Palm cove and Cairns part 2  20th April Continues saga air con it does – Thanks Yoda Third engineer and not much further forward. It looks like the new inverter controlled model that we have is still in NPD stage .We  are now taking up the argument (full scale assault) with the manufacturer and van…
View MorePetanque Oxford Dictionary Definition “The process by which a man and a woman vent their competitive natures in a non verbal no contact sport” We have been playing boules or petanque on our trip. In the early days we didn’t really keep score however now we have honed  rules and a format for our year…
View MoreCairns 10th April On the drive from Innisfail we visit a few of the attractions enroute. Our favourites were the Boulders and St Josephine falls where we went for a cooling swim in the tropical rain forest pools and stream. Cairns is the self proclaimed capital of north Queensland. Its whole reason for being is…
View MoreInnisfail 9th April In two short  drives we moved from vast dusty parched flat plains to mountainous drenched rain forests that drop straight into the ocean. On our way to Innisfail we parked up on a rest area near Millstream. Nice handy spot for our journey. I was up at sparrows fart as usual but…
View MorePorcupine Gorge NP 8th april Some of the best things are not planned. We had intended to head for the Oasis roadhouse on the way north to the coast, however we noticed a great picture in a brochure and decided to head for Porcupine Gorge National Park . It was absolutely fantastic . Weather was…
View MoreHughendon 7th april Any campsite that had no access to recreational running water is on an uphill struggle in the outback in my view !. The river running through the town was completely dry and they lived off borehole supplies. We rolled up in the show ground campsite , set down the van and…
View MoreIf you wanted to mature and age subtly you should have been french cheese . Muttaburra The town famous for the fossil that named the dinosaur muttubuurasaurus and of course the indigenous tribe that named the town after a dairy product mumbler . The exchange hotel is probably the hotel that relies least on travellers that…
View MoreWe arrived on Saturday and were perplexed why every shop was closed and it was only midday. We then saw the sign for “Country Races this Saturday” and made the connection that the town had emptied for the event. Off to the race course to take in this rural event. When we got there the…
View MoreWe had another trip up to Lake Moondarra this time for a quick fish then sunset BBQ tea. No luck with the fishing , due to the weed that forms a skirt all round the edge we could only fish 20sqm of water. This was trawled and baited to death with no success other than…
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