Day Forty - August 15th, 2013 Cairns I would like to take a little time and set the scene in regards to our current camp neighbours. They pulled up yesterday and set about assembling their huge tent. It seems to me that they might be a sort of couple, even though there are three of them. I certainly cannot distinguish which of the two women might be involved with the man. Since they are all of the same age (late 60s), and the two women look nothing alike, I am ...

Day Thirty Nine - August 14th, 2013 Cairns Today was a 'bits and bobs' day. Elly had located a Landrover specialist extremely nearby, so we took our chances as drove there on the off chance they might be able to fit us in. The guy was really helpful, and said that even though he was booked out for the next two weeks, he'd fit us in tomorrow as we only have a couple of minor jobs to do. We therefore drove on to Super Cheap Auto to pick up so transmission fluid ...

Day Thirty Eight - August 13th, 2013 Mossman Gorge to Cairns It's snuck up on me. Years and years of teenage and student resistance have crumbled, and I am now a 'morning person'. It's all Elliot's fault, and I blame him entirely - the boy can't sit still and is up with he sun. But today, I could see just how far I've come along the evolutionary scale while we waited for Megan and Ben to get ready. We were still in the car by the allotted 9am deadline, but I wa...

Day Thirty Seven - August 12th, 2013 The Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation My photo album has taken on a mind of its own, and arranged itself in an erratic fashion. Sorry! We were all up before the 8am alarm, excited to reach the most northern point of the East Coast accessible on sealed roads. When I went into the loos, another lady hastily pointed out the largest moth I have ever seen perched on the wall. I ran back to the tent to get the others, and...

Day Thirty Six - August 11th, 2013 Cairns to Mossman via Port Douglas When the alarm went off this morning and we were greeted by grey skies, it felt surreal and alien to be in anything but bright sunshine. It wasn't cold however, and Elliot and I, Megan and Ben, set about packing up our lives and putting what we could into the free storage space the campground had been generous enough to let us use until we return. After the boys had worked their magic, the La...