up to the dam wall. There are a huge number of birds here, I guess it is the only permanent water for a while around.
Nearby to Undara is Kalkani Crater, an extinct volcano crater, it’s about 15km away. It was too hot to think about walking up there yesterday, and given our tour today is at 10:30 we can sneak in a side trip this morning. We are there at 8am, but it is already pretty warm.
Continue reading “Day 25 – Undara to Georgetown.”
We’ve only got about 150km to go today so we’re off to a slow start.
We backtrack about 10km and visit Millstream Falls, Really beautiful, it’s unfortunate that you can’t actually get down to the water as it look really inviting.
A slow start, and we head into Port Douglas to have a look at the town and do some shopping before we head west. Port Douglas is a whole lot different to the towns around it. It’s a town not really designed for Vans. Boats yes, Vans No.
Continue reading “Day 23 – Newell Beach to Archers Creek”
Today we are up early as I want to try and visit Cooktown. Now I should let you know I have this absolute hatred of going over the same road twice. Fortunately there are two ways to get to Cooktown. The inland road and the coast road. The inland road is about 300km of regular country highway. The coast road is more interesting.
Continue reading “Day 22 – Newell Beach to Cooktown and Return”
Today we booked on the 9:45 scenic train from Freshwater up to Kuranda. We need to drive to Smithfield and park the car and van, which is actually the end of the trip, from here we pick up a bus to take us to Freshwater to start the train journey. It took me a few goes to work out the plan.
Continue reading “Day 21 – Cairns to Newell Beach”
Day 20 – Cairns & Great Barrier Reef
Early start as we need to be over at the Cairns wharf at 8:30. Justine goes to the office to get the tickets and we queue up to board the large dual hull boat
Continue reading “Day 20 – Cairns & Great Barrier Reef”
Given the Train trip to Kuranda didn’t work out today we have another day of rest.
Continue reading “Day 19 – Cairns”
Today is just going to be a complete day off. Let the kids spend some time out of their car seats and have some fun.
Continue reading “Day 18 – Cairns”
The two day park pass included the three guided tours (day, night and hydro plant), but it also included an overnight site in their caravan park. Justine took advantage of the quiet and took Liam over in the morning. They were over there at 8am before the first tours so they had the place practically to themselves.
Continue reading “Day 17 – Paronella Park to Cairns”