2010 On the road

Mareeba, Cairns.

This is service at Lake Placid CP

See we got in

Photo is Lake Placid CP, the outback is behind us for awhile, have been here for the last 8 days ,5 days with friends we met a while back, Bill & Dawn they are going south and left us a few days ago, we decided to travel further North i.e. Cape York thus the reason for this short update of our blog, hopefully we will have some great stories and photo's then.

( note photo's below, most will be hazy as the weather has not been clear with clouds blocking most good shots)

Lake Tinneroo

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Places we visited since Mareeba, Lake Tinaroo, this lake is a haven for Campers and some beautiful spots when the weather is right walking swimming etc. some of the things to see here are:

The chimneys

Rain Forrest


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Cathedral Fig Tree

Cathedral Fig Tree see its size

Standing inside the fig tree

Cairns, Now a metropolis in the north of Queensland, it now has wide streets, Industry everywhere and feeds on tourism sad, 20 years ago, it was a pleasant place to visit Night market is still going but sells only souvenirs and food, day market is fresh veg and inexpensive.

Cairns Foreshore Low tide

Cairns has no beach due to the tide dropping so low that the water recedes so far and it becomes mud flats, so a pool with beach for the kids has been built right on the foreshore and can be used by every one who wants a swim

The Cairns Foreshore Pool

A visit to Copperlode Falls Dam is worth while, the drive is 16Ks all up hill as the dam is on the table land, this dam supplies Cairns and surround,we had a nice lunch here and a nice walk to the intake and the dam wall and spill way.

On the way up view of Cairns

Copperlode Dam


View of the town of Smithfield on the way down from Copperlode dam

Last stop for the day was Stony Creek falls this is the place where the power plant for Cairns is and you are able to enter the visitor area, Barron Falls runs into Lake Placid where our CP is the water runs over some pretty rough rocks and rafting and Ab sailing is the sport here.

Barron Gorge great for rafting

Barron falls

Kuranda, 35 Ks from Cairns climbing up into the Table Lands to get there either by Train, Cable Car or like us, we drove, this place is souvenirs, arts and craft and food, (really my scene ha), but you can walk and spend anything from 2-3 hours, it is interesting as there must be 100 stores here. Then of-course there is the Railway station very picturesque as there are ferns and plants everywhere.

Entrance to Kuranda

Kuranda Station

Karunda Station from overhead walkway

Palm Beach decided to look at the hotel we stayed at so many years ago,of course all changed, lots of Coffee places, but the pool is still there.

Hotel Pool we swam in all those years ago

Palm cove Main street

Port Douglas, what can one say coffee shops, Eateries and Resorts, remember one can't really swim here due to the Salt Crocs and Jelly Fish etc so its pool or nothing and they are big.

Resort pool in Port Douglas

Port Douglas Lookout over its non swimable beaches

Port Douglas Lookout overt he oceann

Cook town here we stayed overnight had a good look around over a 2 day period, we stayed in our tent and we must have picked the blowiest night one can imagine the wind blew in gusts from dead still to giant roar, at one stage the tent almost took of with us in it not a good or restful night but we survived.

Cooktown is now accessible by made road and has quiet a bit to offer and well worth a visit gee I sound like travel agent here are some photo's: