Kind of glad to be leaving Vrilya Point this morning, really looking forward to the air conditioning in the car. It is so hot here and you can’t swim in the water! We have to go back over the log bridge at crystal creek. When we got to the bridge there was a mini excavator…
We left Punsand Bay today parting ways for a couple of days with John & Lorna. Our extra travellers, Geoff and Erika left us yesterday so it was now just Michael & Jules and Graham, Jacob and I for a few days. We will meet up with John in Lorna in Weipa. First we went…
The ferry for Thursday Island leaves from Seisia so we had to be very organised this morning. It was about an hours ferry ride to the Island. We had decided to explore on our own so on arrival we started walking, lucky Jacob was in a stroller. It was hot, very hot and the things…
We are staying at Punsand Bay for a couple of nights. Today we will explore the tip, Somerset Ruins, Fly Point, the DC3 Ruins and pick up a few supplies in Bamaga. First stop was the Tip, the northern most point of Australia. It was quite a walk over small rocky hills to get to…
After refueling at Bramwell Junction we headed north on Bamaga Road, a wide gravel road with areas of corrugation that weren’t as bad as we had expected, apart from a few screws falling out of the dash we were all good. We stopped at Fruit Bat Falls which was a fantastic spot for a swim,…
An easy and uneventful day today. We headed to Bramwell Station with our new recruits via the PDR (Peninsular Development Road). Bramwell Station has three areas of business, a cattle station, the tourist industry – camping, bar and restaurant and a little roadhouse down the road called Bramwell Junction, and they look after the roads…
First stop this morning was Black Mountain on the way to Cooktown. At Cooktown we had a look around, fueled up and picked up a few fishing supplies. Lorna also got a toy crocodile for Jacob but he seems a bit scared of it! Traveled along Battlecamp Road stopping for a look at Isabella Falls…
We left Cairns to head north via the Captain Cook Highway past Port Douglas, through Mossman and stopped at Newell Beach for lunch where Jacob got to see the ocean for the first time. After lunch we crossed the Daintree River via ferry onto Cape Tribulation Road and then the Bloomfield Road stopping at Lions…
Stayed in Cairns today to do repairs and shopping. We were having trouble hearing the others over the UHF so decided to upgrade to a new one. Got served by an extremely helpful guy at Autobarn who when they didn’t have the aerial we wanted actually phoned TJM for us to see if they stocked…
Day 1 Monday 2/9/13. We finally left home just after 11.30. First stop Chinchilla for fuel and a quick bite to eat. I ended up driving for a while as Graham was getting sleepy. He was suppose to have a nap but that didn’t happen. We got to Rolleston at 7.30pm to camp our first…
It is the day before we leave. As usual most of the packing has been left until today. My excuse will be baby Jacob. Graham is still working through his list of necessary repairs/modifications and wish list modifications. I don’t feel bad about the last minute rush really as one of our co travelers, Michael…