Mission Beach to Cairns May 29, 2018 I woke up excited and also kind of sad that this was the last day of our Australian East Coast journey. As much as I wanted to cruise into Cairns feeling victorious, I also yearned for more road to travel and scenery to pass by. Continuing with the … Continue reading Road Trip Day 43: Mission Beach to Cairns – The Last Kilometers
May 27 & 28, 2018 Mission Beach was our last stop along the road trip before finishing up in Cairns. I could feel how close we were to the end and was buzzing with excitement. The town consists of a small downtown area with a few shops and restaurants, lush green rainforests in the Djiru … Continue reading Day 41 & 42: Mission Beach
May 23, 2018 After a couple days at sea, we were ready to ride again and keep moving north. Bags strapped and gas in the tank, we cruised out of Airlie Beach and away from the sailboats bobbing in the harbor. Less than twenty minutes later, we were in the sugar cane fields, following the … Continue reading Road Trip Day 37: Airlie Beach to Townsville
Day 36, May 22, 2018 I slept so much better in the bunk the second night and actually enjoyed being rocked by the gentle waves. The Skipper was also kind to us this morning and didn't start the engines until the late hour of 6:45am. After bread and peanut butter a la fresco, we sailed … Continue reading The Whitsundays Sailing Trip, Day Three
Day 35, May 21, 2018 Shockingly, sleeping on a plastic mattress bunk bed tucked in the bow shared with another person is not the recipe for restful sleep. I kept trying to stretch out my legs but hit the metal wall of the galley. The cool part though was that our beds were under the … Continue reading The Whitsundays Sailing Trip, Day Two
Day 34: Airlie Beach & Whitsundays May 20, 2018 Today was the big day we embarked on our multi-day sailing trip around the Whitsunday Islands! We went next door to the travel agent for the briefing and paperwork and the operator said to me, "Did ya have a late night last night?" I paused a … Continue reading The Whitsundays Day One
Rockhampton to Airlie Beach May 19, 2018 Of course, the night before the longest day of riding, I slept horribly. The old grungy man in our room not only continued to burp in his sleep, but also farted uncontrollably and hacked up phlegm every half hour. Then, the guy in the bunk next to mine … Continue reading Road Trip Day 33: Rockhampton to Airlie Beach – The Longest Ride
Day 32, May 18: Agnes Water to Rockhampton In the morning, we still had some things to wrap up with our website clients so we ran around town tying up loose ends. We edited images for the hostel, got a down payment from the cafe, and tweaked the surf shop site until Grom was satisfied. … Continue reading Road Trip Day 32: Agnes Water to Rockhampton
Agnes Water and Town of 1770 (May 10 - 17) So I know I haven’t posted in over a week, but we're alive and well! For the past week or so, we’ve been taking it easy in Agnes Water while waiting for our Whitsundays Trip to become available. Last I posted, we were talking with … Continue reading A Week of Sunshine in Agnes Water & Town of 1770 (Day 24-31)
Some beautiful forest roads and some ugly Brisbane traffic. Today we headed out to the Glass House Mountains region for some hiking and a great Airbnb.
