Yesterday we left Mission Beach and drove our last journey through Queensland to reach the Northern area of the Great Barrier Reef. We are spending the last segment of our trip in Trinity Beach, outside of Cairns. We drove through the rain to a cute little town named Babinda. It looked fake, like it should be in Disneyworld! It looked like there was going to be a shootout in the street at any moment, It reminded me of a old western movie! It is a tiny little to...

Happy 4th of July! We already had our celebration! We are a day earlier! Today, we woke up to our first rainy day. Now we know why it is called a "rainforest." It rained the entire day! We went to the little town area where they have a Sunday Market, we were surprised people were out in the rain. We walked around for a while and then spent most of the day reading, napping and relaxing. At the local grocery we found sparklers, party pops and little A...

Today we left Townsville and drove north to Paluma. There is a fresh water waterfall and creek. It is a place without crocodiles that is in a protected park. There are so many National Parks with designated swimming, hiking, camping spots everywhere! We had a great time, Yes, the water was cold! I will admit, I was looking for snakes and spiders! We then drove to Mission Beach. We will be here for a couple of days. We are officially in the Great Barrier Reef, R...

More Driving! We left Airlie Beach this morning and drove to Townsville. Our entertainment was the extra steering wheel Mike found while running! I do not know how you loose a steering wheel? By the way, Mike is now used to driving on the right side. I even did some driving as well. Airlie Beach was not our favorite destination, much too "tourisity", but we still had a nice afternoon and evening there. The water and Bay area is beautiful but, we didn...

Two days ago, we left Hervey Bay and have been making our way up north through Queensland. There are photos from Hervey Bay of Mike and Sabrina with a Balinese statue. The photos are real "special!" The hotel we were staying at had a Balinese theme and Sabrina claimed the statue "creeped" her out! Of Course, Mike put it next to her while she was sleeping...They had a contest to see who made the best matching face...Mike won! Our road trip y...