About an hour and a half south-east of the Atherton Tablelands is the beautiful Mission Beach area. We started the day at Charley’s Chocolate Factory – one of the only chocolate producers in Australia who make chocolate from the tree…
This evening, we’re enjoying a beautiful time in a treehouse in the town of Tarzali on the Atherton Tablelands. This area is the traditional land of the Dyirbal people, although I also found that the Ngadjon people hold the native…
Today we headed north up into the Daintree National Park, the lands of the Kuku Yalanji people. We acknowledge the Kuku Yalanji elders past, present and still to come. It was wonderful to know that the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people…
What an absolutely spectacular day! We spent all day out on a beautiful boat, or snorkelling in the water. And it was something I think we’ll always remember. We headed down to the Reef Terminal at about 7:30 this morning,…
Today was a day I’d looked forward to for quite a while – I’d organised a bit of a surprise for Debbie’s birthday (a bit over a week ago) here in Cairns, and the day had finally arrived. We were…
Today we headed up to Kuranda via both the Scenic Railway and the Skyrail. We headed for the Smithfield Skyrail terminal, only about 15 minutes away, and left our car there a bit after 8am. We were taking the trip…
We’re in Gimuy tonight, which is what we now call Cairns (or Cairns City). The Gimuy-Walubarra people of the Yidinji nation are the traditional custodians of the area, and we pay our respects to their elders past, present and emerging.…
We’re currently in the beautiful Undara National Park, which is the lands of the Ewamian (pronounced ‘Oo-wamin’) people. The Ewamian people have lived on this land for tens of thousands of years, and utilised the lava tubes for many parts…
We’re on the lands of the Yirandali people tonight, in the area they knew as Mokana (what is now known as Hughenden). We’d also like to acknowledge the Wunumara people, whose land we travelled through today as we headed east…
Still here. But in good news: the windscreen is all fixed, and the sunroof is patched up properly! 🎉 I received the long awaited phone call at about 10:30am this morning – the windscreen had arrived on the truck and…