I was woken at 6am this morning by orange footed scrub fowl making hideous amounts of noise, a rainforest hen which is several times louder than any rooster I have ever heard! I dozed for a while before being woken by a screaming match between the four children next door at 8.30 this was made louder by the fact that all that separated our "rooms" was a sheet of plastic which didn't even connect at the top. Oh well time to get up then! I seem to have spe...

Cape Tribulation - Where Rainforest meets Reef On a bus yesterday morning at 8.15am for a VERY bumpy ride up to Cape Tribulation - never again will I complain about the state of the surface on Newton Road!!!!! The journey involved crossing the Daintree River - a favourite hang out for local crocs and along a windy road through the rainforest to the most exotic hostel I have stayed since leaving Fiji. I am staying in what is basically a tent ontop of a raised woo...

This time in a month I will be home - CRAZY stuff! Another day today of beautiful sunshine - I love the Tropical North! I caught a free bus transfer to Dougie's hostel in Port Douglas, the rather rough road ran up beside the rainforest, the mountains of the Great Dividing Range and the stunning coastline. It is peak season up here in this up market holiday town but it isn't buzzing with too many people! I lay on the beacu for a couple of hours in the arvo but bec...

After an emotional goodbye at Brisbane airport I was on a jam packed Virgin Blue flight up to Cairns arrived at 7.10pm to heat 3degrees warmer than middle of the day Brisbane - Thank You! A pretty simple exit through the domestic terminal and onto a shuttle bus to YHA central Cairns - unfortunately due to my late arrival after 2 weeks in a double bed I was back to a top bunk!!!! Yesterday I had my earliest start in a while and was off to Cairns Central Mall Cin...

I have spent the last 2 weeks with the Harlings - After not seeing them for 16 years (and meeting Patch for the first time) I had the most amazing time and saying goodbye was horrible - until 2011 eh Jane! :) We jam packed so much into 2weeks that not only would you get bored reading but I would bankrupt myself if I sat on the internet for long enough to write everything in detail so bullet points it is!!!!! After an emotional reunion we went on to have many ...