Having arrived at the YHA the previous evening I decided to explore the town. I got the courtesy bus into the centre and explored the two shopping centres. The latter was actually really quite big and had a pleasing smell of cookies. Having had lots of issues with my ears popping and unpopping all the […]
Read the rest of Tuesday 2nd September to Friday 5th September – Maroochydore
I woke up and left the caravan park in Chinchilla and headed down the final stretch to Brisbane. This stretch was perhaps the easiest with dual carriageway practically the whole way down. When I got to Brisbane I managed to find the place to drop the van off easily enough and made use of their […]
Read the rest of Monday 1st September – Chinchilla to Brisbane to Maroochydore
I got up and left Lake Maraboon and headed South on the Great Inland Way towards Roma. I had the whole petrol dilemma again and realised that I still hadn’t learnt. At least I now knew that I could do around seventy kilometres once the petrol light had come on. I think I was actually […]
Read the rest of Sunday 31st August – Lake Maraboon to Roma
I left Charters Towers truck stop in the morning after a shower and egg sarnie. Other than the unwanted car park guests I was pleasantly surprised by the laundry, hot showers and other facilities they had. I drove about ten kilometres down the road prior to the oil light coming on in Bern. At first […]
Read the rest of Saturday 30th August – Charters Towers to Lake Maraboon
After a decidedly dodgy night sleep, due to the others in the dorm deciding that they not only needed the fan on but also needed the door open, I checked out and booked another relocation van. I was told that I could collect the van from midday so faffed around online for a while and […]
Read the rest of Friday 29th August – Cairns to Charters Towers
In the morning I awoke to the sounds of the rainforest. I mean literally hear not some dodgy C.D. that you can buy, you know in the rack next to the whale-song one. I got up and checked out, ate some food and went on t’internet at the hostel. When the bus came to pick […]
Read the rest of Thursday 28th August – Cape Tribulation to Cairns
After an early night I woke up early on the Tuesday morning ready for my trip out to the reef. The trip had been cancelled the previous day due to bad weather so I was pleased to find out that it was still running from reception. I went and got changed into my bikini etc […]
Read the rest of Tuesday 26th to Wednesday 27th August – Cape Tribulation
I woke up too early and checked out ready for the bus pick up from my hostel in Cairns. When I was collected I was pleased that the woman who drove the bus, did the tours and talked about things seemed really nice. It transpired that she was rare as tour guides go in that […]
Read the rest of Monday 25th August – Cairns to Cape Tribulation
I packed up and left Kurrimine beach for the last stint of my journey with Bernie. Hey that rhymes! I stopped half-way to get some food and re-read my paperwork which, amongst other things, told me that the office where I was meant to drop Bernie off in Cairns was closed on Sundays. I called […]
Read the rest of Sunday 24th August – Kurrimine Beach to Cairns
I checked out of Kookaburra park in Cardwell and drove up the A1 (Bruce Highway) to South Mission Beach. I had a look round and also went to Mission Beach itself to check it out. From Mission Beach I took the coast road to Bingil Bay which was great. Once I had rejoined the A1 […]
Read the rest of Saturday 23rd August – Cardwell to Kurrimine Beach