Stops

June 24th, 2019 This was our last day in Cairns. Tomorrow we return our rental car and fly to Darwin, a city in Australia’s Northern Territory.  We wanted a day to rest and ended up doing a self-guided drive and tour through some of the Daintree Rainforest just outside of Cairns.  We went to a…

June 23rd, 2019 Our day started super early to prepare for our 6:30am sunrise dive.  All night my ears were kind of plugged and crackly, so I was really nervous about being able to complete this ‘deep dive’.  To obtain the advanced certification we signed up for, I would have to at least get past…

June 22nd, 2019 I was so excited and nervous about our dive trip I barely slept the night before (not that we ever slept that good in the car anyway).  I was nervous that I would forget something or not know what to do since we are new divers, and this will be our first…

June 21st, 2019 Today, we drove the last 45 minutes or so and finally arrived in Cairns!  That was a lot of ground we covered coming from Sydney (over 1500 miles).  Brendan drove practically all of it since I only drove for a short time.  We got to town and figured we would check out…

June 20th, 2019 When we got up this morning, I thought our diving adventure began tomorrow in Cairns.  This meant we had a pretty full day of driving to get to Cairns by tonight.  We decided to drive about four hours to Mission Beach and thought we would check out the beach and have lunch. …

June 19th, 2019 Happy Birthday Bro!  Today we had our day excursion through the Whitsunday islands (and in case anyone is wondering, I did not experience any type of runners high on my jog this morning so it’s back to the usual drudgery of that routine). We went to the marina and got our tickets…

June 18th, 2019 Today was a full day of driving so we could make it to the launching point for the Whitsunday islands for our tour tomorrow.  We stopped and got a bag salad from a grocery store for lunch and kept driving until we reached Arlie Beach.  This was the nicest public park I…

June 17th, 2019 Today we packed up camp and continued north to the town of Agnes Water and 1770 (The town is literally called the Town of 1770).  When we got to Agnes Water, we went right to the beach and were amazed to find this awesome public place.  The park at the entrance to…

June 16th, 2019 We woke up and shuffled our stuff from the front to the back seats where we had our beds for the night and continued driving North.  Not far into our drive, we stopped in the town of Noosa for some beaches and another hike for some exercise in between the driving. Noosa…

June 15th, 2019 Today we packed up the condo and set out for the rest of our trip up Australia’s East Coast.  Our first stop was about 3 hours north at Byron Bay.  A really cute town with a great coastal walk to a lighthouse.  We found free street parking and went on a hike…