Category Archives: Around Australia 2014

Today we headed for Springbrook National Park. In the planning stages of this trip we made a decision to avoid large cities, one for the difficulties in finding campsites and two because we wanted to see as much of the … Continue reading →

We were tossing up whether to go to Sea World or Australia Zoo, Jacky was keen on Sea World but when we checked prices Australia Zoo came out in front, $60 per ticket is still a steep price to see … Continue reading →

First stop today was the Glasshouse Mountain lookout, this is one of several lookouts in the area. The view was quite spectacular. From here we went to Mount Beerburrum to climb to the lookout, 278 mtrs. The climb to the … Continue reading →

Pack up time again, this time we are heading to the Glasshouse Mountains. We headed down to the beach for a 45 km drive along the beach. Once again it was into the car wash. The wash they had here … Continue reading →

Today I let the tyres down again and headed down to the beach and began wonder why I had spent the time and money washing the salt and sand off the car. The first destination was north to Double Pt Lighthouse, … Continue reading →

The time has come to leave this fantastic island, low tide was at 12 noon, so we had plenty of time to drive the 100 kms back to the ferry. The difference low tide makes is amazing. You can cruise … Continue reading →

During our successful negotiation of the Ngkala rocks bypass on Mon, I forgot to turn on the GoPro so with one last day we decided to go up to Ngkala Rocks and film our efforts in negotiating this tricky bypass. … Continue reading →

Rain in paradise!! What’s going on? The extraordinary amount of water on this island may have something to do with regular rainfall. Jacky had seen a cute t-shirt at Happy Valley when we were there on Thurs so she was … Continue reading →

Another beautiful day in paradise, today we head for Sandy Cape, the most northern tip of the island. Just past Orchid Beach we saw a sign for Ocean Lake, there was a nice picnic area with toilets there that did … Continue reading →

Today we headed off to explore the northern section of the island. First stop was Champagne Pools, this is the most northern point that all the tours come to. We walked down the boardwalk and watched some of the brave … Continue reading →