So now we’ve arrived in Port Fairy where we will be picking up the Ocean Road proper. It’s been an interesting few days. I am loving the camping- I’ve always loved to camp and I love the basic ness of it. It is cramped, and there is little privacy and little room for dignity but it still feels like luxurious camping to me. We’ve stayed at the first site which was pretty bleak but with excellent facilities. The second night we were at Mount Gambier. The si...

We had two nice days in Port Douglas, not doing very much, just chilling. And we did one more wildlife tour which was very different from the first. We saw some exciting animals, including a tree kangaroo on a tea plantation, a platypus in the river with two other adult platypuses swimming nearby, a mummy and baby possum, all in the wild. It was a long day but interesting.. That morning, slightly oddly a young woman knocked on our door and asked if we had a spare...

On Monday we were on a day trip to the Daintree National Park rainforest. Once again the trip was super well organised. We had a great guy leading us who knew so much and worked so hard it was incredible. Down Under Eco tours if you’re ever in the area. We first visited the Mossman Gorge which was, if I’m honest, a little disappointing. In the Blue Mountains they have managed to create walkways in such a way that although there are lots of people, it is possi...

After a delayed flight from Sydney so they could change the tyre on the aircraft (I kid you not) we got up to Cairns. I have to say I’ve been really really impressed with Trailfinders- all the airport transfer arrangements have worked like clockwork and it just makes travelling sooooo easy. And the apartments and hotels have all been great too. So we arrived here in Port Douglas later than planned and basically just dumped our stuff and ate in house. But it all...

Ok, so I’ve been having a series of technical difficulties as well as a fabulous time, hence the hiatus in blogs. I’ve checked previous blogs and suspect I’ve fallen asleep halfway through writing some of the entries! Also, it’s been such a whirlwind of activity that it’s quite disorientating trying to remember what you’ve said and done. The irony is, the more you do, the less time and energy you have for writing. But I do want to keep up if I can. S...