Blogs from Inn The Tropics, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 5

DAY 307 After all the fantastic information we had received from Ann at QPWS (Queensland Parks & Wildlife Services), and doing the Copperlode Dam walk the other day, see blog day 304 07 09 2009 (Copperlode Dam to Crystal Cascades) we wanted to get some more walks in, so had loosely decided on a walk that started at Wrights Lookout, just beyond the Barron Falls Lookout, and went on to the McDonalds track. The information said it was a 4.7 Kilometer walk each way, to the Douglas track, and is a historic track (we are not certain why so historic). Approximately 2ks from the Surprise Creek crossing, the rainforest opens up into open grassland, providing us with fabulous views over the gorge and Lower Barron falls. We parked the truck, Caroline took a couple of photos, ... read more

DAY 305 Andy was up before me this morning (nothing unusual there then!), I expected my muscles to be a little bit sore after yesterdays hike from Copperlode Dam to Crystal Cascades and back again, but no, we both feel absolutely fine. I don’t think we are going to have a lot to write about today as today is more about sorting out our future here rather than the tourist bit. We had an introduction to a local agency to help us with looking for work in the Cairns area or at least in the Tropical North Queensland, so Andy spoke to this chap first thing this morning and we suddenly have an appointment this afternoon to pop in and see them. Now, I am not really prepared for interviews or anything at the moment, I ... read more

DAY 303 Again it was out intention that today Sunday we were going to do a big walk, but as we did not get in from a fantastic night out last night until after 2.30 am, we struggled to move our lazy backsides out of bed. Caroline was up first and brought me tea in bed, how wonderful it was after all it is usually my duty, but today it was my turn. We didn’t really come around until about 10.00am and lolled around the house really enjoying the Sunday that we had. After the papers were scoured through and cruising around the internet, the TV went on and we settled down in to a film which was just the worst thing we could have done, we both just settled down in to the sofa’s ... read more

DAY 301 I have no idea what time I got out of bed this morning, except that Andy was out before me and I did have a cup of tea brought to me. The weather had improved on yesterday, that is to say that today has not started with rain. Our, what by now is becoming, a usual morning routine is complete, but one thing is on my mind today and is very pressing. A while ago when we were in Katherine, well it all seems such a while ago now anyway, I spent the afternoon burning discs, I know, how exciting I can hear you all say, but at that point with some 11,000 photographs we were getting desperate to ensure that all of these photos were backed up, we should have done it ... read more

DAY 299 The start to our days are nice and easy, we wake up when it is daylight or at least when the sunshine creeps in through the trees and thus through the window. We read and have our breakfast, sometimes sitting on the cool veranda and enjoying this beautiful environment. The blogs are going to start being less interesting again as there will be days, like today, where we have not done very much, but hopefully they will be interspersed by days out. Today we are going to pop around to some of the local camping shops as we need to add a few things to our kit for when we are back out on the road again. First we pop into the Australian immigration department, as we wanted to find out when we ... read more