Townsville Adventures

The giant serpent, Queens Park, Big Crystal Creek, the frosty Mango, visiting old mates and family with lots of swims! Townsville has been a great place to spend some time whilst getting ready for theLeggi altro
Family time

How wonderful for our children to be able to get to see and play with their cousins. It is so beautiful how naturally they are together like they see each other all the time. We are totally spoilt toLeggi altro
Wallaman falls

Our first venture with the rooftop ten was a success. We first went to the beautiful Wallaman falls. Although we did consider just looking from the top, we decided there was no better way to see itLeggi altro
The Golden Gumboot

A quick stop into Tully to see the Golden Gumboot. A very cool big thing as we got to go inside of it and see how crazy the water levels have got over the years in the town.
Paronella Park

Paronella Park was a sight we are glad we got to see. The grounds are just gorgeous and the kids really loved feed the fish and turtles. Such an amazing piece of history that we got to learnLeggi altro
Exploring more waterfalls

The Millaa Millaa loop was super pretty. Lots of beautiful waterfalls. We even had a very fresh splash at one of them. We spotted some turtles and thankfully no crocodiles.
Cairns

Cairns was full of fun memories of making new friendships that will last a lifetime. Both families felt they just hadn’t met their type of people on the road. We were stoked to have the past fewLeggi altro
Green Island

Wow what a special spot! We loved Green Island. The kids got the hang of snorkelling more today so they got to see some coral, fish and even a sting ray. I lived a life long dream of swimming withLeggi altro
Koolburra Station

Today we left Cairns and started our journey towards the Cape. We stopped in at Palmer River Roadhouse and had iceblocks. After a nights sleep we drove down the road to Hann River Roadhouse where mumLeggi altro
Archer River Roadhouse

Stop two on the way to the cape. We stayed the night at Archer River Roadhouse. It was so hot the kids got nudey a lot. The adults refrained from taking their clothes off although it was very hotLeggi altro
Weipa

What a cool spot. We are parked right on the beach basically with the park next to us and a pool right near us. We ate dinner whilst watching the sunset. Addie was totally loving the life reading in aLeggi altro
Bramwell station

A quick stop at Bramwell station was really nice. For living in a tent we have still had it pretty good with showers and toilets at all the stops so far.
Fruit Bat Falls, Elliot and Twin Falls

What an amazing part of the world that most people don’t get the pleasure of experiencing. Fruit Bat Falls was so beautiful but we were a little hesitant swimming there knowing they had pulled aLeggi altro
We made it to the top!

We drove to the Jardine ferry and the straight to the tip. We stood together at the northernmost point of Australia. It felt so cool to achieve this as a family. The pictures just don’t do theLeggi altro
Alua Beach

A quick one night stop at Alua Beach was nice. The pool was not working but we had a nice beach walk a fair way from the water so we didn’t get eaten by crocs but were able to fill my pockets withLeggi altro
Hanns River Roadhouse

We drove about six and a half hours today to start getting home to the van a bit quicker as the kids are ready for it. We drove to Hanns River Roadhouse which was amazing for the kids. They swam andLeggi altro
A quick fossick for gold

We were lucky to be introduced to a lovely local who let us look on his land for some gold. We didn’t really have good equipment so we were unsuccessful but it was still a good experience for us all.
The Daintree and Cape Tribulation

We ventured to the Daintree and Cape Tribulation today. We even had the luck of seeing a beautiful Cassowary in the middle of the road. It was pretty cool to be where the only two UNESCO worldLeggi altro
Mossman Gorge and Port Douglas

We ventured to the beautiful Mossman Gorge and had a little dip but not too much because it felt like an ice bath. It was so beautiful. We stayed at Port Douglas and enjoyed two nights allowing theLeggi altro
Babinda Boulders and Josephine Falls

What great stops. More amazing waterfalls and rainforests for us to explore. Both were totally freezing with not much sun about but still super fun. Addie was a little traumatised after tipping overLeggi altro
Townsville again

After the trip to the Cape a rest and much needed clean was in order. We stopped at Tim and Niki’s house for the week and got ourselves sorted. One rainy day I took the kids to a ninja park and theLeggi altro
Charters Towers

We had a two night stop at Charters Towers. It was great to check out this cool old gold town. We even had a day of panning which led to some more small flakes to add to the jar. The kids enjoyedLeggi altro
Hughenden

Stop one on the dinosaur trail complete. Our little archaeologists had fun at the Flinders Discovery Centre digging to find fossils and gems. We loved visiting the gorge but the trip down was muchLeggi altro
Winton

Dinosaurs, dinosaur bones and dinosaurs footprints! We saw many amazing dinosaur fossils in Winton. We also spent time fossicking for Opals. It was fantastic and the locals gave us so much help toLeggi altro
Richmond

The last stop on the dinosaur trail was Kronosaurus Korner. We enjoyed seeing all the different bones of the marine dinosaurs and some of the flying ones too. We even had an afternoon of paintingLeggi altro