Day 28 Thursday July 3rd 2014 Innisfail to Port Douglas It rained heavily overnight and we get wet hitching up. The road to Cairns is magnificent the lushest part of the journey thus far. Mist covered mountains and every creek … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 28 – Innisfail to Port Douglas
Day 27 Wednesday July 2nd 2014 Innisfail The day begins clear with rain threatening, by lunchtime it is fine and breezy. We spend the morning at the sugar museum at Mourilyan, brushing up on our sugar education, then go out … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 27 – Innisfail
Day 26 Tuesday July 1st 2014 Murray Falls to Innisfail Not far from Murray Falls is the Jumbun Aboriginal Community a small cluster of houses and a general store. Nearby is the cemetery. The graves have no marble or headstones … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 26 – Murray Falls to Innisfail
Day 25 Monday June 30th 2014 Rollingstone to Murray Falls It is a warm clear morning. Ingham the” Italian town” is welcoming and friendly. The information centre is at the TYTO Wetlands and there is a new 48 hour free … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 25 – Rollingstone to Murray Falls
Day 24 Sunday June 29th 2014 Bowen to Rollingstone It’s a warm morning and we have to wait for the other vans to pull out so that we can get enough swing room to leave (and we paid $3 extra … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 24 – Bowen to Rollingstone
Day 23 Saturday June 28th 2014 Mackay to Bowen I expected that driving to FNQ one wouldn’t have to suddenly acclimatise to the sticky heat. How wrong I was. Every day we wake to very different weather. Some mornings it’s … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 23 – Mackay to Bowen
Day 22 Friday June 27th 2014 Bouldercombe to Mackay Ooh it was a chilly night and only 10 degrees and foggy at 8:45 as we leave, thank goodness for those heated seats. We’re chuckling about last night at the Bouldercombe … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 22 – Reaching the wet tropics
Day 21 Thursday June 26th 2014 Town of 1770 to Bouldercombe There is not a cloud in the sky. Outside our window there is a rather regal standard poodle sitting on his rug. He barely moves just guards his family … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 21 – Our 1st Pub Stay
Day 19 Tuesday June 24th 2014 Maroochydore to 1770 It was warm last night and there is condensation on the windows. This morning is warm and sunny with wispy cloud. Tearfully, we say our goodbyes and hit the road yet again. The road across to the Bruce Highway is reminiscent of how all this region once looked. The valley is patch worked with cane fields and the hillsides are lush with rainforest. Towards Gympie we leave the rainforest behind for lightly treed grazing land. At Gympie the river appears innocent but the Aldi and Woolworths stores happen to be built … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 19 – 1770
Day 18 Monday June 23rd 2014 Maroochydore God, this is the life. We sleep like babies and our only concern is the sand on our shoes, in the car and on the van floor. This is a problem that most people would dream of! I walk along the beach as far as Alexandra headland and back. The beach is so wide and flat and the sand so firm. There are surfers out working the small waves and the morning sun glares off the windows of the high-rise buildings. We drive south. People are sitting in the sun drinking coffee at … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 18 – Dicky Beach
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