Townsville & Magnetic Island
Townsville Love Townsville it is a lovely town with a beautiful strand walk and 2 swimming enclosures and a lido. We went up Castle Hill which is this giant rock in the middle of the town. Amazing views over Magnetic Island. Magnetic Island Went on a day trip to ‘Maggie’ as the locals call it. […]
Etty Bay
Etty Bay A tiny little bay surrounded by densely forested hills, a very beautiful place. This bay is known for cassowaries and it didn’t disappoint. There was a very cheeky cassowary who went around the campsite trying to steal any food left out. Our neighbour left some bread rolls out in a plastic bag and […]
Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures
Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures Hartleys was the first place in Australia to breed crocodiles in captivity. They now do crocodile boat tours around the lagoon and do crocodile attack and feeding shows. The crocodile feeding show was good to be able to see the crocs up close and to hear the snap of their jaws which […]
Port Douglas & Agincourt Reef
Port Douglas Love Port Douglas lots of shops, restaurants and bars, a four mile beach and some beautiful walks up to the lookout. We went on the Lady Douglas, a lovely old fashioned boat up the Dickson Inlet for a sunset tour. Not sure why they call it the sunset tour as it goes from […]
Mossman Gorge – Dreamtime Walk
Mossman Gorge – Dreamtime Walk Ed, Julie and I went on the Dreamtime Walk of the gorge. This was a very different experience to my other visits. The indigenous people of this area are the Kuku Yalanji. Our guide Jarred has lived in this area his entire life. First we had a smoking ceremony to […]
Daintree & Cape Tribulation
Daintree & Cape Tribulation We stayed at the Daintree Rainforest Village campsite a lovely spot with beautiful mountain views. It also had the added attraction of having a friendly cassowary ‘Mary’ wandering through the campsite. She is a young female and only left her Dad last year. She didn’t seem to be bothered with us […]
Atherton Tablelands
Atherton Tablelands with Ed & Julie Bonadio RV Camp and Nature Reserve This is a campsite between Atherton and Yungaburra. Really nicely set out near a creek. Heaps of wildlife around, in the evenings they have a wildlife feeding session where there is a feeding table and the pademelons and possums come to get food. […]
Undara Lava Tubes
Undara Lava Tubes The Undara Volcanic National Park is 275km south west of Cairns. This park has one of the longest flows of lava originating from a single volcano, The ‘Undara’. We booked a tour and they drive you out to the lava tube, there is an amazing arch on the way in where the […]
Paronella Park
Paronella Park Situated not far from Innisfail. This is a Spanish Castle built in Australia! It was Jose Paronella’s dream to build a castle for his fiancé Matilda. He arrived from Spain in 1913 from northern Spain. He worked hard for 11 years buying and selling sugar cane farms. He then found this perfect forest […]
The Boulders, Babinda
The Boulders, Babinda Drove in convoy with Ed and Julie following in their motorhome to Babinda to go and see ‘The Boulders’. Lovely spot where you can free camp. There are several lookouts along the boulders one being the Devils Pool. You are not meant to swim in these zones only at the shallower area […]