Brisbane to Cairns (Wed 14th - Tues 20th Jan 2009) For the past week we have been continuing our journey up the Queensland coast to Cairns. Our first stop about 2 hours north of Brisbane was Australia Zoo. This is the place owned by Steve Irwin (well until he was killed by a stingray 2 years ago) and his family. Its speciality is crocodiles but you can also see heaps (to use the vernacular) of other Aussie beasts such as cassowaries (flightless birds found in Qu...

Newcastle to Brisbane (Fri 9th - Tues 13th Jan 2009) On the road again. We have hired a car (Kia ) from Europcar in Newcastle and plan to drop it off in Cairns 3000 kilometres north of here in 11 days time. For the past 5 days we have been wending our way slowly up to Brisbane. Our first stop was the surfing town of Crescent Head to pick up Gwen's son Graeme who has been travelling all round Australia for the past month. He had just completed a surfing course an...