trying to get outback... and failed :))

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hi everybody!!!!!

i know you all have good summer time and so did i. i don't really remember everything wht was going on in July after completing the dive course in Cairns but in short I'll do my best.
well, it didn't go the way i wanted. because i wanted to go outack by motorcycle but no rental company in Cairns wanted to rent one for offroad. supposedly too many accidents.
so i joined a really nice Danish couple, Jeppe and Anne who i met on the course. they had their own jeep and a plan to see some outback. so we left together!!!
first we went to the very touristy cape tribulation, but apart from rainforest and beaches, there is nothing to do there. we climbed mt. sorrow through the rainforest and saw some creatures in there. so we continued along the very bad coastal road north to Cooktown, really nice little town far away from eveything-and a gateway to the nearby Lakeland national park with crocodiles and other annoying suff. there is really relaxed atmosphere in there. all the local men have long beards and look a bit strange as long as you don't talk to them but in fact they are very cool people.
unfortunately, we ha the car break-down and we were stuck in the town for another 4 days, wayting for the car parts to be sent and the car to be fixed. after that, Jeppe and Anne wanted to leave back south but I wanted to see the festival with horseraces which takes place in Cooktown only once yearly. so we split and met after a couple of days in Noosa, thousands kms down south. I simply skipped the whole east coast as it was too touristy for my taste.

Noosa

noosa is a tasty town close to Brisbane with high-class tourism. accordingly, the prices are high, but it was a pleasant surprise. with all those river channels and waterfront houses, it reminds a bit to venice. i picked it as my last stop in australia because there are many sights and activities on offer. i had to get fit for skiing in NZ so i stayed there the whole week for mountain-biking, kayaking and jogging. and finally, i got my motorcycle and i rode it along the beach north and through the rain forrest back south.
i spent really good time at Noosa!

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Photos

cockatoo
koki having breakfast

oops...
normally, i was sleeping outside. after seeing this, i still did it, but i felt a bit uncomfortable, heh

red ants nest
these things made us most panicked. if you don't see it and hit it, they all attack you, go into your hair and bite you

at the top of mt. sorrow
nothing rewarding, just rain

on the way to cooktown
4wd necessary, steep climbs and descents

Jeppe and Anne
above Cooktown

wallabie
a small version of kangaroo. it came to our hostel for breakfast every day and then he went his way

cooktown
as in westerns

the way to/from the beach
i got my feet wet beore coming to the beach. but it was good fun to drive this :))

mountainbiking in noosa
first to the hilltop