Day 11 - Time Wasters Today was our final day in Cairns. It started off raining but looked like it would blow over by breakfast. We had a BIG breakfast planned as we ended to use up any accumulated food in Frank's fridge and lader. Beans (or rather Spaghetti) and sausages mixed in the same tin n toast with a cup of tea (yes you can get 2 strong cups put of one bag!!) followed by fruit juice and Tim Tams to snack on at 11'ses. We headed straight to the front an...

Day 10 - Authentic Kangaroo Testicles Clarkey having not had an awful lot of sleep had come up a with a plan for the day. First stop the bakers for a naughty pastry for breakfast. Then the post office to get stamps for a few postcards. And then find a cafe for a coffee for Clarkey and a smoothy for Holly. Perfect, good plan Clarkey. This productive morning was to be followed up by a trip to the Wildlife Habitat, a zoo / nature reserve boasting all the native a...

Today we were headed further north to see what Port Douglas has to offer. Reputedly the haunt of the rich and famous, we wanted a piece of the action. The roads here were precarious to say the least, twisty and turny, steep up followed by steep down, only separated from the rocky coastline by a tin barrier. But how beautiful. Around every corner a new view of where the sea meets the shore. After a short run in comparison to the miles done yesterday we arrived in...

Getting to the camp site in the dark, we had very little idea of what it would be like in the morning! Clarkey's concern was quelled slightly by the little poem in each loo cubicle asking you to brush so the next person has a clean loo too. So we had a peaceful night, no pillaging , cult offerings or seances! ;-) We headed off early doors to get back to Townsville and find a glazier to patch up Frank. A local trader 'gaffer taped' us back together and we hit th...

Day 7 - Ocean Rafting Another early rise in anticipation of our 'Ocean Rafting' adventure. We stocked up on tea and toast not knowing what lunch might be like, and then we left Frank in the capable hands of Jodie and her team, hoping he would be patched up by the time we got home. We were collected by the company mini bus, which dropped us off in no time at all, literally at the end of the jetty. We had to register and sign our life away, basically if we were...