Blog Day 143 Mon 26th September 2011 Finally we are on the road again. It seems as though the past couple of days we have been driving around the Cairns area but have not managed to get much distance between ourselves and the city. Today though we make a break for it and head down towards Mission Beach. We have heard that Mission Beach is very much an adrenaline area with skydiving being number 1 on the list of things to do. Something that Dan has no intere...

Blog Day 141 Sat 24th September 2011 Last night was our final night in Nomads Cairns. We are officially camping now, well until the next free night in Nomads Airlie Beach. Today sees us packing up our stuff before heading down to the Courthouse to watch the days World Cup matches. New Zealand beat France quite convincingly as we munch away on our final courthouse pizza and huge bowl of fries. After the games we jump into Jaz and head off in search of somewhere...

Blog Day 140 Fri 23rd September 2011 We wake up this morning with a taste for the open road. The trip to Cape Trib would have cost around $100 each & the waterfall trip we have planned for today would have set us back around the same amount. We pinch the waterfall tour leaflet which maps out the tour route and set out onto the Bruce Highway! Our first stop is Boulders Gorge Lookout. Similar to Mossman Gorge but on a bigger scale & you can walk to 3 d...

Blog Day 139 Thurs 22nd September 2011 So our first night's sleep in the camper went surprisingly well. We awake around 7.30ish thanks to the sunlight seeping through the curtains & the heat. As soon as the sun gets on the van it becomes an oven! A quick freshen up & a bowl of cornflakes later and we are packed up, ready to go. Last night we pulled up and there was no one around to take any money from us. This morning there is someone in the office howev...

Blog Day 138 Wed 21st September 2011 So as we have our own wheels now & the freedom of being able to get around, we get recommended to do a trip up to the Daintree River & Cape Tribulation National Parks. A unique area of World Heritage listed rainforest which is just a stone's throw away from the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef. Rainforest found here is over 100 million years old housing over 3,000 plant species representing all stages of rai...