Another over due blog I’m afraid, but I am sure they will be more consistent once we get on the road tomorrow and start heading south again! It’s hard leaving a place where we both feel so at home, but I am sure we are both going to find ourselves back up here sometime in the not too distant future. It’s been a few weeks since the last blog and we’ve mostly spent the time working to top up our travel funds, but we have also managed to find time to get out and enjoy Port Douglas and Far North Queensland before moving on with our travels.

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Peter
A Ginger Down Under

Its been a busy few weeks which has led to me falling a little behind with blogging and having to catch up on this and the previous blog a lot later than I would have liked. Linda and Adrian, Nicola’s Parents, also came to stay so we primarily spent time with them and even used it as an excuse to sneak in another reef visit.

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Peter
A Ginger Down Under

After dropping Jason off at the airport we headed over to Paul’s and began moving our stuff in; this being our home for the rest of our stay in North Queensland. Once we had settled in, following the moving in tradition, we settled in for a takeaway curry for dinner.

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Peter
A Ginger Down Under

This week was our second and last week with Jason before he headed down to Adelaide to begin his solo adventures through Australia! It’s also our last week in Cairns before moving up to Port Douglas to stay with Nicola’s cousin Paul and so we have been using our time when not with Jason to sort ourselves and the car out before we go to Port Douglas. Read More

Peter
A Ginger Down Under

We’ve really made ourselves at home over the last couple of weeks in Cairns and have taken the opportunity to travel up to Port Douglas regularly visiting Four Mile Beach and the picture perfect town. This has lead to a few relaxing beach days and finally getting some time to play around in the water before the stinger (jelly fish) season starts in a couple of months. Read More

Peter
A Ginger Down Under

This week was not as action packed as our few weeks previously, as we used our time to recover from the month on the road and begin looking into settling into Cairns. We are hoping to stay up or around here for the next couple of months and ideally find some work, paid or voluntary, to keep us occupied.

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Peter
A Ginger Down Under

We had a couple of days in Port Douglas before we were due to hand our beloved camper van back in Cairns as we wanted to spend some time with Nicola’s cousin and aunt before we arrived in Cairns. To that end we left Mission Beach and headed up to Port Douglas with the intention of stopping at Josephine Falls and Babinda Boulders to break up the drive.

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Peter
A Ginger Down Under

On our way back through Mackay we stopped off at the marina and took a stroll amongst some rather expensive looking yachts before heading to the beach for a bite of lunch out of our camper. We then popped into the local shopping mall for some window shopping and Nicola managed to pick up a cheap ukulele which I’m sure will bring us both hours of listening pleasure.

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Peter
A Ginger Down Under

After our manic week before, we decided to have a couple of days relaxing. Our last day in Hervey bay presented us with a beautiful, sunny day complete with flat sea. We decided to walk down to the beach to a beach hire shop to look at renting a sea kayak for an hour. So I took Nicola out on a Jet Ski! I took her out for a spin first and I had to drive quite fast to drown out the sounds of her complaining/lightly screaming, especially when cornering, before swapping over and her taking us for an a nice afternoon along the beach.

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Peter
A Ginger Down Under