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 […]
Cairns and Surrounds
Cairns and Surrounds Cairns Lagoon Stayed in the middle of Cairns for one night and there was a completely different vibe. Heaps of young foreign travellers camping in tents all using Cairns as their hopping off point for reef tours and other activities. Went to the Cairns Lagoon on the front it was lovely. Nice […]
Newell Beach
Newell Beach Only 4kms outside Mossman a tiny little village on the coast with a tiny caravan site. Love this caravan site it’s so small and just across the road from the beach and it has a pool. The beach is about 3km long and it’s a lovely morning walk. My days when Simon is […]
Port Douglas
Port Douglas Port Douglas is beautiful especially the famous Four Mile Beach. We were just there for a day trip will be staying there in a few weeks time. Previous Next