Happy Birthday Amanda! xx I woke up before 7 am to the sound of traffic instead of waves and it took a while to remember where I was - must be my old age!! It's much colder here in the mornings and so I stayed in bed as long as possible and the kids jumped in too when they woke up. We decided to have another day off schoolwork to go exploring and so after breakfast hit the road. We drove through Atherton and the first stop was the Curtin Fig Tree - a very pre...

Happy Birthday to me!! I was the first one awake but the kids soon stirred and swamped me with some beautiful home made cards and treasures they had found on the beach. After breakfast we packed up and were on the road by 9 am. It took us about an hour and a half to reach Walkamin (travelling on the Mulligan Highway!!) and find the caravan park, which was fantastic. We were given a huge site with lots of space behind us for the kids to play footie - much le...

Even though the kids woke up early no one was in a rush to get out of bed. We all had a lie in and then a very long drawn out breakfast before heading into Mossman to do school work at the library. We dropped off some washing at the launderette on the way and I kept ducking out to check the dryer - a nice break from the books!! We called in to Woolworths on the way home and stocked up with meals that we could cook over a fire pit in Cooktown tomorrow then he...

Happy Birthday Wendy! xx Katharine woke up early this morning needing the toilet and dragged me out of bed - it meant I got to see a stunning sunrise and then went back to bed for another couple of hours! We let the kids have a day off school today and after breakfast drove up the coast to Cape Tribulation. The only way to access Cape Trib from here is by taking a cable ferry across the Daintree River. It only took 5 minutes to cross the river and we were l...

Happy Birthday Grandad Chris! xx All four kids were awake early this morning and decided to do some craft at the table - all well and good except that the table was right by my head!! Nick and I got up to have coffee outside just to have a little space. We suffered another wet bed overnight and so needed to do laundry. The weather was beautiful so there was a queue for the washing machine by 8 am. Nick and Katharine therefore spent the morning at the coin ...