Flying in to Cairns
First day in a sunny and warm Cairns
Not much of a beach in Cairns....
...so that's why they have a kiddy pool instead..sorry lagoon :P
Great Dividing Range in the background.
Maria at the night market in Cairns
Going for a bike ride to Crystal Cascades.
Break time!
Beautiful place for a swim - Crystal Cascades.
Water and picture break.
Great views along the way
Rum Runner our boat that took out us to the Great Barrier Reef
The Rum Runner gang :)
The captain of the boat caught a big Black Marlin...
...and this is how happy he was about that :P
Maria is practising her breathing for the dive.
I don't have an explanation for this :P
The first of many pics of GBR....absolutely one of my favourite places on the trip!
Turtle :)
A nice sunset
We got to see some sharks as well
Breakfast at the beach heading for Cape Tribulation
The rainforest at Cape Trib
We were not the only ones enjoying the sun.
You are told to look out for cassowaries around the whole north of Queensland. Cassowaries are a large flightless bird and are supposivly very agressive. The only cassowaries we saw though were at the Australian Zoo.
There are beautiful beaches all over Queensland, this one at Cape Trib.
More rainforest views.
The car ferry to Cape Tribulation the bird on the booth being a cassowary.
On a tour at the Daintree River hoping to spot some crocs.
Weird looking roots
And that we did, at least two of them :)
How the Curtain Fig Tree, one of the best known attractions on the Tableland just outside Yungaburra, was created :) The curtain effect has resulted from the weight of the fig tree being too great, so the host tree fell over landing on a 45-degree angle. The strangler vine has grown along the slanting angle of the leaning tree, dangling 15 metres to the ground. This has now formed a curtain which has made the tree so fascinating and unusual.
The tree stands 50 metres tall and spreads to 39 metres wide at the base and is over 800 years old.
A bush turkey, found running around everywhere all over QLD
A morning swim in Lake Eacham where there apparently are bottom breathing turtles (we didn't see them though)
View of the Tablelands
Milla Milla Falls
What we keep as house plants in Sweden grow in the nature in Australia :P
Banana plantations and sugar plantations can be found all over North Queensland
Self serve banana stand along the road :)
Jucy Campervan- our home for two weeks :)
Adolf Elisabeth our mascot :)
The Castle in Paronella Park, originally created in the 1930's by José Paronella. http://www.paronellapark.com.au/history.html
The earliest structure, the Grand Staircase
Upwards of 7000 trees were planted by José. These included the magnificent Kauris lining Kauri Avenue.
Kurrimine Beach
When there is no other jetty to have your boat at you just have to bring it out of the water :P
Townsville
Maria on the ferry to Magnetic Island
Ocean Shearer
A jetty at Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island
The standard at the rest stops we sometimes spent the night at wasn't always that great :P
Sugar cane train, the railway connects sugar mills with the surrounding areas where sugar cane is grown.
Sugar mill
But you can't complain about the view...
...or the wildlife.
Airlie Beach another one of my favourites.
Boomerang, our boat on our second sail trip around Whitsunday Islands
Whitehaven Beach
Jelly babies
David and I
Andrew
Matt and Laura
Anne & Andrew
Maria & Annika
Go Boomerang!
Bundaberg Rum Distillery
Where is the bar?!
Cheers!
Beautiful red soil
Noosa
Nice posh houses by the water in Noosa
The famous Eumundi Markets, open every Wednesday & Saturday throughout the year.
Churros are yum!
Everyone are ready for the race season...
Big croc at Australian Zoo
Cassowary
