Hinchinbrook Island Cardwell

Richard We went to Cardwell to visit Hinchinbrook Island which several people had recommended to us as being a beautiful place to visit. It is a tropical island off the East coast which has one little resort on it but is virtually uninhabited. You ...

We spent about a week trekking through Hinchinbrook Island. We walked from North to South. In hindsight I think you are meant to walk the other way and this is why.  After having crossed the knee deep creek, I noticed the timber signboard on the ...

Mangrove swamps... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hyvastit venekuljetukselle ja matka jatkui jalan seuraavat 32 kilometria. Mangrove suot krokotiileineen jai taakse ja beachin lapi mentiin kevyeen palmuviidakkoon. Nina Peakille oli matkaa vajaat ...

... Darwin and Cairns the other night. Weird. Not much to report, will add some more notes and photos soon. Stay well. Cardwell near Hinchinbrook Island was a very nice spot and I stayed in a caravan park there and ran into some people from Cooktown I ...

... . I met Ian (the man in the pictures) at the hostel just a day before the walk and decided to travel together. the Island itself is a fantastic mixture of cliffs, jungle, bays, forest and hills. We tried the water purification pills on the first poddle ...

A three hour bus journey south took us to Cardwell which we left the following morning for the wilderness that is Hinchinbrook Island.   A two hour fast ferry journey across a crystal clear blue sea  (not a bad way to spend a ...

sailing the great barrier ...

... had and learnt about each other's lives.  One of the highlights for me was our Wednesday late afternoon cruise to Hinchinbrook Island - where I got to steer the boat following markers and compass navigation.  That night, we spent a while trying ...

... dat je bent overgeslagen. De plaats waar ik me bevind is een groot amfitheater: in het midden de mangroves, errond de heuvels van Hinchinbrook Island aan de ene kant, en van het vasteland aan de andere kant. Behalve de vissers die hier in het weekend ...