Home starts here
5 мая 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
The trip begins
Gunning roadside stop
5 мая 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
First stop in roadside stop for night snags on elctric bbq very cold night
19 long st coffs harbour
6 мая 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Michaels for 2 nights trip prep
Fingal head
8 мая 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
3 nights here gave Ben the Cello and had fish and chips with Ben Sio and Chester at scales fish and chip shop saw our 1st Bush Curlews
River run farm
10 мая 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Beautiful little bush camp site by the Mary river had fire and first siting of a Brahminy kite.
Woodgate
11 мая 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Stopped here at the nrma park there was a site hog next to who would not shift his car …. After we sorted that out had a great stay raffles at the bowling and walks in the bush
1770
13 мая 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
3 nights here ate out at the pub and julie won the mothers day prize pack. Wet couple of days with wet pack up. Took the Isuzu 4wd in deepwater park. Had our little fire going under Michael’s awning.
Yeppoon
17 мая 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Stayed at beachfront park great spot right on beach. Julies tooth bad 1st trip to dentist.
Walk on beach, coffee at Yeppoon lagoon. Michael and I on e scooters to marina and back
Discovery park Mackay
20 мая 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Mackay bit boring Julies tooth sore went to caravan show on the Sunday, liked the musketeer recliner but $106k. Got fish and chips 1 night. Blue lagoon next to park had lot of bird life. FoundЧитать далее
Mission beach camping and caravan park
23 мая 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Here for 3 nights Great spot on the beach close to pub and garage bar with double batch brewery, walks on the beach stinger net in the water Julie dentist appt in cairns on 24/5 . Pirates den forЧитать далее
Cairns 2/6 and 3/6
2 июня 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Set up for cape trip, 2 nights with 2nd night vans in storage. Wet start for cape trip
Chillagoe 1st night cape trip
4 июня 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Set off from sky rail carpark up the Kuranda range to Dimbulah for morning tea. Stop at old Lappa railway station and pub. Balancing rock walk, old site of tin smelter, and fantastic limestone caveЧитать далее
Palmer River roadhouse
5 июня 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Set off for very short trip to Tom Prior ford museum, Mt Mulligan coal mine site where 75 killed in mine explosion lunch here very hot, then to Mitchell river 1st water crossing concrete ford. NiceЧитать далее
Musgrave roadhouse
6 июня 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌬 30 °C
Split rock aboriginal art, Larua for morning tea publican taken by crocodile recently. Bridge to nowhere, railway bridge built but never used.
Fresh water crocodile feeding at roadhouse dam.
Merluna Station
7 июня 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌬 30 °C
Stopped at archer river roadhouse morning tea coffee worst on trip just instant. Merluna very pretty lush and green, bird walks. Had a walk next morning. Played darts in camp kitchen. Fig tree grownЧитать далее
Weipa
8 июня 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Arrived into town quick look around and lunch for eco tour at 12pm saw 5 estuarine crocs 1 @ 4.2 metres called fluffy. Azure kingfisher and jabiru sighted. Power this night and nice grassy site. HadЧитать далее
Moreton telegraph station
9 июня 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Short trip to Beautiful lush and green camp site. Julie went for lagoon walk great hamburger with the lot for tea. Collected firewood for big fire tonight. Wet pack up next day and on to Elliot falls.
Elliot falls
10 июня 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Stopped at Bramwell junction for coffee and fuel top up photo in front of termite-mounds. Great day doing cockatoo crossing on the old telegraph track on the way to elliot falls. Collected firewoodЧитать далее
Seisia
12 июня 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Another 2 creek crossings continuing up the old telegraph track, canal creek and sand creek. Michael hogged all good driving today 🤓.
On 13 June, we drove out to Somerset Beach where we looked atЧитать далее
Bramwell Station
15 июня 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Left Seisia this morning and drove to Fruitbat Falls where we had a swim. Also had lunch at Fruitbat Falls, then drove to Bramwell Junction where we stopped for an ice cream. I drove onto BramwellЧитать далее
Archer river roadhouse
16 июня 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Okay today we left Bramwell station and went down to Batavia goldfields and had some lunch there saw several snakes on the road and we believe them to be the coastal taipan which has three toxins andЧитать далее
Kalpowar crossing
17 июня 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Drove from Archer river to Coen for fuel fill, shop, morning tea and look at the gold heritage museum. Next stop Musgrave roadhouse for lunch 🥙 pie and sausage roll. Then on to Lakefield nationalЧитать далее
Cooktown
18 июня 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Late pack up at 9 o’clock at Kalpowar Crossing on the Normanby River drove to cat fish Creek to look for crocodiles but nothing to be seen because it was an overcast and coolish morning. Then droveЧитать далее
Cooktown day 16
19 июня 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Had a walk this morning and we have nice bacon and egg muffin for breakfast then. Julie and michael did a bit of washing and then we went up to Cape Bedford. We had a little bit of lunch in theЧитать далее
Lions Den pub
20 июня 2023 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Early this morning and packed up breakfast at the cafe at the botanic Gardens in Cooktown. Then had a look around at Finch Beach. Very nice at all the beach then went to the Cooktown Museum spent anЧитать далее