Tonight's destination is Cooktown. Off all the towns we are revisiting from 16 odd years ago, this is the one that has had the least amount of development. The significant change is the newly opened river mouth picnic grounds, fishing Warf, rock wall and water park. It's well designed and executed. There's even power at the picnic shelters, we've only had 12 volt for the last 10 days, nowhere to charge the laptop. We've put out the crab pot net, hoping to ...

Lach and Cam made friends at the Seisha Warf with Jack, 15. He's a mad keen fisherman, there from 7am and still there when we left at 6pm. He had a bit more luck, landing a big shark, so big he couldn't lift it. The next day Jack's family moved into the same park as us, so it was good for the kids to have some other company their age. The 3 of them spent most of the day out on the sand fishing, Jack teaching them how to throw a bait net so they could catch ...

20 - 25 July Saturday 20July we left our caravan in storage at the caravan park and continued north. Its nice travelling without the van, we feel so speedy and are enjoying not getting the double bounce that we get from the caravan when we go over one bounce. Soon after Laura we said good bye to the bitumen, onto the red gravel, it's a firm solid base, just need to watch out for the dips or washouts. We travel on gravel then all of a sudden the bitumen ...

17 - 19 July A sort drive today brings us to our next camping destination - Babinda Boulders, thankyou to Michele for recommending this place. Arriving at 10.30, we secure a spot as someone else departs. Over the next couple of days, this is what happens if you're lucky to secure a spot. We based ourselves here to explore a little of Cairns, but mainly, to stock up on fresh supplies and pack for departure to The Cape. . Up in Cairns, its tourist central...

16 July On the road again today, heading East for a change, we are soon on the East Coast. It was great to see the ocean again. Our first stop was Bunnings, Brad search for his cap with built in torch continued. Chatting to a lady in the store, she told us of their recent flood experience. The flood waters reached 185cm in the store, everything that was not sitting on top of the shelving had to be disposed of. This was an enormous Bunnings store, a l...