Day 7 - Cooktown It was a lazy morning this morning, complete with "cafe style" coffees in the Roberts' caravan. Eventually we got on the road and travelled the very lazy 45 minutes to the Lions Den Hotel. This was a stop ear marked on the map from the first day we started planning the trip as this pub is in Nick's Great Aussie Pubs book. We stopped for pizzas and beers for lunch and had alook around the beautiful old pub. All of the walls have been written ...

Time to move on. We met up with the Roberts' at Mossman and travelled together towards Bloomfield. We crossed the Daintree River on the Ferry and then continued on the windy road to Cape Tribulation. A quick stop at the lookout on the way and then another quick stop at the Cape Tribulation beach for a photo. From here we joined the Bloomfield Track, a dirt road with a few (small) creek crossings, nothing too challenging which was good. There were however, so...

Today we hopped out of bed early and got ourselves ready to head to the skyrail. The skyrail goes from Smithfield to Kuranda. the skyrail is 7.5 km long and the highest tower is over 40m high! The views were amazing. We could see the rainforest, the ocean and the farmland. We stopped off and walked around the boardwalk in the rainforest and saw many different types of trees and learnt about how they grow. Second stop was at Barron Falls. It was beautiful a...

Day 4 - Cairns It was so nice to wake up this morning to a beautiful nice warm sunny day. We decided we needed a little break toady after the long drive. After a slow morning, with a quick dip in the pool for the kids, we headed for a short walk to Lake Placid, only about 200m down the road. We could see the Scenic Railway up in the hills behind. We then kept walking a little further to the General Store for a few supplies. The afternoon was nice and relaxe...

Day 3 - On the road....AGAIN! We woke up in the frost this morning - it was freezing and packing up the tent was not a happy adventure! On the road by 8:00 this morning with a quick brekkie stop at the bakery in Clermont. We drove all day with a stop at Charters Towers for lunch, an ice-cream at the "Frozen Mango", then FINALLY we managed to get to Cairns, pulling up in the dark and setting up just in time for bed. But, at least it is warm! We said "Goodbye"...