The Great Barrier Reef No trip to North Queensland is complete without spending at least one day enjoying a part of the Great Barrier Reef. To do so would be like going to Paris without seeing the Eiffel Tower or Rome without seeing at least the walls of the Colosseum. Gert and I had booked tickets on the day we arrived in Cairns and were advised by the booking agent that the best day would be to go Sunday instead of Thursday as we had planned, as less wind wa...

Cairns If two people ride together and they have a different style of riding, it is best to adjust to the more relaxed style of riding. We are doing trips of 300 to max 400 km per day as that is comfortable for Gert and is ok by me.The advantage is that it allows late starts, plenty of stops and early finishing.Our plan to ride to Cairns was knocked on the head as, even if we would do 500 km a day, it would take 7 days to get there and back plus, say 4 days in...