We got to townsville and decided to really cheap it out and stay on a BP Petrol Station site, (its not all funa nd games you know) so we got down and dirty with a load of truckers! Actually there were some of the best showers and facilities that we had used yet, got to make the most of every shower we have now! Townsville is the type of place that you could actually settle down and live, theres a port there and a lovely stretch of beach, along the beach they ha...

From the Atherton Tablelands we made our way to Mission Beach back on the trail a little as we are sick of the brush turkey's company. We camped up on the local council campsite that was full of Aussie gypsies. These people know how to live they spend there whole lives liveing out of big double decker busues that they have converted into houses with tv's, air conditioning even gardens and travel round Australia living on cheap campsites drinking beer. We didn't ...

After dragging ourselves away from the home comforts of Tropical Days and saying a teary goodbye to Gabe and Micelle not to mention the cleaners and other guests.Our first stop was the local Coles and shopping for our daily feeds!Our van has a little fridge which is a lifesaver as the 'eskys' need filling with ice everyday and sometimes drench everything you have!We decided to head in land a little and start off in the lush green hills of the Atherton Tablelands,...

After spending about 5 days mincing about tropical Days and pretending to each other that we were 'jetlagged' we finally pulled out our fingers (with the help if Julia) and decided to head up to cape Tribulation for the weekend, seen as the van wasn't ready until Monday, we hired a car and decided to split the cost, about 5 minutes before the taxi arrived to take up to the car rental place we got talking to another guy (Iain) who decided to split the cost even mo...

Well we were off to a flyer on our first visit to Oz (which i can safely say there will be plenty more). After a long long tiring flight overnight Via Darwin we jumped off the plane smelling a little and looking slightly scruffy well i was anyway (Jack doesn't sweat as much as me, even on six hour treks she is bone dry). We visited our first hostel which was full, but they sent us to their sister hostel Tropic Days so we headed there, and were nicley put into a t...