Thursday 16th August –Ravenshoe to Normanton
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 Posted in General, Linda's Travels, Queensland, Traveling Australia, Travelling Australia | No Comments »This was our first long, straight drive and at around 600 kilometres it was enough to keep a chiropractor in business. We had no mobile phone signal throughout and whilst succumbing to the myth taught to every overseas traveler –“You ...
Crystal Cascades and the Skyrail
Saturday, August 25th, 2007 Posted in General, Linda's Travels, Queensland, Traveling Australia, Travelling Australia | No Comments »We arrived near Cairns on Tuesday 14th August and stayed near the Crystal Cascades waterfalls. They are beautiful but reached by a rather ugly concrete path surrounded by stinging trees. Fish are clearly visible from 20ft up. The skyrail is an ...
Where We Are Now
Friday, August 24th, 2007 Posted in General, Rob's Travels | 1 Comment »Having covered what can only be described as a heap of kilometers, it is good to finally land... in... Adelaide. My new favourite three word phrase in the English Language is as follows: Unsecured Wireless Network For reasons that shall remain obvious. How did ...
Thursday 26th July –Noosa Heads Day 1
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 Posted in Linda's Travels, Queensland, Traveling Australia, Travelling Australia | No Comments »We drove straight to Noosa Heads after picking Anna up from the backpacker’s hostel. In the evening we visited the YHA for drinks. The YHA in Noosa Heads has a pleasant balcony, a piano in the living room, a bar ...
20th July 2007 –Leaving Brisbane
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 Posted in General, Linda's Travels, Queensland, Traveling Australia, Travelling Australia | 1 Comment »Anna, a fellow traveler who I worked with in Sydney, turned up unexpectedly in Brisbane just after Rob and I had decided to leave. Over a bottle of wine we quickly resolved to travel North together. In celebration of this ...
Sunday 22nd July -Mount Coot-tha Lookout
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 Posted in Linda's Travels, Queensland, Traveling Australia, Travelling Australia | No Comments »Mount Coot-tha lookout. Only a short drive from the city centre, Mount Coot-tha lookout and national park is well worth the drive. The view is only rivaled from that at the top of Mount Gravatt (for directions click here). However, ...
Friday 27th July –Noosa Heads Day 2
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 Posted in Linda's Travels, Queensland, Traveling Australia, Travelling Australia | 2 Comments »After walking round the national park and failing to spot any koalas, we set up shop on the beach. I paddled in the sea only to find that I was allergic to the sea -again. A similar reaction had occurred ...
Saturday 28th July –Coloured Sands and Fraser Island
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 Posted in Fraser Island, Linda's Travels, Queensland, Traveling Australia, Travelling Australia | No Comments »We drove along the beach past the Coloured Sands North of Noosa. Accessible only by 4x4, this is the most direct route to Inskip Point and Fraser Island from Noosa Heads. The sandstone formations of Coloured Sands display several layers ...
Sunday 29th July –Central Station, Basin Lake, Lake McKenzie and the Maheno Wreck
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 Posted in Fraser Island, Linda's Travels, Queensland, Traveling Australia, Travelling Australia, Video, Wompoo, YouTube | No Comments »The boardwalk from central station to Basin Lake is well frequented but the lake itself is extremely secluded and still. There is no watercourse running to or from the lake which makes it something like an amphitheatre. Rob spotted a ...
Monday 30th July –Indian Heads, Eli Creek and Lake Wabby
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 Posted in Fraser Island, Linda's Travels, Queensland, Traveling Australia, Travelling Australia | No Comments »Shortly after high tide in the morning, we drove to Indian Heads to take in the fantastic vista. Much to my disappointment, we were still unable to spot any of the migrating humpback whales. We then thought that we might ...