Mission Beach - 26th September Mission Beach Car Kilometres: 179,688 Distance Travelled: 216km Total Distance Travelled: 11,437km After another shortish hop of 200kms or so to Mission Beach, we arrive at the most expensive campsite since Broome.However, after looking around we decide that it's a better option than the half-the-price council site over the road.We've been warned about it being a bit rough, but decide to have a look around first anyway - it f...

Port Douglas - 23rd September 2008 Port Douglas Car Kilometres: 179,472 Distance Travelled: 83km Total Distance Travelled: 11,221km Again it was a short drive down to Port Douglas. 85kms doesn't even warrant a driver change and we got there within an hour. Port Douglas is described as being a very chic little tourist down with hotels and bars to match the clientele. Unfortunately that didn't include 2 pommies on a tight budget. On our first trip into the ...

Cape Tribulation - 21st September Cape Tribulation Car Kilometers: 179,389 Distance Travelled: 276km Total Distance Travelled: 11,138km We leave the Tablelands and pootle up and down the green and pleasant hills, towards Cape Tribulation, our northernmost stop on the east coast, since we've now decided not to bother going up to Cooktown.On the way we stop at a coffee sampling place, where we enjoy a proper coffee (Dave), and a chilli hot chocolate (me).We s...

Atherton Tablelands - 19th September 2008 Atherton Car Kilometers: 179,113 Distance Travelled: 579km Total Distance Travelled: 10,862km We found the Atherton Tablelands, slightly inland between Cairns and Innisfail, by accident. We had both read the section of the book and decided to leave it until we were on our way back down from Cooktown. Fortunately for us, Ken (our trusty sat nav) decided that the fastest route to Cooktown from Townsville was via this...

Townsville - 16th September 2008 Townsville Car Kilometers: 178,534 Distance Travelled: 655km Total Distance Travelled: 10,283km Despite the fact that we had no tent to pack up in the morning, and that we had slept well in the caravan, we still didn't manage to leave Winton until about 10.00am. Mainly because of the bacon sandwich as a breakfast treat. It did take a while to get to us but they were so friendly in doing it we didn't feel the urge to compla...