We left Yeppoon on Friday morning and travelled down to the Town of 1770 and after a fairly uneventful drive we arrived just after noon. It's only a small town, but it sits right on the beach and from on top of the hill you could see out over the reef. However, finding something to eat was far more important to us all, so we took a walk down to the local shopping area. Here we found a butcher that seemed to be selling by animal weights, as we managed to get one m...

After arriving in Airlie beach on Friday, we started looking around at the various different cruises that were available and settled on a smaller looking boat that promised good food, great views and a truly relaxing experience. What more could we want??? The only thing that we still needed to do was find somewhere to stay for a couple of days until the boat set sail as nobody fancied sleeping in the car for that long! Luckily enough we were recommended a place ...

Ok, so we said there would be no more walking, and that really was the intention but we don't think that Lynn believes us!! We arrived in Townsville on Wednesday afternoon, and after checking into some digs we took a look around the place. The Strand along the ocean front is really nice, although the memorial gardens are a little strange, as they start talking to you about the war as you walk passed!! There's also a really cool water park area with huge cannon's...

We are moving on again today after doing our best to kill Lynn and Leslie on Dunk Island yesterday! We arrived in South Mission Beach on Monday after leaving Cairns behind and booked ourselves onto the boat taxi across to Dunk Island for the next day, before having a look around the town. We headed back to our apartment after a couple of hours and after a run along the beach it was an early night in preparation of a relaxing day on the island, soaking up some su...

We are back in Cairns for possibly the last time, having spent the last couple of days in Cape Tribulation.After collecting Bruce from the garage (yes, he needed fixing already!) we loaded him up with our worldly possessions for the next year and headed north for some sun, sand and sea. Our tank made the journey fairly successfully whist we got our heads around the gas to petrol change over's and were soon back on the ferry across the Daintree. When we arrive...