Day Forty One - August 16th, 2013 Cairns Definitely our laziest day on the journey so far! But seeing as we start the long trip towards Darwin tomorrow, perhaps we deserve it. We paid a visit to ARB, a specialist 4x4 store to see if they could advise us on how to store a spare fuel carton outside of the vehicle. Unfortunately, without spending an extortionate amount of money, it's just not doable. Therefore, we headed back to Super Cheap Auto (for what seemed ...

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 Five - August 10th, 2013 Cairns There was a definite 'weekend' feel in the campsite this morning. We were up early, but lounged around for a while, chatting, saying goodbye to Tanya and Chris, and wolfing down a tomato and onion omelette with beans served up by Ben. Elly got down to some serious planning, and now we know how much tax will be returned to us, calculated the budget for our remaining four months in Australia. We are still thinking of he...