Been a HUGE learning experience getting to grips with what is entailed in living and managing both water and power supply ‘off grid’ if...

Mossman Markets then on to Port Douglas which was a card board cut out of every other ritzy place full of resorts by a picturesque sea...

FINALLY, the bit I wanted to get to! After our visit to the bush property we will be ensconced in from Jan 1, which was such an adventure...

A fleeting glimpse of Cooktown. History has it as the place/port the Endeavour took refuge to be repaired after hitting a reef as it made...

Mt Carbine: One Pub town, literally the only edifice in the town save the roadhouse vending petrol opposite. Great home made pies. And...

We modified our turn around trip to Cooktown from Lower Daintree by doing the circuit in reverse to that intended. A good downpour of...

So if there is heaven, and there is.... ;), what would it be like for you? It will be different for each of us, that is the beauty, the...

The colour of the ocean is quite mesmerising. It is a green blue, the aqua marine hue that I associate with Aquifers. Only this is not...

Some of our fave signs en route. From tyres for ISIS to exotic wines at Murdering Point with a dally to feed the crocs in between.

Arrived! In so many ways and getting used to everything EVERYTHING surpassing expectation. Try that on. When magnificence is the new norm...

Sure beats the bus or tube lol

The entire bay feels like a lake as it is really almost like a lagoon. The combination of the close proximity of the islands such as...

There is so much available about Bowen that anything I can offer other than from an incredibly personal perspective is definitely surplus...

The terrain kept snapping back and forth between arid cattle country and incredibly lush tropical terrain with cane. Every time we felt...

The contrast was rather striking and quite swift as we moved from inland cattle country to the beginning of the tropical coastal plains....

That that was the name for these light weight van type accommodations? I did not and wow, they are so adequate, comfortable, much quicker...

MARLBOROUGH!! Plotting the course and finding stops along the way to Lower Daintree this one caught my eye for obvious reasons. AND a...

Wow, 7.30 pm and 6 am take off!! Will be really relaxed on the road and actually been very orderly if not full departure. Some pics of...

Prepping for the journey. Packing for six months, anticipating and flowing in the knowledge that the opportunity would not have e arisen...