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    • Day 1,123

      #245 Malanda > Undarra

      October 26, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

      Heute war volles Programm angesagt😅. Ziel war der ca. 2h entfernte Undarra Nationalpark. Da wir ziemlich viel Zeit hatten, gab es nochmal Abstecher zum Milla Milla, Zillie & Ellinjaa Wasserfall. Im Undarra Nationalpark war das erste Highlight das beziehen der Zimmer in alten restaurierten Eisenbahnwagen, schon mal sehr schön😊😊. Am Abend ging es noch zu einer Sunset Tour mit anschließenden Besuch in einer von Lava geformten Höhle. Diese ist mittlerweile das Zuhause von tausenden Fledermäusen und ein guter Spot um die ein oder andere Schlange zu beobachten die sich einen kleinen Snack schnappt.Read more

    • Day 886

      Cobbold Gorge

      September 6, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      The Cobbold Gorge, our next stop of this trip. The gorge is located just 100km south of the highway in the middle of the bush. The road out there brought back the whole outback feeling: Red sand gravel roads, cattle everywhere on the road and an emu we almost crashed into while it was crossing the road.

      At the gorge we joined a stand up paddle tour. A really fun way to explore this gorgeous gorge 😀 Unfortunately no funny videos because nobody fell into the water or was attacked by one of the nine crocs living in the waters of the gorge. We decided to stay here for two nights before continuing our trip to enjoy the great infinity pool with swim up bar and just relax a bit after the crazy last weeks.

      By the way our new tent is amazing! It is a bit smaller than our rooftop tent but much more comfortable and when we open it up at night we can see the stars the whole night. Really amazing!

      Weiter geht's zur Cobbold Gorge. Die Schlucht liegt ca. 100km südlich unserer eigentlichen Route mitten im nirgendwo. Schon die Straße hierher bringt das volle Outback Gefühl zurück: Holprige unasphaltierte rote Sandstraßen die sich mitten durch die unzähligen Rinderherden schlängeln. Sogar ein Emu hätten wir beinahe erwischt als es gemütlich über die Straße gehen wollte. Eine typische Outback-Straße halt, kennt man ja ;)

      Im Resort (eigentlich auch nur ein riesiger Rinderbauernhof) haben wir dann eine Stand up paddle Tour durch die Schlucht gemacht. Richtig cool die Schlucht aus diesem Perspektive zu entdecken. Leider gibt es nur professionelle Fotos und Videos denn niemand ist ins Wasser gefallen oder wurde von einem der neun Krokodile attackiert die in der Schlucht leben. Hier bleiben wir jetzt noch eine zweite Nacht um etwas im mega Pool mit Poolbar zu entspannen bevor uns die nächste große Etappe morgen zurück ans Meer nach Karumba führt.
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    • Day 308

      Georgetown rodeo grounds

      July 20, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      Small town I'm outback Qld, went too see our crazy coffee guy again!

      2nights stop over as we done a wheel bearing on caravan and had too get parts deliverd lucky the garage for us in and got us going again before the weekend. Day trip too Copperfield gorge swimming with the fresh water crocs!

      Vic slogging her guts out at the gym! Making up for missing F45!
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    • Day 37

      Vulkankrater 🌋 & Wasserfälle 🌊

      November 22, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      Heute war es tagsüber heiß und sonnig, aber am Abend hat es zeitig richtig schön abgekühlt. 😍 Wir haben den Tag gut genutzt und werden heute Nacht bestimmt sehr gut schlafen. 😊

    • Day 53

      Talaroo Hot Springs

      June 26, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      Left Cairns this morning for you said goodbye to Bev and Sharon had dinner with them and Graeme and Catherine last night travelled over the Gillies range to lunch stop at raven shoe and then on to Talaroo hot springs for the night had a swim in the Einasleigh river very pleasant. Unfortunately it’s school holiday time and a lot of stuff is booked out so we’re finding we’re having to book ahead.
      Next morning after I went for the walk I ran into one of the aboriginal guides to the hot springs and after being denied the tour the day before managed to wangle a tour for the three of us at 10 o’clock today and it was fantastic.
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    • Day 8

      Undara to Cobbold Gorge

      August 8, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      We cruised through Mount Surprise, not a lot there. Then stopped at Georgetown for fuel and a look through their visitor info centre, it's recently been done up, very fancy. Not long down the road and we hit Forsayth. We stopped at Goldfields Hotel for a quick drink before back in the car and onto the wrong road. Damn you hema! Luckily we didn't get too far in before we had to turn around and we did see an albino wallaroo, which we wouldn't have seen otherwise. The road to Cobbold Gorge was mostly dirt. It was solid, but we flew past quite a few caravans. We checked in and set up. We decided to set everything up this time since we are within walking distance to the tour departures tomorrow, which means no pack up tomorrow as we are here for two nights. Bonus! We went for a wander past the dam where you can kayak or hit floating golf balls into and retrieve later. Lots of options here. We relaxed for a bit before headed upto the MacDonalds bar and Bistro for dinner. The communal fire had been lit and some people were enjoying the infinity pool. It's a lovely spot. For dinner Ben had the veal parma and I had the lamb shanks. Just sitting around our camp at the moment, procrastinating going to shower. The wifi here is bloody terrible and no service. We have two tours booked tomorrow. Until then.. or whenever we get service/decent wifi.Read more

    • Day 8

      Undara Archway Lava Tube tour

      August 8, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      A bit of a sleep in today, although we were both stirring before our alarm at 8am. A much slower morning than usual as our tour wasn't until 10:30. We packed up, had a feed and waited by the wifi in the main area until our Archway tour started. Only small groups which is good, with a max of 20. A few waitlisted people were hoping for no shows with no luck. A few people we've spoken to at various campsites were hoping to do Undara or Cobbold (where we're headed today), but said they were both booked out by the time they looked into it. Lucky I enjoying planning haha. Sonya was our tour guide, this is her first season here, she was lovely and very knowledgeable. The lava tubes are over 190000 years old and there are 72 volcanoes within this national park, with even more in the general area. Undara has the longest lava tube in the world at around 160kms. First we walked into the Stephenson cave, it was huge and very impressive. Next we headed out to see the Archway, where the tube roof had collapsed thousands of years ago, creating the 'arch'. The next cave was the Ewamian, named after the local Indigenous people. Sonya asked if anyone could sing as the acoustics are great in this cave and as turns out! One of the ladies from South Australia could, after being dobbed in by her travelling partner. We turned the lights off and she sung a beautiful Irish song for everyone, it was unreal! We headed back to the mini bus not long later, made ham and cheese wraps before heading to our next stop.Read more

    • Day 306

      Zoners rest

      July 18, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

      Off again heading into the outback making our way too darwin! Tonight stop over will be a free camp just befire Georgetowm at zoners rest.
      Had too stop in coffee country at Jacques coffee plantation too refuel our souls for the drives top!
      Pulled in at innot hot springs for a nice thermal bath was so refreshing after what felt like a life time of driving ha up through some sketchy mountains! Shared some hill billy's bucket down by the river and got instructed on how too use the springs without getting 3rd degree burns! We watched a lot of people doing the quickstep as the local called as us dumb tourist don't know nothing ha
      Drove into georgetown while Vic had too work in the park, done a small run around town used the free gym equipment and spent the afternoon in the pool!
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    • Day 2

      George town

      April 24, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

      Our first stop was George Town. We got there after a 4 hour drive and settle in. We found a really cool basketball court that had a gym upstairs and a tennis court. Every day we would ride our skateboards in the basket ball court and listen to music. We also went to a museum that had cool rocks and gems. Every morning the whole family would go to the gym above the basket ball court and fit in a bit of fitness.Read more

    • Mount Surprise

      June 27, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      We are on our way west! Mount Surprise is the place to stay if you wish to explore the lava tubes and some of the local favourites like Einasleigh.

      One popular day trip is the Kalkani lava rim walk. We are not doing that today though. A short stop to make use of the last reliable network connection for a few days.

      https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/undara-volca…
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