It was still raining when we woke up but we hadn't floated away in the night. After brekky we drove the short distance up a very steep and windy road to the village in the rainforest, Kuranda, 1000 feet above Cairns. The journey up there was wet but it stopped raining by the time we got there. Kuranda is a really lovely little place surrounded by world heritage rainforest. There are markets here and loads of interesting shops selling all sorts of different art an...

When we woke up today it wasn't raining! Before we left today I left a message in the visitors book complementing the owners and stating how lovely this caravan park is and how it is the best one we have stayed in. When I opened the book a cute little lizard ran out. He must have spent the night there and I appeared to have woken him up. It was just a short half hour drive to the centre of Cairns. We parked up at the marina and walked along the esplanade. The sky...

It had rained again all night and was still raining when we got up. After brekky we drove inland a short distance to the edge of the Wet Tropics World Heritage area and the Mamu Rainforest Canopy Walkway. The car park when we got there was pretty much deserted which was good as it would be nice and quiet but it was absolutely lashing it down with rain. We only had one rain poncho between us so we sat in the camper hopefully waiting for a break in the rain. Our pa...

It rained all night and was still raining when we got up. There was a sign by the amenities block warning that this is cassowary territory and not to feed them. The lady at reception had told me that cassowaries had been seen in the caravan park and to give them a wide berth. They are notoriously aggressive birds and should be treated with caution. She told me that a cassowary had killed a dog that lived over the road from the caravan park. The dog was pierced by...

It rained all night but by the time we got up the cloud had cleared and the sun was out. We really like this caravan park so we decided to stay another night and have a chill out day. We had a very leisurely breakfast. Later on in the day we went for a walk to the beach at Hull Heads which was about two kilometres away. Everywhere was very green here because of all the rainfall. It was along the road but the walk there was good. Hull Heads is where the Hull River...