Australia 2019

At Scenic World we took the rail car down to the valley floor, walking through the rain forest, listening to the birds calling across the tress.

Took the glass bottomed car across the valley to take in more amazing views.

We went for lunch in the town of Leura, taking a walk down the main street under the autumn tress.En savoir plus

Crikey! After arriving at Brisbane airport, we picked up the car and went for our drive in Australia, and crikey! We only ended up at Steve Irwin's Australian Zoo. Not only got to see crocs being fed, we also wrestled a real (honest) giant croc too.

This time we got to hold the koala bear and made friends with more kangaroos.En savoir plus

The drive from Surfers Paradise up to the O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat took us through beautiful wine country and eventually taking us up the mountains, on the narrowest, winding road, into the rain forest.

Once again, the room view provided the most amazing Wow! moment, looking out over the valley with the rain forest all around.

Sitting in the garden we were joined by wild parrots who came to say hello. That evening was spent sat out on the balcony with a bottle of wine, watching the sun set over the mountains.En savoir plus

Mid-way through the trip we arrived at the paradise that is Hamilton Island, flying above the hundreds of Islands that make up the Whitsundays. The hotel had the most amazing view of the whole holiday, looking out over the the turquoise water, across Cats Eye Beach, to Dent Island.

Walking to the other side of the island provided more spectacular views of the mariner, which we enjoyed as we sat out to eat and enjoy more cocktails.En savoir plus

Our final base for the trip was Port Douglas, in far north Queensland. This leg of the trip was seen as just an add-on with neither of us expecting too much. But once again, Australia delivered.

Port Douglas was a lovely base from which to travel and we found our final "local" pub of the trip, sitting out back in our own private little rain forest.En savoir plus