Day 1
June 15, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We left Bathurst at 5am and a chilly -2°. While 9am was a little too early for Di and I, Matt started the holidays with a breakfast beer. Landed at Cairns and reeeeally enjoyed the heat. OurRead more
Day 2
June 16, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Picked up a car and decided to drive to Port Douglas. Didn't see any crocs but we did visit a mango farm and bought some mango wine. Finished the day with Thai takeaway on the boardwalk.
Day 3
June 17, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Up early for white-water tubing through the rainforest....picture shows who fell in and who didn't 🤣. Then off to Botanic Gardens on Gerry's (Gardening Australia) recommendation. Bit disappointedRead more
Day 4
June 18, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Another early start as we go looking for Nemo and Dory out on the reef. The travel-calm packet said 1 -2 tablets, so I took 2 and promptly fell asleep. as did Camby. 1st stop was really rough waterRead more
Day 5 Kuranda Skyrail
June 19, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We caught the train up to Kuranda today - an old red-rattler - and spent a couple of hours looking around. The butterfly house was pretty but the bird house was better... even Matt enjoyed it! TheRead more
Day 6 Atherton Tablelands
June 20, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Today we jumped in the car to explore the Atherton Tablelands. A very long, windy road took us into the clouds and from there we wandered around, stopping at points of interest along the way. We sawRead more
Day 7 Time to relax
June 21, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
While the boys went to look at tanks - 3rd largest collection in the world, the girls went shopping. Then a short drive to Palm Cove, supposedly the best beach in the far north; we must have got it onRead more
...and home!
June 24, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Set off early to catch the flight home. Di felt a bit off when we landed and by "Maccas in the Mountains" was feeling worse. She did a covid test when she got home and was positive...followed byRead more
