Let's Go
24. december 2016, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
About be picked up by the Shuttle and taken to Auckland airport to go ... somewhere? Sheila booked house sitters and had our travel consultant organise a week away without telling us where. All weLæs mere
A Mystery Vacation in every sense!
24. december 2016, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
At the Emperor Lounge enjoying a snack and a drink now....however, we've already had a wild ride! When we opened the next envelope it said check in with Air Vanuatu ... oh, wow, yes sir that'sLæs mere
Brisbane Airport
24. december 2016, Australien ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
First stop Oz. Transfer to domestic terminal for flight to Port Douglas.
Cairns Airport
25. december 2016, Australien ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
Picked up by a hilarious shuttle bus driver who kept us wide awake for the 50 min drive to Port Douglas. Pointed out wallabies, creeks with crocs, where he'd seen dingos recently...ha
Mantra Heritage Resort
25. december 2016, Australien ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
This the view we woke up to this morning...look at that out there, very nice .... also very warm!
Got in last night / this morning at 2am local time so a slow start today. Heading out for a lookLæs mere
Mary HannahI see some things never change is that a coffee ☕️ Richard? I need to visit that cafe I love their choice in salt pink salt!!!
Great coffee morning
27. december 2016, Australien ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
at Cafe Fresq having what the locals call the best coffee in PD. it is pretty good but i love the freshly squeezed juice drinks. Gingermania is my drink of choice this morn. carrot beet n gingerLæs mere
Hang gliding Rex lookout
27. december 2016, Australien ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Photo stop on our way to skywalk tour. Um, no, it wasn't us hang gliding...
Skyrail Cableway Daintree Rainforest
27. december 2016, Australien ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Could have sworn that was a T Rex down there. Took the "diamond car" with glass bottom for great birds eye viewing. Incredible! Wee bit of rain as we dangle along, guess one expects that in aLæs mere
Kuranda Village
27. december 2016, Australien ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Off the Cableway, short bus ride, time for a bit of a look around the town, then lunch...
Kuranda Train Station
27. december 2016, Australien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Getting on the train from Kuranda to Freshwater.
Kuranda Scenic Railway
27. december 2016, Australien ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Great ride on the historic train. Nicely refurbished old carriages. Enjoyed a drink or two and a bunch of snacks over the 1.5 hour ride in our Gold Class coach! Oh my!
Scenic Train Ride
27. december 2016, Australien ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Some of the scenery along the way...very pretty and relaxing...or was that the drinks??
Hartleys Crocodile adventures
28. december 2016, Australien ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Great Barrier Reef Snorkelling
29. december 2016, Great Barrier Reef ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Trip out to the "Low Isles" on the Reef for a snorkel around...
Saw the coral, tropical fish, and giant clams. Water was beautiful temperature, not crystal clear but awesome nonetheless.
Hot Air Balloon ride
30. december 2016, Australien ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Another tick on the bucket list! For one who gets that tingling up the spine with heights this was a major conquest! Not a lot of looking straight down mind you...too much time spent looking out atLæs mere
4 mile Beach Port Douglas
30. december 2016, Australien ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Baking hot in the sun and the water feels hot to get into! Beautiful...spent a lazy afternoon here.
Breakfast at our favouite cafe Sierra
2. januar 2017, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
we forgot most places would be closed but as luck would have it Sierra Cafe was open and we were greeted warmly by Laszlo n staff. As usual food was excellent hash brown stack with fresh avo n poachedLæs mere
