Croydon
30 czerwca 2019, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Breakfast. Long stretches of straight road to here was a little unexpected. Small roo’s, cattle and a slow walking lizard make up the alive wildlife along the way. Nice old style street lamps around Czytaj więcej
Gilbert river
30 czerwca 2019, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Long narrow bridge. Lots of area for water but where is it?
Georgetown
30 czerwca 2019, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Our first puncture repair ... fortunately in the shade and with a compressor.
MT Surprise
30 czerwca 2019, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
The surprise is that there doesn’t seem to be any ‘mount’. Came through many hills and twisty roads from Georgetown then it flattened out but no ‘mountain’ The story from the publican is Czytaj więcej
Ravenshoe
1 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
The highest town in Queensland and Allan found his vanilla slice!
Cairns
1 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
The trip down from a cool, overcast Ravenshoe to Kurumba was twisty, green, windy, gusty, green, twisty, did I mention green? Passed forest, avo’s, potatoes, cane, mangoes, cows and more green Czytaj więcej
Cairns - 2
2 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Decided to do different things today. Allan went to Cooktown via Port Douglas and John and I went on the Kuranda Scenic Railway. Some pictures - Horseshoe bend 180 deg bend, Stoney Creek falls and Czytaj więcej
Tully
3 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
A big gumboot , sugar mills and cane fields. Coffee at a a bakery.. the height of the gum boot represents the local rain fall in 1950 - 7.9 mtrs. The current average is approx. 0.72mtrs (720mm) per Czytaj więcej
Cardwell
3 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Stunning views of Hinchinbrook and other islands
Lookouts - Hinchinbrook and Panjoo
3 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Views of the coastal plain
Townsville
3 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
The sea views and views of aircraft from the RAAF base are some compensating factors of our most expensive campsite of the trip so far - the camp kitchen is also at the other end of the park from out Czytaj więcej
Bowen
4 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
The trip down from Townsville was in two sections. The first continued the cane fields theme with lagoons, bogs and creeks all with lots of water. The Burdekin river was an exception with just a few Czytaj więcej
Proserpine
4 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Got hammered by rain just out of Bowen. Had to stop to add waterproof liners and chat to some locals. A photo also of the rain over the cane fields. Cane and cattle together from here to Mackay. Also Czytaj więcej
Mackay
4 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Wet wet windy and wet and so we decided to try for a cabin for the night. Andergrove Van Park was where we ended up to dry out and sort the KTM. A strange road thing on the eastern seaboard of Qld - Czytaj więcej
Carmilla
5 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
A stop for a brief respite from the RAIN. It rained from before daybreak and has just continued as we have riden along. Warming coffee and sausage rolls.
Rockhampton
5 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Finally arrived in Rocky and found Andrew’s place. We managed to bring the rain in here as we arrived. We decided on pizza for dinner - the first one of the trip. Great night of dry and warm while Czytaj więcej
Bororen
6 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Thankfully a lot less rain today and we have removed the outer wets. Soup and coffee for morning tea at the big big giraffe cafe, food wasn’t boring. Lots of animals watching us eat... we didn’t Czytaj więcej
Hervey Bay
6 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
The ride from Bororen was intermittently wet through mostly grazing land but also with cane and pineapples. Fortunately the weather cleared enough for us to get the tents up dry. Well when I say Czytaj więcej
Kyrong
7 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
On the old Bruce Hwy......Who would have thought that we would find Matilda the kangaroo mascot for the 1982 (!) Commonwealth Games put out to pasture. ( further reading Czytaj więcej
Tweed Heads
7 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We have now left sunny (sic) Queensland and entered NSW. Traffic was just horrendous on the M1 from at least 80kms north of Brisbane all the way through. Loads of roadworks as well made it all very Czytaj więcej
Byron bay
8 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Went for a look see and found lots of holiday makers so went to see the beach and the lighthouse.
Grafton
8 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
About a hundred kms of roadworks on the Pacific Hwy. Speed limits going up and down and lots of signs telling you that roadwork speed limits are enforced. Tiring, boring. Got to the Glenwood tourist Czytaj więcej
Glenreagh
9 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Lovely small town with genuine bakery and a golden dog (from the hotel of the same name). Saw a sign worth thinking about - life starts at the end of your comfort zone.......
Coffs Harbour
9 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
You have to see it at least once
Fredrickton
9 lipca 2019, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Time to stop for a crocodile pie for lunch.


































































































