We were all awake by 7am and were on the road 8. The drive up to Cairns was much prettier then the drive across from the NT border! We were flanked by mountains most of the way and passed endless fields of sugar cane and bananas. Clouds came over and covered the mountains as we hit patches of rain and Jonny thought they were on fire!! We reached Cardwell in time for lunch and had our first glimpse of the ocean - felt like it had been a while! We found a ba...

Unfortunately, Annie didn't sleep very well last night and climbed into bed with us around 2 am. She needed the toilet first so the two of us walked across the camp to the amenity block and saw a few Roos on our way - I miss our ensuite!! By 4 am Nick gave up trying to sleep and moved outside to our camp chairs to have more space! Once everyone was awake at 730 am he came back inside to bed to warm up for an hour as he was frozen. We ate breakfast outside s...

The kids slept through until 730 am and so had had a good twelve hours sleep. Nick and I slept really well too as its so peaceful here compared to the side of the highway!! We had a very slow start to the day and by mid morning the kids had gone round and talked to most people staying here!! We then began a massive cleaning day with Nick and the kids cleaning the car inside and out and I washed all the caravan curtains and windows - anything to try and get r...

Being close to the road felt like being on the LAX runway as road trains roared past all night and shook the van from side to side. Nick and I were awake before 6am, lifted the kids into the car fast asleep and packed up quietly without waking up our poor neighbours. We hit the road again and stopped around 930 am for breakfast and coffee. The road across to Bivouac Junction was extremely slow due to road works and the scenery was exactly the same for hours ...

Today was spent driving, driving and more driving!! We were all awake before 7am and so had breakfast, packed up and were on the road by 830 am. Everyone was keen to get to the Queensland Coast as soon as possible and Nick was happy behind the wheel, so the plan was to get as far as possible before we all needed sleep! We stopped every few hours for petrol, food and the toilet and before the day was over had spent more than $1000 on fuel alone!! We reached ...