Nearly 10 years ago, my mom and I met the wonderful Lavis family while visiting the Grand Canyon. Well, after all these years of keeping in touch, we went for a visit in Cairns! It was so much fun! Jim & Linda’s kids, now grown, reminded me of how much of a kid I was […]
We’ve been looking forward to these dives since Thailand. We took a 2 day 1 night dive trip out of Cairns which gave us time for 7 dives. Unfortunately, we were restricted to only a few sites due to the weather system down South. We weren’t able to dive on the Outer Reef where the […]
It was a long journey and took us 18 days and nearly 4000 kms in our Wicked van. We were both a bit sad to say goodbye to our van. After the embarassment-factor of driving it around, we began to love the convience of our campervan. We loved it enough that we have booked another […]
After our diving, we headed inland enroute to Undarra Volcanic National Park. We stayed overnight in Charters Towers and after talking to the owner of the Campervan park about the road conditions towards Undarra, we reconsidered our plans and headed back to the coastal road.
After a few hours of driving we stopped for a brief […]
The S.S. Yongala was a cruisliner that mysteriously disappeared in 1911 while sailing along Australia’s Eastern Coast. All 122 of the crew and passengers perished when the boat sunk and the vessel was not discovered until after WWII. The wreck site sits about 45 min (by boat) off shore and has become an incredible habitat […]
After a few great days of sunshine and activities in Bargara we jumped back into the van to head north. After only a short drive we stopped for a quick night on the beaches of 1770/Agnes Waters. The temperatures shot up and we spent an extremely HOT night in the campervan. […]
Above: “Wicked” sunrise
We arrived in Bargara and knew immediately that we would be spending more than one night here. The weather finally cleared up and we were prepared to take full advantage of it! We actually checked into a campervan park for a nice hot shower. We learned that some […]
We headed out on another drive north-bound towards Byron Bay. Byron Bay was packed and with New Years Eve upon us I started to search out things to do on the internet and discovered a big gay New Years festival about an hour away in Lismore. With the rain in full force, the […]
Equipped with plenty of food from both Clare’s family and from Michelle & Greg, we headed up the coast towards Cairns, which is similar to driving across the US from East to West. I’ve officially learned how to drive manual on the “wrong” side of the road. Let’s just say it wasn’t exactly smooth in the beginning, […]
“Boxing Day”, the Australian day after Christmas holiday was spent partially in bed and on the beach. We drove out to Bundeena with Clare to shield ourselves from the powerful sun with a few of her friends. After a short hike to the cascading cliffs boasting a distant view of Sydney, we were ready for […]
