Blogs from Ingham, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Time to leave Townsville and the Coral Sea, and head just over one hour north to the tiny hamlet of Crystal Creek, the region containing some of Queensland’s best waterfalls. First stop was Big Crystal Creek, which features Big Crystal Rock Slides and Paradise Pool. The water is literally crystal clear (and croc free), and after enjoying a swim in the falls and sliding down the rock slides, we drove to Paradise Pool and enjoyed a swim in the deep clear water. There was a high jumping rock that I had to try out, including a dive. Little Crystal Creek was our next stop, where we again swam under the falls, and slid down the rock slides. We took a slight detour on our way back to our caravan park to the Frosty Mango, a tropical ... read more

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27/5/2011. 120k 18av Even after another night on the goon because the frenchys got another 3 boxs of goon, but i was smart this time i was in bed at 9pm, pissed but still in bed. I was up at 7.30 am and on the road and out of town with a slight hangover. Not even 15min into the road i had a car turn right in front of me and dam near clean me up i had to break hard to stop, another great driver i gave the bird to. About 30k out i ran into my first cyclest on his way into town he was about to finsh his trip into cairns from dubbo. I got 120ks for the day so it was a really good out come. I found a nice spot to ... read more

Pelorus and Orpheus Islands Not one to rest when I could be having fun, I tacked on a weekend dive safari onto my two week trip to Sydney and Canberra. That's right, as soon as I landed in Townsville I packed up and got ready to spend a weekend on a remote island scuba diving four times a day. The first day, we went out to Pelorus island. It's uninhabited except for a couple whose sole job is to maintain the beach for a cruise ship that stops nearby. Apparently they are complete hermits and fire warning shots over the bows of ships that get too close to "their beach". Needless to say we steered clear of that side of the island. Our Pelorus campsite was beautiful, and even had a small harem of wild ... read more

Auf unserer letzten Etappe bis nach Cairns haben wir an den Wallaman Falls gestoppt, einem fast 300 Meter hohen Wasserfall, der zu den größten Australiens gehört. Auf dem Weg zum Plateau haben wir die „Allrad“-Tauglichkeit des Spaceships auf den sandigen Serpentinenstraßen auf die Probe gestellt. Der fantastische Blick über die Regenwaldlandschaft und die herabstürzenden Wassermassen wurden allerdings von den lästigen „Brämsen“ etwas beeinträchtigt. Den fest eingeplanten Marsch zum Fuße des Wasserfalles haben wir aufgrund der Plagegeister und der krassen Temperaturen sein lassen. In Cairns angekommen, haben wir das auf unserer Reise hochwertigste Backpacker bezogen und die am Wasserfall gewonnene Zeit für eine ausgiebige Planscherei im hauseignen Pool genutzt. Sinnvolle Entscheidung! Nach dem Besuch des viel gelobten Nightmarkets haben wir den Abend bei kühlem Bier und australischem K... read more