The Tip – Cape York
The Tip – Cape York Went to ‘The Tip’ today and no I am not talking about a rubbish tip, the most northern point of Cape York and Australia is referred to as ‘The Tip’. Stopped off at the ‘Croc Tent’ which is a canvas tent shop 17kms from ‘The Tip’ with all the Cape […]
Thursday Island
Thursday Island Got the Peddells Ferry at 8am. The journey is lovely out through the islands and takes about 1 hour 10 mins. The ferry was packed we got two of the last tickets. The island itself is tiny only 3.5 square kilometres. We walked from the ferry port to the Green Hill Fort which […]
Seisa
Seisa Decided to stay the night at Seisa caravan park as we want to go to Thursday Island the next day and they let you park the caravan whilst you go over to the island. Lovely camp spot right on the ocean but I was a bit concerned when they said they had security patrolling […]
Fruit Bat Falls
Fruit Bat Falls This was a very welcome break from the red dust. Fantastic to be able to get into the water. There was a beware crocodile signs but I had read that this is a pretty safe swimming spot they only have had crocodiles briefly as the young males pass through looking for new […]
Moreton Telegraph Station
Moreton Telegraph Station On our way here we saw two lots of wild pigs. One pig family crossed the road in front of us so we slowed down and then two more came darting out of the bushes, we liteally missed them by inches. Another 20kms on we see a massive group of over 20 […]
Coen – The Bend Campsite
Coen – The Bend Campsite There was absolutely nothing in Coen not even a fuel station. We were free camping on the river just outside Coen at a place called ‘The Bend’. Nice spot, lots of campers and even more cows wandering around. Previous Next
Hann River Roadhouse
Hann River Roadhouse Left Atherton, called in Mareeba for some supplies and headed north. The intention was to stay in Laura which is about a 3 hour drive. We were probably about 80km out of Mount Molloy and we could see smoke in the distance, we thought it was probably a controlled burn. I hate […]
Atherton Tablelands
Atherton Tablelands The landscape has completely changed today we are on the Atherton Tablelands only 70km south west of Cairns and 700m above sea level. Everything is vibrant green and there are dramatic mountains. The weather has changed too, there a dark clouds and it’s threatening rain. This will be our first rain for 5 […]
Pinnarendi Station
Pinnarendi Station This is a working station 1571 hectares and they farm Brahman cows. It’s run by a fifth generation Atkinson family. It is 2400ft above sea level on the top of the Great Dividing range. The mother of the farmer had family in Pontypridd and she was about to go and visit again. There […]
Oasis Roadhouse – Smallest Pub
Oasis Roadhouse – Smallest Pub Overnight stop at a country pub, this is the smallest pub in Australia or so it claims. It was pretty small only two of us could fit in. Previous Next