Day 44 Kilometres Travelled........328 Stopped at Lakeland Road House and ran the car through a big truck wash on the side of the road. We thought this was very good as it was free of charge, so we ran the car through twice, but there was still a lot of red dust on the car. We eventually discovered that the water was recycled, so we were being washed with dirty red water. We returned to Mount Malloy and then diverted to Mossman and Port Douglas instead of tra...

Day 44 Kilometres Travelled........328 Stopped at Lakeland Road House and ran the car through a big truck wash on the side of the road. We thought this was very good as it was free of charge, so we ran the car through twice, but there was still a lot of red dust on the car. We eventually discovered that the water was recycled, so we were being washed with dirty red water. We returned to Mount Malloy and then diverted to Mossman and Port Douglas instead of tra...

Day 31.....1st August Kilometres travelled .......193 Kilometres from home......2415 Left Ralph & Lee at 10:00am and drove directly to Cairns. Arrived Lake Placid Van Park about 12:30, Site 13 (same site as last time) $36.00 per night Top Tourist. We were happy to find that our neighbours on one side were Henry & Valma Porter, and on the other side, Danny & Valerie Tokell. We met both couples on our last visit here two years ago,and it was great to...

Day 31.....1st August Kilometres travelled .......193 Kilometres from home......2415 Left Ralph & Lee at 10:00am and drove directly to Cairns. Arrived Lake Placid Van Park about 12:30, Site 13 (same site as last time) $36.00 per night. We were happy to find that our neighbours on one side were Henry & Valma Porter, and on the other side, Danny & Valerie Tokell. We met both couples on our last visit here two years ago,and it was great to catch up wi...