Diamond Head
April 16, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Beaches, walking trails, fishing
Maclean NSW to Eumundi QLD
April 19, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
A quick visit to Akubra factory in Kempsey.
Arrived in the afternoon at Maclean NSW. We had a nice stroll along the river and sighted the town’s historical buildings. Maclean was laid out in 1862Read more
Hervey Bay, QLD
April 21, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 23 °C
April 21 - May 6
Hervey Bay is one of our favourite places to visit. During our stay it has rained most days. Spending time with James’ mum and family is a treat! Each day we try to do an activityRead more
Bundaberg
May 6, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Spent a day and night in Bundy with our lovely friends Jennifer, Martin and family. They spoilt us rotten with kindness. Martin showed us his collection of cars. It was a long overdue catch up. TodayRead more
Boynedale Bush Camp
May 7, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Super excited to catch up with our Meg and Finn boy, who camped with us. We had the best time ever and made some beautiful memories.
River Ranch Caliope
May 10, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Set up camp at River Ranch on the Calliope river. We walked to Calliope Historical Village. This afternoon we did some fishing for Mangrove Jack and Barramundi and again we caught nothing! Sat aroundRead more
Rockhampton
May 11, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Rockhampton is the beef capital of Australia situated on the Fitzroy river, famous for its barramundi fishing and crocs. We had two great days exploring Rocky on our bikes, which has many historicalRead more
Notch Point, Central QLD
May 13, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Four wheel drive track into camp was challenging but well worth it! We walked daily on the beach however we could not swim due to the crocs. We got to know a lovely family that were camping near ourRead more
Rainbow at Notch Point, QLD
May 16, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Seaforth QLD
May 17, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Seaforth has great campgrounds on beach. We cycled around this small fishing town, walked on the beach with great views. Went to the local bowling club for dinner. Chatted with the locals. It’s anRead more
Airlie Beach
May 18, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We arrived at Airlie Beach and set up camp here for 7 nights. We rode our bikes along the gorgeous foreshore bicycle track to explore. Took a drive out to Shute Harbour.
Cedar Creek Falls - Qld
May 20, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
From Airlie Beach we did a day trip to Cedar Creek Falls.
Cruising the Whitsunday Islands
May 23, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 23 °C
We had a lovely day sailing around the islands. In particular exploring Whitehaven Beach, Hill Inlet Lookout and snorkelling around Hook Island.
Bowen - QLD
May 25, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 25 °C
Arrived to lovely views and weather. This is home for the next 5 days at Horseshoe Bay Resort.
Walked to Rotary Lookout, WWII radar site and Murray Bay. Cycled along the foreshores to Grays Bay,Read more
Townsville - QLD
May 29, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
A two night stop over in Townsville. Contemplating whether to do a day trip to Magnetic Island but it was blowing a gale even though it was 28 degrees. We ended up walking along the Strand, checkedRead more
Mystic Sand Golf Resort/ Balgal Beach
May 31, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
What a great find! Mystic Sand Golf Resort was an awesome place to stay in the RV for $5 pp per night. You can play golf, tennis, lawn bowls or swim. Visited Bagel Beach markets and walked along aRead more
Cardwell - QLD
June 2, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Just a quick stop over for lunch. A quick walk along Cassowary coastal walk. Views of the Cardwell Islands.
Mission Beach - QLD
June 2, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Such an awesome place to visit. Each day we had walked on beautiful beaches with great views of Dunk Island, swam, cycled and walked through rainforests and on a couple occasions we were fortunate toRead more
Bramston Beach - QLD
June 6, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
A very quiet place for relaxing. While fishing on the beach there was a croc lurking, another camper sent us the photo of that croc. Lucky we had no plans to go swimming. On our daily bike ride we sawRead more
Palm Cove - QLD
June 9, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Caught up with our lovely friends Helen and Charlie, to start travelling together to Cape York. We had spent four days exploring around Palm Cove, Trinity Beach, Clifton Beach and Ellis Beach. OurRead more
Port Douglas - QLD
June 13, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We followed Helen and Charlie from Palm Cove to Port Douglas. It was a short lovely scenic coastal drive. This will be our base for four nights. Caught up with some errands in town and in theRead more
Mossman Gorge - QLD
June 14, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Hiked through the rainforest with Helen and Charlie.
Daintree - QLD
June 14, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
4 Mile Beach Lookout - Port Douglas
June 16, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Walked to the beach markets and had brunch in town. Then walked up to 4 Mile Beach lookout, It was a lovely day.
The drive from Port Douglas to Cooktown
June 17, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
The roads were good to drive over the mountains however there were some delays to back burning season. We stopped at Lakelands to visit the Gateway to Cape York for some information for our travels toRead more