The road out of Townsville and heading west was exciting for its newness (to us) and the promise of a whole new adventure stretching out before us. It rained a bit here and there on the 123km drive to Charters Towers but not enough to dampen our spirits and of course the driving means Jude sleeps for a little while which generally means a happier Jude and a happier mum. I noticed a real pull to the left on the trip so the first thing we did when we drove into ...

When last we left our intrepid adventurers they were kicking back in Cairns seeing to some mundane affairs like getting Felix the Ford serviced and suffering debilitating bouts of gastro (Pauline that is, not Jude). On Monday the 23rd of January they put all this behind them and set their sights south. One point worth making is that before we left I had to send my Canon SLR off for repairs as the auto flash had stopped working and although the rest of the came...

Just a quick entry to have keep you up to date on our movements even tho they have been both limited and covering a great distance all in one. On Thursday 15th of December we jumped on the Sunlander train in Cairns and spent the next 31 hours chug-chug-chugging our way down to Brisbane. Felix the Ford is comfortably ensconced in the driveway of the Walmsley's whom we met in Cooktown and we are here until Thursday the 5th of January when we once again climb aboar...

Well we drove north to Cooktown and had to come back again because the road ran out (well our kind of road anyhow) and now we have driven north to Cape Tribulation and had the road run out again (the Bloomfield track it's called after all, not the Bloomfield road). Since leaving our Birdwatcher's paradise (where our highlight was seeing platypus) we have been staying at Newell Beach about 4 km north of Mossman and 60 kms south of Cape Trib. On our first day here...

Stayed at a place called Kingfisher Park a couple of nights ago which is a privately owned bird-watchers' paradise. The owner seemed a little unsure when Jude and I turned up but as we didn't check in til quite late she let us stay (although she made it very clear the next morning that they don't normally allow small children because they are not conducive to bird-watching but one night was okay - she was very nice about it). As we were checking in she made sure...