I started out early today as I knew that I had to drive about 180km to the start of the outback over to Charters Towers. Along the way I clocked up first 1000km in the camper van and I had only gone 350km south of Cairns so far.History lesson number 1.....Charters Towers is a city in northern Queensland, Australia. It is located 137 kilometers inland (south-west) from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. In 2006 the population was 7,979 people, some 450 fewer tha...

Today I had a 240km drive to do from Mission Beach down to Townsville and at lunchtime I pulled into Frances Creek Rest Area where I sat and ate my lunch on one of the picnic benches there. I was joined by an Aussie guy on a motorbike called Dave who told me about his most recent accident on his bike and that he was driving to Townsville to have another scan on his back at the hospital down there as he had an operation on his back after the accident and was goin...

This morning I phoned up and booked the River Taxi over to Dunk Island for 11:00 with a return trip back at 16:30 for $30. Then once John and Louise got up and I told them that I had booked the trip over they both decided that they would also like to go over there today so I gave them my phone and they also booked the same taxi for the same times as me.We walked down the beach a little together and we waited for the taxi to take us over to Dunk Island. The jour...

A little bit more off-roading required in order to get off the beach road and back on to the highway this morning but nothing that my Toyota Hiace couldn't handle. LOL. I am heading south towards Mission Beach today but along the way I will be stopping off at a couple of places to have a look around. My first port of call was Josephine falls, still in the Wooroonooran National Park, is a series of stepped clear-water pools and waterfalls. The falls are fed ...

Happy Birthday Michael!!!This morning I was up early so that I could drive 7km west of Babinda town in to the Wooroonooran National Park so that I could start the 12km walk at Babinda Boulders at around 8am in order to avoid most of the people.The Babinda Boulders are a stretch of massive granite boulders that have been sculpted by the fast-running creek. At the lower end is a grassy picnic area with gentle clear-water swimming hole, while walking trails lead up...