Heading down the mountains from the Atherton Table lands we stopped at Paronella Park. The entrance price includes a night of camping and entrance to the park at night as well as a return entrance for the next two years. Although the park has won some tourism awards and sounded pretty interesting as we had… Read More Mission Beach
Leaving Port Douglas we once again drove the winding roads of the Great Dividing Range. Due to the altitude the climate in the Atherton Tablelands is slightly cooler than the somewhat uncomfortable humidity levels we’d endured over the past weeks and we welcomed the change. After some slight mis-direction by the sat-nav we arrived at… Read More Atherton Tablelands
Bloomfield Track Heading south from Cooktown we could have stayed on the sealed inland road, but opted instead to take the Bloomfield track. The Bloomfield runs alongside the coast and provides some of the most spectacular panoramic views. The road is unsealed but had recently been graded so it was an easy drive. The track… Read More Port Douglas & The Daintree
Cooktown is named after Captain Cook (the first British explorer to map the east coast of Australia) who sailed into the harbor here to enact repairs to the ship after damaging the hull on a reef in 1770. If staying on sealed roads, this is the most northerly town you can reach on the York peninsula, 328kms… Read More Cooktown
The caravan park at Sesia is located right on the beach. Picture perfect with plenty of white sand and palm trees. However despite the constant heat there is no swimming here. Saltwater crocodiles are common in these waters. We took it easy in the morning lingering over pancake breakfast. The day was warming rapidly and… Read More Cape York – The Tip of Australia
Hit The Toad 