Day 56: Cairns Coconut-Day 2 In writing this block I generally do a brief summary of the days events, highlighting the key activities and occurrences. I write the blog knowing that it enables friends and family to track where we are and how or what we are doing, but my primary motivation in writing is to remind us of our holiday of a lifetime, a memory jogger of all the adventures we are experiencing. Saying that, today's blog will be a little more detailed. ...

Day 55: Port Douglas to Cairns It will be a short blog tonight, we've had a great day but didn't really do a great deal. We arrived at the infamous Cairns Coconut resort a little after 11am. By the time we got here the rain had cleared and it had become a beautifully warm sunny day. By the time we set the van up it was after 12pm, which just happens to be the time the water park opens. The kids were chomping at the bit to play on it, so whilst Darren washed...

Day 54: Daintree Rainforest The rain unfortunately put a damper on some of today's activities. We try to do what we want, no matter the weather. But today we had to cut the day a little short as we just weren't enjoying ourselves anymore. The day started with such excitement. We were up early and ready for the drive to Cape Tribulation. We had booked a Jungle Surf Tour of the Daintree. Jungle Surfing is the process of travelling through the top of the rain...

Day 53: Millaa Millaa to Port Douglas Nothing worse than trying to keep a caravan clean when it's raining outside, wet grass gets trampled through at a constant rate. We did our first pack up in the rain this morning. It wasn't pouring but was constant & misty rain. Pack up wasn't too bad except for the dirty floor in the van. By the time we reached Atherton the rain had stopped and it felt quite muggy. We visited the Crystal caves at Atherton which was...

Day 52: Paronella Park Today was one of those perfect days. I'm sure my writings will fail to illustrate how magic the day was, but I will do my best. Despite the forecast of showers we decided to visit Paronella Park. We were extremely fortunate with the weather as the rain held off until we were ready to depart. Where do I begin to explain what Paronella Park is? It was built by Jose Paronella back in the 30's and consisted of not only beautiful gardens b...