Author Archives: Barry

I am running out of titles. Up at the usual time, after breakfast we headed off to the ferry terminal to take the boat across to Magnetic Island. There are numerous walks on the island, including one to a series … Continue reading →

Body clock back to correct timing! This morning we headed out of the motel to the local landmark, The Big Mango! As expected there are many mangrove orchards around the area. As an added bonus there was a geocache in … Continue reading →

Our body clocks are losing reliability, we were 10 minutes late getting up, luckily not a big deal as we had nothing planned before 10AM. After breakfast we hung around in the somewhat neglected room catching up with minor things … Continue reading →

Woke up on time again, although last night was quite noisy with all the wild life around. We didn’t see any more wild life overnight, but there were some new “deposits” on the front lawn to show that there was … Continue reading →

The internal body clock didn’t let us down again today. After a spartan breakfast we packed up the car and headed north. In some respects the distances between places of interest deceived us. 240km at home can often be covered … Continue reading →

The usual wake-up time and we provided out own breakfast today! It seems most motels provide a kettle, microwave, fridge and toaster which means we can do our own thing and remove the temptation of larger, greasier more “interesting” breakfasts. … Continue reading →

It seems that regardless of the time we go to bed, we still get up at our usual time. This morning it was a DIY breakfast courtesy of the motel. The night before, you choose your breakfast items e.g. cereal, … Continue reading →

Woke up at our normal time, way later than our hosts! I thought my cold was going to turn into a full blown cough like I had in S. Africa a year ago, but after a couple of bouts of … Continue reading →

We started off with another small breakfast, which seems to be a good idea as I risked going on the scales and found I had lost 2lb since leaving home!! After packing our bags we headed out towards the coast … Continue reading →

Maybe a day late, but I gained hero status today, more later! After a good nights sleep we had our first “small” breakfast of the trip, a single small croissant and jam with “Canadian” coffee, all courtesy of food left … Continue reading →