From Atherton to Mt Surprise, Qld: Thursday 27 Sept 12 Dave and I packed up our tent at the Atherton Big4 Caravan Park in perfect early morning weather, drooling as we worked away fitting everything back into its place in our trailer, because we could smell lots of delicious bacon and eggs being cooked for school holiday family campers who were staying there. We had enjoyed the same brekkie that we have every day; a bowl of muesli with a banana….very easy and ...

I feel let down, deflated but now I'm Pumped - 25th September 2012 A few km out of Atherton on our first day of exploring the bike was not handling well, the feeling you get when a tyre is going flat. My first suspicions was that it was the front tyre but a quick call to Trish on the intercom and a safe parking spot in a side street soon revealed that it was my back tyre. With 10psi still left in it I decided to ride back to camp to do the repairs rather than o...

Final Day at Cooktown then off to Atherton 23rd September We have another lovely walk planned, starting with the Botanical Gardens. The two old people with their hiking sticks always draw a few stares from the locals but at least we are out there walking. On the way we passed what must be the saddest little Circus we have ever seen. The dusty dirty "Big Top" was not much bigger than our tent ( slight exaggeration there but it was tiny ). The trucks were batt...

Pretty Little Cooktown Qld: Friday, Saturday 21, 22 Sept 2012 Friday; a working day for normal folk who haven't retired, so Dave and I walked a short distance into the little town of Cooktown to post off some birthday presents back to WA. It's not worth firing up the motorbikes to ride such a short distance, and the views of the coastal town are so pretty, why rush? The locals seem to be friendly; everyone says gidday and we thoroughly enjoyed our day of sights...

Sunrise, Sleepy Head, The long way round and a Cloud of Feathers - Thursday 20th September Moving day again and time to leave the "luxury" of the Safari Tent. I wanted to see a sunrise over the ocean. As all sunrises in WA are over the hills and sunsets over the ocean I set the alarm to get up at 6:00am and head for the beach to watch the sunrise. Trish had decided that sleep was more important as you will see from her photo. It turned out a few others had t...