Happy 4th of July! We already had our celebration! We are a day earlier! Today, we woke up to our first rainy day. Now we know why it is called a "rainforest." It rained the entire day! We went to the little town area where they have a Sunday Market, we were surprised people were out in the rain. We walked around for a while and then spent most of the day reading, napping and relaxing. At the local grocery we found sparklers, party pops and little A...

Today we left Townsville and drove north to Paluma. There is a fresh water waterfall and creek. It is a place without crocodiles that is in a protected park. There are so many National Parks with designated swimming, hiking, camping spots everywhere! We had a great time, Yes, the water was cold! I will admit, I was looking for snakes and spiders! We then drove to Mission Beach. We will be here for a couple of days. We are officially in the Great Barrier Reef, R...

More Driving! We left Airlie Beach this morning and drove to Townsville. Our entertainment was the extra steering wheel Mike found while running! I do not know how you loose a steering wheel? By the way, Mike is now used to driving on the right side. I even did some driving as well. Airlie Beach was not our favorite destination, much too "tourisity", but we still had a nice afternoon and evening there. The water and Bay area is beautiful but, we didn...

Two days ago, we left Hervey Bay and have been making our way up north through Queensland. There are photos from Hervey Bay of Mike and Sabrina with a Balinese statue. The photos are real "special!" The hotel we were staying at had a Balinese theme and Sabrina claimed the statue "creeped" her out! Of Course, Mike put it next to her while she was sleeping...They had a contest to see who made the best matching face...Mike won! Our road trip y...

After our exciting day at the zoo... We had a great family beach day! The weather is perfect! The entire Hoffmeister Family went surfing. We wore wetsuits at first, then it really warmed up and didn't even need our "wetties"! The water is so clear and beautiful! It was a nice relaxing day! If you look at our latest photo album, I posted some pictures of all the crazy chips they have here! The Aussies thought we were crazy taking photos of the chips at...