August
12 2014
August
11 2014
Soaring high on the Cairns Skyrail
It was just as the Skyrail gondolier doors were closing that I remembered I used to have a rather loose fear of heights. Nothing big, just the odd sweaty palm and hammering heart that has me imaging all the worst scenarios. Continue Reading →
August
11 2014
Do the locomotion with me – Kuranda Scenic Train
The last time I rode the Kuranda Scenic Railway I was 4. It’s 40 years later and I’m still just as excited to be choo-chooing my way up the hill through a World Heritage listed rainforest. Continue Reading →
August
10 2014
Magnificent Mossman Gorge
We toodled up the track a bit from Cairns today and popped into Port Douglas and Palm Cove. Palm Cove has been names on of Australia’s Top 10 beaches – not sure what the prerequisite was cause I reckon I’ve seen better. But maybe I caught it on an off-day!
August
08 2014
Keeping up with the kids in Cairns
Traveling with young children is not the easiest thing to do. You’d think it would be. Continue Reading →
August
06 2014
Confessions of a loose leaf at Nerada Tea
I’m a tea lady. A true-blue brew girl. A leaf lover. I’m a little teapot short and stout.
I simply do not get out of bed for less than a 2 cup pot of black leaf tea, well steeped and ready to pour. Continue Reading →
August
06 2014
Cane Cutter Way to Cairns
Everyone waves in small towns in Queensland. At least everyone on The Cane Cutter Way does. It’d be hard for them not to…as tourists drive idly past their front doors, jumping out to pose for pictures by narrow-gauge cane train tracks and hang off rusty farm utes by banana crops. Continue Reading →
August
05 2014
The Great Green Way
The Great Green Way is a scenic route which winds itself through World Heritage forest, past banana plantations, endless For Sale signs in small towns and up into the hills. Continue Reading →
August
03 2014
Imagining more at Mission Beach
The Mission Beach brochure suggests: “Imagine More”. OK, so I did.
I imagined there’d be sightings of Cassowaries; there wasn’t. I imagined there’d be more sun; struck out there too. I imagined there’d be more balmy sunsets as I strolled along the beach, gazing out to Dunk Island. Nada, zip, rien!
July
31 2014
Daydream Believer
From time to time the camper trailer gets a little too cosy, a little too much like hard-work and a little too relentless! The cure? An escape to Daydream Island.
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