Day 54 Tuesday July 29th 2014 Croydon to Normanton It’s another clear hot morning and hundreds of galahs wheel overhead, oh that sweet air. The road is good, very good and straight and flat. As always there are hundreds of … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 54 – Normanton
Day 53 Monday July 28th 2014 Undara to Croydon It is a warm sunny morning the road is lined with piles of basalt rocks the soil ranges in colour from pink through to red. The sky is cloudless. As far … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 53 – And on to Croydon
Day 52 Sunday July 27th 2014 Undara Lava Tubes There are kangaroos hopping around the van and currawongs perching on the awning. We drive out to Kalkani Crater and walk around the rim. It gives us a good perspective of … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 52 – Kalkani Crater
Day 51 Saturday July 26th 2014 Ravenshoe to Undara Ravenshoe is jumping this morning the sun is shining and the town is gearing up for a Pyjama Dance Party, whatever that is it sounds like fun. Folks are out on … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 51 – Undara Lava Tubes
Day 50 Friday July 25th 2014 Rocky Creek to Ravenshoe We wake to misty rain and it is cool. After leaving Atherton we climb into the hills to Herberton where we visit Herberton Historic Village. On the way we have … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 50 – Under a cloud in the highest town in Qld
Day 49 Thursday July 24th 2014 Cooktown to Rocky Creek A cool evening turned into a warm windy night. We’re up early and pack up quickly to hit the road. This has been a lovely town unspoilt, with a relaxed … Continue reading it’s a long way to the top, Day 49 – Rocky Creek War Memorial
Day 48 Wednesday July 23rd 2014 Cooktown It has been raining since the wee hours. But a little rain won’t stop us touring. Keatings Lagoon which is a paperbark swamp filled with waterlilies and crocodiles, of course. There is a croc warning sign telling us not to go near the water’s edge, yet the dirt path is so close that the water is lapping! We walk very quickly and pray. Black Mountain is a huge mound of black volcanic rocks with nothing growing on it except fig trees that have long enough roots to find nutrients, somewhere. We have the … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 48 – Into the Lion’s Den
Day 47 Tuesday July 22nd 2014 Cooktown I’m only keeping this journal so that we know what day it is! As I eat breakfast a green ant walks up my arm and a seriously cute brown dome shaped beetle walks … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 47 – Getting to know Cooktown
Day 46 Monday July 21st 2014 Endeavour River to Cooktown It is much cooler this morning, cool enough to eat indoors. We pack up as G & S head off to the Lion’s Den Hotel. We brace ourselves for the … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 46 – Cooktown
Day 45 Sunday July 20th 2014 Endeavour River It was a cool evening and the day gradually warms with a light breeze. I wake to a massive headache which is no surprise as the empty wine bottle is labelled Dragon’s … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 45 – A place of endless fascination
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