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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
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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”
Wake at about 6:30 to the soothing rumbles of a damn truck, pumping out the septic tanks. Ah how’s the serenity?
Continue reading “Day 16 – Murray Falls to Paronella Park”
Up, drop off the car, get the courtesy car to drop me at the radiology centre, x-ray done, and I’m back at the caravan park by about 9:30.
A day to get washing done and do a little more re-arranging of stuff in the van. Let the kids go for a swim to burn off some energy.
Continue reading “Day 13 – Townsville”
About 3 hours of driving today, but as we are already booked in to a van park in Townsville, it doesn’t really matter what time we arrive, so we are in no rush.
Continue reading “Day 12 – Airlie Beach to Townsville”
We’ve got two days to get to Townsville, so we can take the car in for its service on Tuesday morning. We’re aiming for Airlie beach today, which is only about an hour away, that will leave a 3 hr drive on Monday, but we don’t need to be there till late Monday.
Continue reading “Day 11 – Halidays Bay to Airlie Beach”
We got up a lot earlier than I would have ever voluntarily done at home. So after we collected our possessions that had been distributed around Justine’s mum’s place and had breakfast we were on the road just before 9, but not before the next door neighbour brought over a small turtle he just found in the corner of his garden. Justine’s mum is a huge greenie, so was happy to take it down to the local wetlands. At the time the turtle was not showing heaps of life, but we’ve since been assured it is alive and well.
Continue reading “Day 6 – 1770, or Seventeen Seventy, or the Town of 1770.”