Today was the longest day driving. We saw lots of red dirt, lots of cattle and lots of roadkill. We started today leaving Cooktown very early and heading for Laura, a two hour drive. Laura is a very small town but is famous for old aboriginal rock art. We went to the Quinjan Cultural Centre first to learn more about the local aborigines. The centre was great, there was lots of information about the local tribes as well as the local rock art and even information ...

So today we did a bit of a history tour and returned back to 1770! We started at the James Cook Museum; we found out how Cook beached The Endeavour and got to see a few items that were recovered. The James Cook Museum is an old house which has gone through a few different changes over the years. It started as a Convent and a boarding school, it suffered a few disasters like fires and cyclones. During one cyclone, 1949, the convent's roof was partially unroofed a...

We left the Daintree early. We almost had a stowaway, a lost dog tried unsuccessfully to enter our campervan. After some mucking around, unable to find the owner we convinced a shop keeper to look after her. So with dog sorted we hit the road for Cooktown. First stop was Mount Carbine. Let's say it consists of a pub and fuel station … that is it. There are two ways to Cooktown, the coastal route and the inland route. We could not take the coastal route becaus...

So today, we had an easy and lazy day. We didn't start too early. We made the trip to Cape Tribulation. I must admit there isn't much there, I was expecting a bit more. Apart from some tours companies and a couple of camping sites, all there is are beaches or very expensive tours ….. but I have to say the beaches are really beautiful. The water was warm and was perfect and we very much enjoyed walking the whole length of the beach in the shallow water. We sho...

Today we went deep into the Daintree. We first visited Daintree village. It is very small. We then took the car ferry across to Cape Tribulation. I liked the car ferry. We soon arrived at the Daintree Discovery Centre. The centre has five tours you can take. They give you a phone looking thing that lets you listen to information during the walk. · Tour 1 - Walkway. · Tour 2 - Canopy Tower. · Tour 3 - Cassowary Tour · Tour 4 - ...