Here again for the Whitsunday Islands. More later.

We took a slight detour from the journey south we had made 10 years ago and headed off the main highway to MissionBeach. This is a really lovely spot and we contemplated whether we could return here after seeing Avril but decided the addition kilometerage we'd clock up, and time, were not on our side. This is an area where Cassowarys are regularly spotted but we were to be disappointed.If we'd hoped to see any as we headed back to the Bruce Highway this was to be...

Great stopover for a couple of nights - wish we could stop longer but time is running out.

As we turned off the Cook Highway on to the road to Port Douglas (PD) everything looked so familiar and very much the same as it was when we were last here ten years ago.We'd heard that there had been a huge amount of development at PD and that it had really changed - it wasn't the quiet, relaxed place it used to be.When we arrived in the town centre we saw that to a certain extent this was true - lots of new buildings in the main street and lots more people mill...

Back in Port Douglas for the first time since 1997. It has changed but by how much? Watch this space. E M xx