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
I woke up in Bernie got up and showered and sorted the inside of the van out in the vain hope that everything wouldn’t fly everywhere as soon as I started moving. I also picked up the remaining cutlery from the floor which I hadn’t been able to see the previous night as it was […]
Read the rest of Friday 22nd August – Bernie’s trip from Ingham to Cardwell
I arrived in Airlie super early in the morning on the overnight bus. As usual I managed to get little to no sleep. As it was around 6AM I had 3 hours to kill until I could collect my campervan so got a taxi to the retail park near to the commercial centre where the […]
Read the rest of Thursday 21st August – Airlie again, Bernie and the road North
Before I left Agnes Water the girl on reception booked a room for me in a hostel in Rockhampton. The only problem with this is that I promptly forgot the name of the hostel and, by the point in time when I had realised this might be a valuable piece of information, her shift had finished. […]
Read the rest of Saturday 16th August to Wednesday 20th August – Rockhampton
I arrived in Agnes Water on the bus after an overnight trip from Airlie. I actually managed to doze slightly but, as always, felt rough after the long journey. We got out in the middle of nowhere but fortunately there was a friendly guy in a transfer minibus to take us to our various hostels. […]
Read the rest of Thursday 14th to Saturday 16th August – Agnes Water/ 1770
On the Tuesday I was lying in bed feeling slightly worse for wear when the cleaning ladies arrived. By this point Nadine had checked out and a German couple had checked in for the day. The cleaning ladies were distinctly unimpressed by the state of the room and the numerous beer bottles scattered everywhere. The […]
Read the rest of Tuesday 12th August to Wednesday 13th August – Airlie Beach