Day 79 - Tuesday 18th June 2013 Anne and Ralph walked into Airlie Beach to meet the rest of us for Breakky at the Coffee Club at Port of Airlie. Anne said it was a beautiful walk but her joints were hurting after the 5.5 kms walk. Fi and Cat walked back home after breakfast and agreed, it is certainly a lovely way to spend the morning, walking the paths and boardwalks around the bay back to Cannonvale. Ken and Glenn are spending the morning in the garden chopp...

Day 74 - Thursday 13th June 2013 (Travelled 110 kms) Left this morning and travelled into Townsville. An early arrival and our camp is set up and all the chores completed. We took a drive down town to The Strand, then picked up Cat from the airport and enjoyed dinner at the Longboard Bar and Grill. Day 75 - Friday 14th June 2013 A warm morning and we venture to the port to catch the ferry over to Magnetic Island for the day. The island is known as Maggie to t...

Day 69 - Saturday 8th June 2013 (180.7 kms) A noisy sleepover at Kynuna, with a particular road train leaving his engine running and people packing up at some ungodly hour to hit the road early. We have probably been spoilt so far and it has been noticeable over the last few days that the Grey Nomads (of course we're not classified as nomads 'cause we have to go back to work!) are on the loose and heading north. Kynuna was established on the Diamantina River an...

Day 64 - Monday 3rd June 2013 (267.9 kms) The wind over the past couple of days has taken its toll on the fuel consumption, and today we are still battling headwinds and crosswinds. Heading east today to cross the NT/QLD border and then arriving at Camooweal. Lunch at the pub and a small trip out along the Georgina River to find a camp spot for the night. Caravan city along the banks; we went along the track further to come to a bigger body of water, well water...

Day 57 - Monday 27th May 2013 (Travelled 52.8 kms) So we have discovered that the bats aren't squabbling but chattering, nevertheless, they are hard to take at 4.50 am in the morning. The boat cruise on the beautiful Katherine River has our attention. A most informative general commentary with a good touch of humour by two of our young indigenous cruise directors. At the end of the first gorge and walk we viewed some of the indigenous artwork before boarding our...