Day 69 – Cairns and Kuranda
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…
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Day 68 – Undara + travel to Cairns
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.…
Day 67 – Travel to Undara
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…
Day 66 – Travel to Hughenden
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…
Day 65 – yep, still in Mount Isa
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…
Day 64 – still in Mount Isa
We were hoping to be heading east today, towards Hughenden. But here we still are in Mount Isa! The caravan park have been great with trying to find us somewhere to stay – because seemingly everywhere in Mount Isa has…
Day 63 – Mount Isa
Originally the plan today was to head down the road to Cloncurry, and also drop into Mary Kathleen on the way. But while the Macgyver fix on the sunroof is holding really well, as I mentioned yesterday, the windscreen crack…
Day 62 – Mount Isa
Happy birthday, Debbie! We’re back to cold nights here in Mount Isa. It took us a bit by surprise, and everyone was a little cold during the night – so sleep wasn’t the greatest. But we still tired to make…
Day 61 – Travel to Mount Isa
Today we’ve made it into Queensland! And this evening we’ve arrived in Mount Isa, which is the traditional lands of the Kalkadoon people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Aside from that little tyre hiccup back down in…