Cape Tribulation - 21st September Cape Tribulation Car Kilometers: 179,389 Distance Travelled: 276km Total Distance Travelled: 11,138km We leave the Tablelands and pootle up and down the green and pleasant hills, towards Cape Tribulation, our northernmost stop on the east coast, since we've now decided not to bother going up to Cooktown.On the way we stop at a coffee sampling place, where we enjoy a proper coffee (Dave), and a chilli hot chocolate (me).We s...

Atherton Tablelands - 19th September 2008 Atherton Car Kilometers: 179,113 Distance Travelled: 579km Total Distance Travelled: 10,862km We found the Atherton Tablelands, slightly inland between Cairns and Innisfail, by accident. We had both read the section of the book and decided to leave it until we were on our way back down from Cooktown. Fortunately for us, Ken (our trusty sat nav) decided that the fastest route to Cooktown from Townsville was via this...

Townsville - 16th September 2008 Townsville Car Kilometers: 178,534 Distance Travelled: 655km Total Distance Travelled: 10,283km Despite the fact that we had no tent to pack up in the morning, and that we had slept well in the caravan, we still didn't manage to leave Winton until about 10.00am. Mainly because of the bacon sandwich as a breakfast treat. It did take a while to get to us but they were so friendly in doing it we didn't feel the urge to compla...

Winton - Monday 15th September Winton Car Kilometers: 177,879 Distance Travelled: 186km Total Distance Travelled: 9628km Since we'd stayed on an extra day in Longreach to pick up the pump and pegs, we plan to stay just one night in Winton.It's not too far from Longreach, and despite leaving there at 10ish, we're in Winton by lunchtime.We head to the only campsite in town first, who assure us that there are plenty of pitches free and to come back later if we ...

Longreach - 13th September 2008 Longreach Car Kilometers: 177,693 Distance Travelled: 659km Total Distance Travelled: 9442km Mount Isa to Longreach was a long drive of around 650kms, and if anyone is following the route on the map it may seem a little off route as by this time we were heading over towards the east coast. It did in fact add around 200kms onto the trip east but I feel under the circumstances this was well worth it. The circumstances I am ref...