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After a bad night sleeping wise we got up at 6 am and Emma gave me a lift to the airport. Just before we left it was my turn to frantically search for my tooth brush but luckily she found it. Check in and flight were uneventful but the girl next to me had a … Continue reading Bye bye Australia 🙁 Hello New Zealand 🙂
On Wednesday 25th October, we took the 7.5 km Skyrail Rainforest Cableway to Kuranda. The scenic views over the Barron Gorge National Park in the Wet Tropics of Queensland’s World Heritage Area are amazingly beautiful. Kuranda itself is awful, being a very touristy place, but luckily we were booked on the earlier vintage train back to … Continue reading Kuranda
On Tuesday 24th October, we set off to see the Crater Lakes but got distracted by a signpost for the Curtain Fig Tree. Back on track and after a quick stop in Yungaburra we made it to Lake Eacham, and after a little detour to Lake Barrine, where you can enjoy a rainforest cruise or … Continue reading Atherton Tablelands and finally… Cairns!
On Monday 23rd October, we left the campsite and the frog behind for a golden gumboot. The welly is 7.9 m high and marks the maximum amount of the rainfall the wettest town Australia’s, Tully, ever had. We quickly stopped at South Mission Beach and got petrol and provisions in Mission Beach. As we were … Continue reading The beauty and power of nature
On Sunday 22nd October, I woke up with earache because of the wind on the speedboat the day before. It was dry and sunny but our clothes were still damp. We packed all our stuff and wanted to check out but a huge number of backpackers was queueing at reception. A little bit naughty but … Continue reading Townsville
On Saturday 21st October, we went on a tour through the Whitsundays. Our speedboat departed from Abell Point Marina in Airlie Beach at 8.30 am. The weather was kind to us and our first stop was a posh resort on one of the 74 islands where we picked up six more tourists. After another 40 … Continue reading Whitsundays
On Friday 20th October, at 9 am, we went to the Capricorn Caves for the first tour of the day because we still had a lot of driving ahead of us. The older lady who showed us round did a brilliant job being very enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and a great storyteller. At Cathedral Cave she created … Continue reading Caves, beaches… and three spaceships in a row
When we woke up the next morning it was rather warm in the van because the sun was shining. Hooray! Before we left for Rockhampton we spent half an hour in quest for Emma’s toothbrush but couldn’t find it anywhere… ? On our way to Agnes Waters and the Town of 1770 we had to … Continue reading The Town That Could Not Be Reached
On Wednesday 18th October, we woke up to a drizzle and got ready for our day trip to Fraser Island. Around 7.30 am the bus picked us up right in front of the caravan park and brought us to the ferry. On the boat to Fraser Island I met the Austrian girl from the Uluru … Continue reading Fraser Island
The next morning we yet again had to wear our waterproofs to go to the toilets. That wasn’t even fun the first time round and thanks to my flipflops my pyjama bottoms looked as if I had diarrhoea… 😉 Once we were organised and ready to go, we drove to the Glass House Mountains, which rise … Continue reading Sunshine Coast in the rain