Hiya everybody,It's us again! The day after we last updated the blog (now Weds 16th) we awoke early and drove from the Cape Hillsborough campsite to complete an early morning mangrove swamp walk before returning to site to 'check out?' Logical, because the office didn't open until 8am and we needed our $20 note back for returning the key. Thus we drove hard to reach Airlie Beach shortly after lunch and promptly booked 2 days out on the Whitsunday ...

Hiya again,So, we really enjoyed Brisbane even though we'd had mixed reports! It really is a garden city and well worth exploring. We headed north to visit Steve Irwin's (Crikey!!!) zoo on the edge of the Glass House Mountains National Park. Although not one of the great zoological gardens of the world it has a certain charm in that one of the keepers might get eaten by a crocodile! To add atmosphere to our visit 'it hammered it down with rain' du...

Hiya All,After a relaxing Saturday night (28 April) in Cessnock - a lazy-type town which nestles in the Hunter Valley- we headed south in good weather and on a delightfully picturesque road to join the Pacific Highway. With no particular plans we ended up at the sleepy seaside village of Harrington just outside the Crowdy Bay National Park and promptly booked 2 nights. This gave us the opportunity to do what we had come to Australia for..........to holiday! ...