Decided I had better put an entry to the photos that I posted. We decided to camp on site here as it is free with the admission, and we are very glad we got to see this place. We have taken a tour through the Gardens with a guide, and heard all about Jose's dream ,starting in about 1925 with the land,16 acres. His dream was to build a place for people to come to swim, play tennis, there was a ballroom and theatre with an ice cream parlour. Unbelievable, and powe...

So I decided to get a quick entry in, while we have free wifi at Palm Cove. We left the scenic Archer point and headed towards the Bloomfield track, we drove past Black mountain, which is really quite unusual. Drove on to the Lions Den Hotel, first stop, we got out and the owner was just opening up the museum, a strange collection, from snakes in jars to large Chinese fans. The owner just realised that one of his snakes had been stolen, you just can't believe s...

Have just arrived in Cooktown, after a few days driving. We left Seisia with a little piece of it with us. Spencer had come off his bike, did a massive skid on the red , hard packed dirt.Had to really just hose him down to see the extent of his injuries, knee, shin , ankle and elbow right side. So it was off to a special last night dinner on the beach, bucket of prawns, Spanish mackerel , and roast chicken for Spencer, with a apple crumble for dessert. Our las...

Left Mareeba and headed north to Laura, stopping at a few lookouts along the way. We stayed at the Laura pub 16 years ago, and I couldn't really remember the town at all. The campground was pretty basic with lovely tree frogs living in the bathrooms. We met a lovely couple from south of Perth, who were having car issues, and had to have their car transported to Laura. Ended up listening to the grand finals on the radio, bad luck Swannies and good game Cronulla. ...

We left Alice after a few days of schoolwork, rain and getting the car serviced. Off up the Stuart Hwy northwards, the way we had come, because our road of choice was closed ( Plenty Hwy). Our first day was one of our biggest 572.9 kms past Tennant creek and onto the Barkly highway, we ended up staying next to a tower on the side of the road, no one else around. Next day we crossed the border into Qld and went through Camooweal then turned off towards Lawn Hill...