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Trip start
March 5, 2023
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Bungonia
March 6, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Our first night on the road! After a last minute scramble to get everything ready (I.e. shoving it all in the car for us to sort out later😅) we left in the arvo and made it up to a sweet little free camp near bungonia that looked down into a beautiful river gorgeRead more
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Bellingen
March 7, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 34 °C
A quick night in beautiful bello as a stop on the way up to QLD.
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Brisbane
March 8, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Catching up with old friends and stocking up on gear needed for the trip
I kind of made the blog haha x [Becky]
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Sunshine coast
March 11, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Making use of Dad’s wonderful shed to do the final finishing touches to the car and the setup (sadly no Dad around as he was traipsing through Asia at the time) and exploring different climbing spots around the sunshine coast with my old pal Paul. That children’s python came slithering by when I was doing a bush wee 👀Read more
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Fraser Island
March 14, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
10 days on Fraser! A great amount of time to explore all the gorgeous different camping spots and ecosystems of freshwater lakes, forests, beaches and sand dunes. Liberal quantities of bogans in 4WD’s and March flies added to the novelty and slightly diminished the enjoyment, but not too much.Read more
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Gympie
March 23, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Exploring the wonders of Gympie and the great value of buying cod and chips in bulk at the local fish and chips shop!
We had great climbing and camping and got to spot this big beautiful carpet python.Read more
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Agnes Water
March 25, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We had another beautiful day kayaking around the mangroves of Agnes Waters and walking around the headland and various beaches.
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Mackay/Eungella
March 27, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Mackay wasn’t really much to rave home about, except their exquisite orchid garden! However Eungella, about an hour or so inland, was incredibly beautiful. Lush rainforest teeming with bird life, turtles and platypus! And the waterfalls and bushwalks at Finch Hatton Gorge were incredibly beautiful. I would recommend Eungella to anyone passing that way on the coast❤️Read more
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Airlie beach
March 29, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
We camped on Whitsunday island and Hook Island for 3 days, with not much to do besides snorkel, read and snooze in the hammock and try to escape the extreme humidity 😅 seeing such vibrant coral off Cairn Beach on Whitsunday island was a real treat, and we met a guy who had walked/cycled/scootered and trolleyed all the way from Perth!Read more
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Hinchinbrook Island
April 12, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Pete and I hiked the Thorsborne trail on Hinchbrook Island over 4 days and it was stunning. Steep mountain peaks that drop straight into pristine beaches and coral create almost a Jurassic vibe. We got eaten alive by mosquitoes and the sweltering humidity but the numerous waterfalls and the gorgeous landscape were our saviours.Read more
Traveler Nice spot to watch a sunset I would think.
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Atherton tablelands pt 1.
April 17, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
We made it to the tablelands! The cooler weather and rainforest walks were very welcome after our 4 melting days on Hinchinbrook Island. We such a time camping and exploring some of the waterfalls, local museums and towns before heading to Cairns for our diving trip.Read more
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Cairns for diving
April 21, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 30 °C
It was quite unfortunate that Pete’s GoPro failed whilst we were out on our 3 day diving trip from Cairns but it meant we were able to soak up the incredible marine world without worrying about capturing it properly. Turtles, stingrays, reef sharks, countless fish and I caught a glimpse of the moray eel, and we met the nicest people on board! The video was from our friends footage of seeing the moray. Despite the boat ride out and back being some of the roughest boat time we’ve ever spent (Pete chucked up his breaky on the side of the boat🤮🤣), it was so worth it!Read more
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Atherton tablelands pt2: Yungburra
April 25, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
After our diving trip in Cairns, we headed back to the tablelands to do a week’s WWOOFing in Yungaburra. We stayed with the sweetest old couple on this beautiful 5 acre bush block out of town and had the loveliest time getting to know them, helping them rebuild an outdoor garden set of stairs and doing bushwalks around the area. I stupidly forgot to get a photo with them. The husband, Anthony, was kind enough to take to teach us the early steps of welding and he took us out to an old quarry and rock art site near his area for a day trip. We were sad to leave those guys as we had such an amazing time with them.Read more
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Cairns pt. 2
May 5, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We then headed back to Cairns to catch up with friends and see one of their live shows at a local gig - which was awesome! Cairns had some incredible talent. We managed to run into some pals from down south which was such a treat 😆
We also managed to catch the local fire-twirling and live drumming circle that happens once a month. About 100+ people gather and watch countless fire performers of all levels get up and perform to the live drumming.Read more
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Mossman Gorge
May 7, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
This Indigenous-owned gorge has controlled access and charges tourists to access the gorge but we were happy to pay knowing that it employs First Nations staff and that hopefully the money goes back to community. The bush walks were amazing too, such pristine forests.Read more
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Daintree
May 8, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
More lush tropical rainforests up here, although sadly we found that most parts of the area could not be accessed without paying a bunch of money to tourism companies who controlled access. We did love spotting this big Amethystine python and coaxing it off the road. We also loved our $30 Coopers Creek croc cruise where we were able to spot these females. Our first croc sighting on the trip! Can you see the hidden croc in the 3rd photo??? 👀Read more
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Bloomfield Track
May 9, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
The start of the Bloomfield tracks took us to the incredible Emmogen Creek, a waterway that looks like it was straight out of a fairytale, the whole Bloomfield track does really. Things are starting to heat up as we head north and the cool swim was so heavenly!Read more
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Black mountain/Keatings Lagoon
May 10, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 26 °C
On our way up to Cooktown we visited the perplexing sight of Black Mountain, which presents the most enormous pile of black rocks and also Keatings Lagoon, a gorgeous watering hole that houses paperbarks, Lillie’s and lots of bird species (and apparently the odd croc!)Read more
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Cooktown
May 11, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 28 °C
Beloved old Cooktown! We had such a nice time exploring this quirky little town, we walked around the botanic gardens, walked up Mount Cook and out to the lookout to the neighbouring bays. We met up with one of Petes old family friends and enjoyed a morning sunrise from the lighthouse. This old fella also cooked us the most delicious prawn pasta for dinner!

We also got word from a local ranger on where we could go to spot a local croc. After an unsuccessful initial trip, we were lucky the second time round to see part of the big bull in the water! It was quite a tease though, we waited for half an hour but unfortunately he must have been feeling a bit shy.Read more
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Chillagoe
May 13, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Due to many of the great national parks on the way to Cape York still being closed due to the wet season, we decided to head south to the red centre. First stop is Chillagoe with its fascinating caves and rock formations. And also our first popped Tyre! A very kind truck driver pulled over and offered to help us, offering us fresh, organic mandarins as well. We’ve met the nicest people so far on this trip ❤️Read more
So many amazing 👏 places and views in Australia.. love it ❤️ [Ghie]
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Fossilbrook
May 14, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Very remote-feel driving toward Mount Surprise, without phone signal or a GPS to find out how to get there! We eventually found our way.. We are starting to get into the Red Dirt now! But we also found some beautiful bush camps, complete with a lovely sunset, where there was no one else around, these type of campsites have been some of our favourite parts of the whole trip.Read more
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Normonton
May 15, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Normanton had a beautiful lagoon that we got to spot heaps of birdlife from (including magpie geese and Brolga’s) and then we got bogged 😆 all part of the journey. We got very muddy and thankfully the Maxtrax helped us get out in about 25 minutes. We had another beautiful sunset on our way toward Camooweal Billabong near Mount Isa.Read more
Awww no!!! [Becky]
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Camooweal Billabong
May 15, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
This gorgeous camp was very close to the billabong where we again, watched so much birdlife at sunrise. Herons, cranes, Brolga’s, Black kites and much more!
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Karlu Karlu (Devil’s Marbles)
May 16, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We officially crossed into the NT! We made our way down the Three Ways toward Karlu Karlu, to see the beautiful and distinctive rocks that are sacred to the Traditional Owners of 4 different clan groups. The boulders are not to be photographed in certain areas due to their significance, which we were more than happy to respect as we were grateful to be able to see them from so close and for both sunset and sunrise❤️Read more
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Iytwelepenty/Davenport Ranges
May 17, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
East of Karlu Karlu is the Davenport Ranges which was only accessible by some pretty rough 4WDing. We spent a big day driving that day but saw a beautiful big black-headed python, had a lovely swim at the old Policemen’s station and saw some beautiful ruggard country.Read more
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