Just thought I would upload this video of gav crossing Nolan's brook. This is the YouTube link. Hope it works. Let me know if it doesn't. I've never done it before! lol http://youtu.be/Xxi3Rgsh02M... read more

We stayed 5 nights at Weipa. What a great place it is! The weather has been gorgeous, the locals friendly and the fishing fantastic. Gav, Dad, Luke and Jack have been fishing everyday from a jetty not far from where we are camping. Gav has caught a large tarpin (threw it back, they aren't good eating, too many bones), Luke two grat trevallies and Jack a large trevally. The boys have caught enough fish for dinner, so Saturday night we cooked up a big feed of crumbed fish and chips. We took the kids for a tour of the Bauxite mine. The boys really loved seeing the big trucks, Luke is now determined to drive one! Weipa was great, wish us luck as we set off up the telegraph track!............. read more

We said goodbye to Elim after a relaxing 3 days and headed towards Battle Camp Road.Along the way we stopped off at Isabella Falls for morning tea when a cyclist pulled in. We recognized her as the cyclist we had seen in at Cook Town four days ago. When we got chatting to her we thought her story was pretty amazing. This girl was originally from The Netherlands (Appldorp). She had been cycling for the past five years. She had cycled through Europe, The Uk, The Philippines and now Australia. Her bike weighed a tonne! (not literally). None of us could believe her drive to keep riding this incredibly heavy bike all over the place. We all thought "gee while we have been relaxing on the beach for three days, she's been riding just to get ... read more

We are staying at Wonga Beach which is just north of Mossman. What a lovely spot. The weather hasn't been too crash hot - a little overcast but no rain, thank god! The kids have been to the beach and swimming in the pool. They have a great pool for the Kids here, complete with a spa and slippery slide. We have been out to see Mossman Gorge. It is just beautiful but a little too commercialised and touristy for our liking. I preferred Granite Gorge because you could get right down into the gorge and walk through it, as well as swim, and there were no tourists. Even though, Mossman Gorge is well worth a look at and we really enjoyed the experience. The kids didn't swim in the gorge because the water is positively ... read more

Finally, on the 24th of June our trip began. Day 1 was a big drive and we drove in rain the entire time. We stopped at a free camp site at Marlborough, just north of Rockhampton. We arrived at approx 6pm and set up in the rain. (not fun!). Thankfully it was an overnight stop so the set up was basic and quick, with the kids having noodles for dinner. We were joined through the night be two other vans and even though there was a lot of trucks passing during the night, we slept soundly. Day 2 we continued the trip north, stopping off at the big mango at Bowen and driving through to Ayr to meet up with mum and dad. (just a reminder for our overseas relatives that I will refer to Sylvia ... read more