Mission beach is fantastic! It is a huge beach, lined with palm trees and it is just perfect. Just like paradise really. We spent a night here in a nice campsite which was really relaxed, and virtually empty! There isnt an awful lot else to see here really, but the beach is impressive enough! Took some good photos here in the morning before we left. We had our first Aussie cocktail here which was a cocobanana daquari. Yummy!! And we had the best Chinese meal ever...

Brrrrrrrrrr!!! We had the coldest night here! I ended up going to bed in a fleece!! Its nice here as we are away from the coast, and it makes a change to be up in the mountains! We are in a nice campsite, but there isnt really a lot to do here. We did a night rainforest walk here with a biologist guy and saw lots of insect and bugs and things! Look on the photos page and you will see some of the things we saw! Next day, we went on a river cruise, and saw, in t...

Port Douglas is a really nice little place. Its not too big but it has everything that you would need. We spent a few nights here and really enjoyed it. We were in a really nice campsite where the people were really friendly. We also went to the sunday markets which everyone talks about and they had some really nice things there. We also got our temporary tattoos done here. Nikki had a ghekko on her shoulder and i had a butterfly on my lower back. We really like ...

Hi from Cape Trib!!! Well, the first thing that springs to mind is rain, rain, rain!!! It was a fun journey up, the first in Violet our van! We went across the ferry to the cape which was exciting, but we were very aware of all the signs about crocs!!! We drove to a few view points but to be honest the weather wasnt great so we couldnt see a lot. We drove all the way to Cape Trib, up the windy roads, and found a nice camp site to stay in which was just a short...

Hello there from rainy Cairnes!! Its our second day here and im sorry to say that we havent done much yet!!! We arrived at 6am and just crashed out. We went into town that afternoon and had a look around. It seems nice but i agree that it is very touristy. The hostle we are staying in is really nice. Its called the Calypso Inn Backpackers hostel and its very modern and funky. There is a big pool and a huge bar/restaurant. Yesterday they were showing Finding Nemo ...