We are now back in Rockhampton again this evening for our final night on the road for a while, before heading on to Brisbane tomorrow where we will be staying for a few months in order to finance the rest of our trip around the country. After our walk to nowhere on Thursday we were looking forward to a nice easy day on Friday as we headed into Townsville to find somewhere to stay and somewhere to watch England's first World Cup game. The latter proved simple eno...

We arrived in Bowling Green Bay National Park yesterday after a few hours drive along the coast to find the camping ground tucked away a few kilometres off the main highway and just a couple of tents and trailers already there. With most of the park to choose from, we set up our tent in some shade towards the back of the camping area before heading off to do a little exploring. At the far side of the camping and visitor's area there were a number of walking trac...

After leaving Wallaman Falls this morning and travelling a little further south we soon arrived at our destination for the day - the Jourama Falls section of Paluma Range National Park. Once again we arrived to find the camping ground almost empty but this time we had only needed to drive a couple of kilometres off of the main highway, so we didn't feel quite as exposed and remote as we had done the previous two nights. Once we had got the tent set up in some sh...

We left Cairns behind us yesterday morning after breakfast with Lynsey and Marcus (and picking up a parking ticket from an over zealous traffic warden) and headed south along the coastal road once again en route to Wallaman Falls National Park. The drive from Cairns offers some amazing scenery from rugged mountainsides and rainforests on one side of the road, to spectacular coastal views across the beaches and out towards the ocean on the other. After a couple o...

Today is our last full day in Cairns before heading off down the coast again to experience ventures anew. We decided to make the most of the good weather yesterday with a trip to one of the Northern beaches with Lynsey and an absurdly large picnic. After picking her up from her hostel we headed on up to Trinity beach, as despite spending a few days there with Lynn and Leslie all those months ago, we never actually made it down onto the sand! The morning sun was...