Adelaide Airport
October 30, 2008 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
2008 and we're off to North Queensland - one of my favourite parts of the world!
A direct flight to Cairns, and grab a Hire Car.
Cairns
October 30, 2008 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Queensland! Hot and humid, as expected!
Mission Beach
October 30, 2008 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Driving from Cairns down to Townsville we stopped at numerous spots,, and overnighted at Mission Beach - A beautiful spot!
Girringun National Park
October 31, 2008 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Spectacular waterfall!
Townsville
November 1, 2008 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
My favourite town! Townsville is really growing up though, the changes are really evident each time I visit. Hopefully I'll get to retire up here somewhere.
Magnetic Island
November 3, 2008 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Another fantastic place to chill out. We spent a day on the island wandering around and exploring.
Charters Towers
November 4, 2008 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Leaving Townsville, we headed inland on our way back to Cairns.
First stop was Charters Towers, a really cool little town with a lot of history.
Atherton
November 6, 2008 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Driving North, we stopped overnight in Atherton, the heart of the Atherton Tablelands.
The country up here is really something special, just beautiful.
Port Douglas
November 7, 2008 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
The Mirage in Port Douglas is my very favourite hotel in the world. I've stayed here a number of times, and it is always a brilliant experience.
Korunda
November 9, 2008 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Korunda is very cool! When I first visited it was a town full of hippies from the 60's running little cottage industries, but is slowly being dragged into the 21st century. Now you unfortunately findRead more
Cairns
November 11, 2008 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
We spent our last few days in Queensland exploring Cairns.
The Botanical Gardens are really spectacular!













































