Blog Day 146 Thurs 29th September 2011 After sleeping in the camper for a week we really appreciate a bed where we can stretch out. So we don't rise out of it until around half past 9. Jamieson and Jackie are both out at work, however Jess, their other housemate, is home. We spend the morning mostly chatting to her about the usual stuff, our travels, what we all do, where we are all going etc etc. She is another laid back Aussie who just lets us make ourselves...

Blog Day 145 Wed 28th September 2011 This morning we are woken up by a very rare natural occurrence in Australia ………………. RAIN. We were under the impression that such a thing didn't happen in this country. Turns out we were wrong. We sit for a while and watch the other campers going about their morning business as we sit and write a little shopping list. It doesn't take long to pack things away and we are back on the highway heading for Townsville. ...

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...