14th August, Wednesday, Gladstone Another day of phone calls but things are looking good for today and we can move on. This morning we took a ferry ride out to Facing Island and Curtis Island, there are small communities on these 2 islands and the ferry goes their twice a day. Gladstone isa deep sea port and many ships could be seen being loaded from our ferry. There is a fairly new Liquid Gas Plant on Curtis Island not that we got close to have a look at i...

7th August, Wednesday Emerald to Bedford Weir (Blackwater) 102kms It has been our intention to find a place to stay for a day or two. Billy Boiling our camps book and Wiki Camps both had this spot Bedford Weir. Heading away from Emerald we first stopped at the Coal Centre in Blackwater for a look and booked ourselves in for a mine tour on Friday morning. A brief chat to a couple who had stayed here last night suggested that the earlier you get out here the bette...

28th July, Sunday, Daintree Rain Forest National Park. Rain over night left the ground wetter, muddier and very slippery. Our first point of call was to meet the manager of the CP and hear his story and watch him feed his crocodile, Doris and then his kangaroos in a little native animal park he is building up around the park. By the way Doris came from Sth Aust. as Boris. We headed to the Northern most point Cape Tribulation. On our way to the Cape we discover...

19th July, Loyalty Beach, Seisia, Cape York approx 100 kms It is extremely humid up here with no let up at night, needless to say we are not sleeping well. Today we took a cut lunch and headed for Somerset Beach and homestead ruin. The beach was beautiful, you can camp there- tent only as last 4 or 5 kms very rugged with river crossing and very narrow. The trip up to Somerset beach was perhap one of the highlights although only about 20kms from our CP we trave...

19th July, Loyalty Beach, Seisia, Cape York approx 100 kms It is extremely humid up here with no let up at night, needless to say we are not sleeping well. Today we took a cut lunch and headed for Somerset Beach and homestead ruin. The beach was beautiful, you can camp there- tent only as last 4 or 5 kms very rugged with river crossing and very narrow. The trip up to Somerset beach was perhap one of the highlights although only about 20kms from our CP we trave...