Yesterday we left the big smoke of Cairns and drifted about 2 hours south and ended up at a caravan park right on the beach opposite Dunk Island at South Mission The sun was shining and the wind only light when we arrived and it was a beautiful sight. We set up then had a drive around the local area and organised a white water rafting trip on the nearby Tully River and a sailing trip out to the reef for later in the week. We intend to stay here about a week or s...

Day 50 OMG only 40 to go!!! All without any blood on the floor from me and Mike having a go at each other. As for my eye its a great colour now lots of dark black,, crimson, dirty yellow and the swelling has gone down some. It is funny that when we are out together and people look at me they then look at Mike but at me and you can see what they are thinking, not happy with Mike but he had nothing to do with it. Today another bright and sunny day so off we go at ...

Yesterday Innisfail about 80km south of here recorded 6 inches (175mm) of rain in 24 hours !!! Whilst I don't know what it ended up being in Cairns is was a lot too So you can imagine our relief upon waking this morning not to see a cloud in the sky. Only our second really decent day in the week of being here. I took the time to try to remove some of the new mould from the outside of the caravan and canopy and Susie got a bit of washing done We headed off to ge...

OK everyone its another first, it has been raining now since 7pm last night non stop, s*** s*** s***, b***** b***** poop poop. Never mind I suppose it had to happen and I suppose its at a good time seeing my "accident" has made me a little slower. I am now offically a slow injured eye shinner SLOTH. That being said yesterday after waking to a bright sunny morning with pancake smells drifting past our site we set off with plates in hand to the pool area to have ...

EXCLUSIVE NEWS It was announced yesterday that Susie Stroud has officially retired from what was at one stage considered a budding tennis career. The decision was made last night in the waiting room of the Cairns Base Hospital Emergency dept when for the 10th time in the last 5 hours she asked 'what happened, was I winning, did I get the point ?' The day had begun for Susie with promise, and early pedicure and massage then a lunch of Singapore noodles followed ...