We made tracks south and drove all day to Yeppoon for two nights. The weather was cool and windy so we went for a short stroll along the beach to use up some energy then had an early night. Next morning Ben and I were up early so we walked along the beach into town for a coffee. Once the boys were up and we were all breakfasted we all walked back along the beach to town and went to a park with a very tall climbing frame. As the bad weather started to come in we...

We drove a short while down the road, south and west, through paddocks and paddocks of sugarcane with the ever present mountains on our left, past gorgeous Tully to Murray Falls. The campground was pretty with lots of tall trees and blissfully empty of people! Unfortunately, instead of people, it seemed the march flies had moved in, in their thousands. They were abominable!!! We had to lather ourselves with aeroguard and use swishy sticks to keep them from swar...

Leaving the next day we looked forward to getting back to a smaller place, so we settled in down the road a little way at Mission Beach. We snagged another great site and fell in love with the village feel and the gorgeous beach. We spent the afternoon swimming and playing cricket on the beach. Next day we got up at sunrise and hired a boat to spend the day fishing and exploring nearby Dunk Island. We had a spectacular day, enjoying being out on the beautiful w...

The drive to Cairns was a beautiful surprise. The road wove around the edge of the coast through small, pretty beachside towns. The ocean literally sparkled on our left and the mountains were lush and green on our right. We checked out a possible place to stay called Palm Cove which is now on the list of places to come back to, it was absolutely glorious. However, we decided to push on to be in Cairns itself. We decided on the Coconut Cairns Big 4, which was hu...

Ben and Jack got up just before sunrise, I missed it by about 10 minutes but it was gorgeous. There were tree loppers coming early anyway and we wanted to get going so it was a great way to start the day. We drove to the nearby Daintree river and caught the ferry across to head up into the Daintree Rainforest. It was such a beautiful morning and we drove along the roads with the windows down, so we could smell and feel and hear everything. We headed straight...