To celebrate that I have been on the road for 9 months I decided to go pay the Great Barrier Reef some attention. It was a cold morning and very cloudy, however it didn't get any better as the day went on. Took around 3 hours to get to the Reef, was like being on a rollercoaster it was so windy and the ocean was swaying really badly, a few people were sick off the side. We were given wetsuits, fins and I pulled out my own snorkel and mask. We arrived at the poi...

So we had to cut short our 7 day trip down to 5. I organised a pick up and the hire company paid for everything and even refunded three days back, so bonus. Would have been nice to travel through the other parts but we ended up driving through so go to see Kurana and Mareeba. We got back to Cairns, dropped off our stuff and got a private three bed room. Then went over to the office and sorted out the refund! Spent the next 4 days in Cairns, sorting out things a...

Nope that was not the case…..got up in the morning, did all the engine checks, checked the fluids levels, oil etc, but nothing was empty. I went off and phoned the breakdown people who were first coming out and then as they couldnt get authorisation from the hire company said either we paid $400 for someone to come or wait till Monday. The nearest town was Mount Molloy where they would come but that was a good 180km away. But me being me, I decided to drive t...

The fourth day we drove to Cooktown, famous for James Cook. It was an old town not very busy and again everything was really spaced out. Ended up finding a lady who cut my hair for $15 (£9) bargain and then we set off back to the roadhouse where we stayed the night before. On the way back we saw tons of wallabies wandering onto the road at one point had to do an emergency stop and everything in the back came flying forward…..couldn't stop laughing , no one wa...

The third day we set off to Cape Tribulation however driving off was a problem as the wheel got stuck in the mud but I eventually pulled it out and off we went. An aussie woman was cheering at me as i pulled it...was quite funny. The beach was amazing at Cape tribulation white sand and blue sea with a blue sky was so warm that day. We then headed back to the ferry crossing, stopped at a tea plantation and at an ice cream place and then headed up as far as we c...