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...

Today was quite a long drive (200km) down from Cape Tribulation, back across on the cable ferry, past Cairns and down to a very small town called Babinda with a huge population of 1170 people. My first stop was at the information centre to find out what walks there were in the local area and also to find out where I can park the van for free tonight. I am already regretting hiring the van as I didn't know that you had to pay to park the van everywhere.While...