Monthly Archives: November 2018

Cooktown was the Northernmost stop on our trip at 15⁰S, partly because of time constraints, partly because there doesn’t seem to be too much more up there and most importantly our car will not be insured if we go further! … Continue reading →

We are now on the fringes of civilisation in Cooktown, data up here is SLOW so this will be a picture-less entry. As we are taking the inland route back to Brisbane there may not be any blogs for the … Continue reading →

An even earlier early morning for us today. After breakfast we headed out to the marina in Cairns to join our boat out to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) The journey out to the reef was about 2 hours, with … Continue reading →

Had to set the alarm this morning to be up 30 minutes earlier than usual! As it was we both woke up 1 minute before the alarm. After breakfast we went to reception and waited for our coach. Today we … Continue reading →

Normal wake up time, with the patient’s only sign of injury being her multi coloured eyelid(s), some bruising appears to have spread to the other eye. We had an outdoor breakfast today. I was expecting a quiet lazy day to … Continue reading →

We left Townsville this morning after a (mostly) pleasant stay! We were only traveling a short distance today up to Cardwell about 200km North. Lyn has just about fully recovered now, with the exception of her multi coloured eye. We … Continue reading →

Despite been deprived of wine last night (doctors orders, Barry’s enforcement), Lyn continued to improve and woke up as expected this morning. The most noticeable difference in her appearance being that the bruising from her forehead has dropped down to … Continue reading →

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 →