Scenic

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 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 August 23rd, 2011

G’day all, With the sun rising, Amy and I headed to El Questro Gorge whilst Lynda stayed behind with Jess.  Amy and I planned to conquer the big boulder at the half way point and carry on to Mic Micking Pool at the end of the gorge. Half the fun is the 4WD track in.  [...]

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Bushman Bud on January 11th, 2011

G’day all, Leaving our overnight camp half way between Norseman and Esperance we headed South stopping for morning tea at Scadden where the kids played on a giant Fig Tree.  They are always great for climbing and the kids had  a ball.  We left Scadden and headed to Esperance arriving late morning and stopped in [...]

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Bushman Bud on November 2nd, 2010

G’day all, Next stop Cania Gorge, approx 250 klm inland from Bundaberg. We left Dawson Creek Rest Area and headed for Cania Gorge arriving there around lunch time.  There is no free camping and/or National Park camping here so you have to stay in one of two caravan parks.  Being Big 4 members we stayed [...]

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Bushman Bud on October 5th, 2010

G’day All, Time for Joey Jess to summit this mountain. Leaving Lake Tinnaroo at 5:30am we were caught out a little with the length of the drive to the walking track for the Bartle Frere summit.  This took us 1 hour and 15 mins meaning by the time we grabbed the back pack and sprayed [...]

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Bushman Bud on September 23rd, 2010

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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Bushman Bud on September 16th, 2010

G’day all, The day finally arrived to tackle Queensland’s highest peak, Mt Bartle Frere at a respectable 1,622m.  Bartle Frere is in cloud 8 out of every 10 days so to get a day with bright sunny skies takes some doing.  Today was the day. The initial idea was to scout the track so that [...]

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Bushman Bud on September 12th, 2010

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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Bushman Bud on August 4th, 2010

  G’day all, The day had finally arrived…our chance to enjoy being at the most Northern Tip of Australia, Cape York Penninsula, QLD…yeah!!! Video: Cape York Peninsula_Northern Tip of Australia_QLD The plan was to travel to Punsand Bay, drop the camper trailer off, take the 4WD track up the coast through to the main access road [...]

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