G’day all, We headed out to do the Crebb Track today amongst more rain overnight and off the back of a pretty wet season in the Daintree. We were not having much luck after a mammoth 200mm fell in the Daintree just over a week ago closing the Bloomfield Track…nothing ventured, nothing gained, hey. So [...]
G’day all, On the road early this morning and a trip to Port Douglas and Mossman Gorge. We arrived in Port Douglas around 9:00am and took sometime just walking the streets and browsing through a few shops. It was great fun with the kids and yes…Bushman Bud ended up buying the kids some rather expensive [...]
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Gday all, We have been travelling with our good friends the Gray family for the past two weeks and were tossing up whether to travel further West with them or track back down some of the North QLD Coast that we have not seen yet, leaving the Top End for April next year. In the [...]
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G’day all, We finally left lake Tinnaroo around 9:00am Monday morning heading towards Tolga and then onto Mareeba. Just outside Tolga we got held up for a couple of hours waiting for the road to be cleared after a nasty accident and fatality. We had planned to visit the Coffee Factory in Mareeba and then [...]
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G’day all, Our time at Lake Tinnaroo has sadly come to an end. The wet season is fast approaching and we have still heaps that we want to see. This place has been fantastic and rates highly as one of the better places we have stayed since our adventure started over a year ago. We [...]
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G’day all, I thought I would list all the mountain peaks that we climb during our trip around Australia and rate them based on difficulty of the climb. List of mountain peaks climbed in date order (most recent first), including height and state. 16/09/2010 Mt Bartle Frere, QLD (1,622m)Highest peak in Queensland***(also 5/10/2010 with Joey Jess) [...]
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G’day all, We have been camped on the foreshore of Lake Tinnaroo for the past three days enjoying the brilliant sunny weather and placid calm picturesque waters of the lake. Got to say this is one of the special places we have visited where time stands still while you get to enjoy the beauty and [...]
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G’day all, Back on the road again this morning with the plan to head to Lake Tinnaroo. We quickly travelled to Ravenshoe and picked up range on our phones for the first time in a week. Checking message we found out that our travelling friends, Hamish, Alex, Jacob and Emma were in Atherton and heading [...]
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G’day all, We arrived at the Innot Hot Springs after a couple of hours drive from the Lava Tubes. You pay $24 for a family of four to use the pools for the day or $41 for a powered site with the hot pools included. We decided to pay the extra $17 and spend the [...]
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