Millaa Millaa Waterfall, Tablelands Queensland.
Posing at Agnes Waters, Workman's Beach, Queensland.
Swimming at Mossman Gorge, Queensland.We landed in Cairns (northeastern Australia) early in the morning, and spent about 5 hours resting in the airport waiting for the van rental agency to open. It's getting easier crashing for a few hours on an airport bench after some practice. We picked up our campervan and headed north to Port Douglas (pretty place) and hoped to do some snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef, but our plans changed when we realized the cost and the possibility of being stung by a deadly Box jellyfish. Instead we headed inland to the Tablelands above Cairns, having a good time hiking and swimming in some crocodile free streams. After exploring this plateau for a couple of days we started our journey south. The rain has been with us as we have driven some 1200 kms south, passing through towns such as Townsville (great free pool), Mackay (cattle), and Rockhampton (hmmm?).
We arrived in Agnes Waters yesterday, and have found the sun again. We are also happy that we can finally get into the ocean without having to worry about jellies. Our plan is to drive to Noosa Heads today and pick up a couple surfboards, relax, surf and then head down to Brisbane, where we hope to meet up with our friend Bryan Yeung, who just happens to be there for some sort of infectious disease conference. We are finding everything expensive here, so we have resorted to drinking box wine (not bad), eating peanut butter and marmalade sandwiches for lunch and we are always on the search for free overnight camping.
Additional images can be found at: http://picasaweb.google.com/scdefina/CairnsPortDouglasAndTheTablelands110711102010#
We arrived in Agnes Waters yesterday, and have found the sun again. We are also happy that we can finally get into the ocean without having to worry about jellies. Our plan is to drive to Noosa Heads today and pick up a couple surfboards, relax, surf and then head down to Brisbane, where we hope to meet up with our friend Bryan Yeung, who just happens to be there for some sort of infectious disease conference. We are finding everything expensive here, so we have resorted to drinking box wine (not bad), eating peanut butter and marmalade sandwiches for lunch and we are always on the search for free overnight camping.
Additional images can be found at: http://picasaweb.google.com/scdefina/CairnsPortDouglasAndTheTablelands110711102010#
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