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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cape Tribulation September 8th 2023

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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cape Tribulation September 7th 2023

En piglet är en griskulting. Sådana, förvildade springer runt i bushen lite överallt i Australien. En piglet har en lite för stor kropp i förhållande till sina små ben som rör sig jättefort utan att komma så långt. Jag och Sandra hyrde en liten camper-van för en åtta dagars road-trip i norra delen av Queensland - nordöstra Australien. Ganska snart kom vi fram till av vi åkter runt i motorfordonens motsvarighet till en piglet. Ganska gullig med en för stor kropp i förhållande till sina små "ben". Ett fantastiskt sätt att åka runt och se på saker, att uppleva saker, att vara nära naturen - hela tiden. Ur ett ekonomiskt perspektiv fördelaktigt då man lagar i princip all sin mat själv i bilen, man sparar in på hotellkostnader då det finns många gratis eller lågkostnadscampingplatser att ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cape Tribulation September 5th 2023

Australien - så långt borta men nästan på alla jag känner vill-åka-till-lista. Men det som stökar till det är ju att Australien ligger så långt bort. Men det gå ju att dela upp resan i etapper. Ett liten utmaning är att Australen är stort - en egen kontinent. Om man ska köra från söder till norr är det lite drygt 370 mil och från öst till väst typ 440 mil. Som jämförelse är det 370 mil från Stockholm till Ankara i Turkiet om man nu tänker ta bilen dit. Så det är ju lite svårt att uppleva Australien på en vanlig semester även om det mesta som kan upplevas ligger längs kusterna. Nu har jag inte jättestor koll på australiensisk musik men en av de bättre låtarna, i mitt tycke, som någonsin producerats är Down Under ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cape Tribulation February 16th 2018

Wow! Tour is off to a great start. So far, our group has 16 people in it. 20 more will join us tomorrow. So far, we have 1 German, 1 Scottish, 1 American, and the rest are English. Very different from our last tour to Europe as most were Australian. Everyone has been getting along really well thus far. Yesterday, we left Cairnes and headed up to Cape Tribulation. Along the way, we stopped for a tour of the Daintree Rainforest guided by a local aboriginal. He started the tour with their historic smoke ceremony guided us through the rainforest and showed local woodworking, paint, and different leaves used for medication. The guide said that when he was little he grandparents would make him eat the dirt in the forest to build up a tolerance to ... read more
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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cape Tribulation June 1st 2017

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cape Tribulation December 6th 2015

This morning I woke up at 4 again urgh but the hubster managed a bit more than that! After brekkie we went to collect our first car of the trip that we decided to hire ourselves last nigh so we could go to cape tribulation - where the rainforest meets the sea! We went to the office to collect the car band of course the Hubs found half a dozen things wrong with it before we left (hides head in hands!) We headed off on the hour+ drive out to cape Trib! It was a very chilled drive barely a car on the road which was really bendy with rainforest either side! When we got there it was hot (32) but beautiful! We had a stroll along the beach and had a paddle in the sea ... read more
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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cape Tribulation October 27th 2015

Since I knew we would be staying in Cairns for a week Cape Tribulation had been high on my list of places to visit. I first heard about it in something I randomly read. I had little knowledge of what was there but the name sounded really cool and it is an easy day trip from Cairns. We woke early and drove out of the North of the city, passing dozens of sugar cane fields with their cute little narrow gauge railways. We headed up along the Bruce Highway which hugs the Pacific Coast. On one side of us was the beautiful ocean, lined with white sandy beaches. On the other, the rainforest in its deep green glory. The sun was shining brightly and we had a good road to drive. As we drove we listened ... read more
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Cape Tribulation Beach
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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cape Tribulation September 16th 2015

I didn't post yesterday, so I'll say a bit about yesterday too. Went scuba diving in Port Douglas to the great barrier reef. As we were boarding the ship, every crew member asked if we had taken stomach sickness medication. I had never been seasick before, so hadn't taken any, but was finally convinced when the 7th crew member insisted on taking some. I'm so glad I did - I had never seen waves like that before ever. People were getting sick left, right and centre. We did 3 dives for the day and they were all incredible! Saw a shark, lots of turtles, tons of colourful fish and coral. The next morning, I woke up pretty early to drive to Cape Tribulation. About half way I stopped to do a river tour on the daintree ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cape Tribulation June 20th 2015

We enjoyed sleeping in a bit before checking out of the lovely Sea Temple Resort for a drive up to Cape Tribulation. After getting breakfast and some snacks in downtown Port Douglas, we embarked on the trip north. The two-hour drive was quite scenic and included a ferry crossing at the Daintree River followed by signs warning us that we were in “Cassowary Country”. We stopped for lunch at the Turtle Rock Café in the town of Cape Tribulation where we later met Mike, our guide for the day. Our pre-arranged tour took us up the “Bloomfield Track” which was passable in Mike’s four-wheel drive Land Cruiser. Mike was a very knowledgeable and personable guide with a genuine passion for the area. He explained to us the origin of the name “Cape Tribulation” (the starting point ... read more
Crossing Emmagen Creek
Crossing the Creek on Motor Bike
Cowie Beach




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