Roads Less Travelled

The weather is really miserable. It is raining and there is a strong south easterly blowing. The plan was to do 60km to Babinda Boulders free camp as it is really beautiful and the swimming is fantastic. Well in this weather, that isn’t going to work out. As we have fond memories of the area…

Cairns is surrounded by the most beautiful green mountains which have stunning waterfalls heading all the way up to the Atherton Tablelands. We came into Cairns to pick up a few bits that we needed and ended up staying for three nights. We had the ever present Curlews staring at us with their perceived evil…

After leaving the farm we headed to Mareeba, first stop was Coffee Works. Enjoyed a good coffee and shared a pastry. Then onwards to Kuranda which is a village placed at the edge of the Atherton Tablelands just before we start our descent into Cairns. We visited the Butterfly sanctuary which was awesome. Then back…

Before leaving town we had a coffee at the Driftwood cafe that really looked nice. Well the coffee was good and so were the pastries. Hit the road south and slowly made our way back into the Atherton Tablelands and stayed at Mary Creek Farm. It was a $20 donation for the night and a…

The drive to Cooktown is  very short and we arrived around 11am. Found a caravan park in town and tried our luck. Yes we managed to get in. A stroke of luck as most sites are full this time of year. Set up and then had a lovely walk around town. Cooktown 22nd August 2022…

Packed up and drove to the car wash to give the van a quick once over as we keep getting covered in red dust just by being in the near vicinity of the van. Then on the highway North towards Cooktown. On the way we stopped in at the Palmer River Road House for lunch…

Day 1-We drove into town for an early morning coffee and pastry before catching up with Gabby and Peter. For some reason when the four of us get together we end up talking ourselves into pastries, lunch dinner drinks etc. Not sure what it is but that’s how it ends up.  Peter and I walked…

Got up early for the sunrise and a coffee on the beach. Packed up and hit the road to Port Douglas. This is a spectacular drive all along the coast. Set up camp 9 km outside of town at the big 4 which surprised us as our site was lined with small palms giving us…

Because the weather is not that great we decided to take a drive to Innisfail and have a walk around town. This turned out to be very interesting as the town was destroyed by cyclone in 1918 and many of the buildings were rebuilt in Art Deco style which was popular at the time. It…

The Cassowary Coast Another short drive to Etty Bay which is known for it’s Cassowaries. The Cassowaries are really fierce birds. They are very big with incredibly strong legs and talons that can disembowel a person with one slash. They look quite jurassic with their horn like growth on their head. Etty Bay is very…