Daily Diary

Bushman Bud on November 8th, 2011

G’day all, Fraser Island – what a massive day.  We were on the road early heading north along the beach towards Eli creek.  We passed Cathedral Beach and Happy Valley before reaching Eli Creek. We had little trouble crossing the creek and parked next to the boardwalk.  We walked along the boardwalk to the top end [...]

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Bushman Bud on November 7th, 2011

G’day all, 7/11 ferry ride, from kingfisher bay turned left uphill following tracks to lake mckenzie, turned left and headed to lake WA by.  Walked to lookout above lake WA by and then down to lake foe a swim with the many huge catfish, played with kids on water for about 1 hour before steep [...]

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G’day all, Leaving Cairns at 11am we planned to head towards Cowley Beach, hoping that the wind would drop and we could enjoy some boating around the Barnard Group of Islands.  On the way we dropped in at Josephine Falls for a looksy and also for a slide down the rocks.  By the time we [...]

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Bushman Bud on October 29th, 2011

G’day all, Beautiful Lake Tinaroo 17 OCtober to 29 October 2011. After rushing across the Gulf narrowly missing heavy rain and with the thought of the dirt road turning to slop, we arrived at Lake Tinaroo, SE of Cairns early on Monday morning and returned to our favourite camp ground at Kauri Creek.  It is [...]

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Bushman Bud on October 29th, 2011

G’day all, Given the choice, where does a kid want to be for her birthday….around a playground and water park.  So, by Jessica’s planning we left Lake Tinaroo early on Saturday morning heading to Cairns and Coconuts Holiday Resort where their is a great kids playground and water park.  We had also agreed to go [...]

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Bushman Bud on October 16th, 2011

G’day all, With very threatening rain across the gulf we had to make the sad decision to avoid the gravel roads along the Savanah Way and bottom of the Gulf.  This decison has since proved very wise with some areas through the Gulf receiving significant rainfall…getting stuck out in the middle of nowhere is not [...]

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Bushman Bud on October 14th, 2011

G’day all, Today was spent testing out the Bitter Springs and Mataranka Springs at the very sleepy town of Mataranka.  First up were the Bitter Springs, set in a completely natural environment.  If you could look past the algae and stench then the Springs and crystal clear water were magnificent.  It was quite a cool [...]

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Bushman Bud on October 13th, 2011

G’day all, 12th to 13th October 2011 Leaving camp in the morning we arrived at Litchfield mid afternoon and setup camp at Wangi Falls.  Back in the car shortly after we headed for the Cascades walking to the bottom pool to find it clumsily filled with people.  If we can find a way to spend [...]

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Bushman Bud on October 4th, 2011

G’day all, 26th September to 4 October 2011 Bali Bash from Darwin We had been looking at cheap airfares and accommodation from Darwin with a view to travelling to Bali for a long anticiapted look.  With some airfares purchased and accommodation finally found we were off to Bali staying at the Dynasty in their Excutive [...]

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Bushman Bud on September 14th, 2011

G’day all, After experiencing difficulty with the rear drivers side shocky, it was a quick change of plans and instead of Litchfield, it became Darwin. We left Day River on Monday morning, passing through Adelaide River and arriving in Darwin early afternoon.  What we found was that most caravan parks in Darwin are actually some [...]

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