Saturday July 19th We began the day by getting on the Kakadu Highway just outside of the park. Our first stop was at Gunlom, a small waterfall and plunge pool. To get there we had to drive along a thirty something kilometre unsealed (dirt) road. The road was in decent condition however we were not supposed to be on unsealed roads and it was going to take at least an hour each way to get there. We made it about 700 metres before calling it quits and turning back. The next place we stopped was called yellow waters. It was similar to Florida’s everglades with light boats operating up and down it and crocodiles inhabiting its waters. After watching a crocodile here for a good while we continued on to Mirrai lookout. It was a 1.5 ... read more

We got up early, about 6:15 wanting to travel as far as we could today. We stopped at Barkly Homestead for a washroom break, to clean the dishes and to fill up on gas. We were low on gas and had no other choice but to fill up. Unfortunately this was the highest gas price we would encounter all trip and the low gas light was on. It was 2.20 per litre! Just after Barkly Homestead we completed the Barkly Highway and started north along the Stuart Highway. In Elliott Mike got out and I drove the rest of the day. In Daly Waters we got enough gas to reach Katherine, our final destination. After setting up at a caravan park we went to the town hot springs which was right out the back of the ... read more

We left the caravan park just after 9 O’clock heading south from Atherton through Malanda to Milla Milla. From Milla Milla we went east to the “waterfalls circuit.” The circuit is a 15 kilometre circular loop which is extremely tight and very twisty. It winds through the heart of Queensland’s dairy land with three waterfalls being the attractions. The first two waterfalls were quite good but the third waterfall is the main tourist attraction of the area. Here at the Milla Milla Falls we got lots of warm dry clothes together and braved the EXTREMELY cold water, all for a photo and a good laugh. After we were warm and dry we continued southwest stopping at a large wind farm and a lookout. From there we continued inland beginning the Savannah Way, a highway connecting northern ... read more

We showed up right at opening after dealing with the security deposits late last night. We got the campervan without a hitch this time. We took it first down the road to the city mall to pick up a FM transmitter for our iPods. I was the most confident manual driver it seemed so I drove first. We went into the underground parking hitting the height warning. It didn’t bring up any alarms within us. We got into the actual structure fine. I turned into one of the lanes and all of a sudden there was a loud noise. The plastic top of the campervan was wedged beneath an aluminum plumbing pipe. The roof was pushed inwards. I instantly had extremely high anxiety and could not think logically. I got out of the car and told ... read more

Wednesday June 25th: We had to get up bright and early again. Today was the start of our five day learn to scuba course. The shuttle picked us up and took us to their retail shop in downtown Cairns. There we squared up all the remaining money, met our instructor Nick and the other six people that would be in our class. From tehre we were shuttled to a small private pool. There we spent the rest of the day. There were two days to be spent here. The people on day two of the course were already in the pool when we arrived. We started in a classroom where we received our text books, learned about the equipment and watched an hour of instructional video. After this was our swim test. Before you can get ... read more