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Atherton - Closed!
After getting acquainted with camper van which is called Karen (the Australian woman on our sat nav is called Karen so now it's Karen the Camper van) we decide to stay one more night in Cairns and head to Atherton in the morning due to it getting a bit late in the day after we had set up all our stuff in the Van.
We head to Atherton via Kuranda which we read is a really nice little village to drive through on the way where they have a little market and also a little ...
The Tablelands
... in the lake. Lake Tinaroo was our first of many nights in our " new" motorhome! We settled nicely and I put a few of my own little touches into our new home. Unfortunately, Ma and Pa had their next adventure to go on. They left us for S.E Asia on January 7th. ...
Water jumps from the rocks!
... Im Becken vor dem herabstürzenden Wasser kann man
baden und das Wasser erfrischt sogar! Es kommt nämlich aus den
Bergen, ist glasklar und richtig schön kalt.
Den zweiten Wasserfall lassen wir aus.
Ein heftiges Gewitter bringt gerade richtig viel Regen. Trotz
Scheibenwischer ist das Fahren extrem schwierig. Doch das Gewitter
ist zum Glück nur lokal und wir können ihm entfliehen. Der
dritte Wasserfall ist richtig ...
Friendly town friendly people
... the situation. The damage was less serious than we thought: he said everything looked fine except for the 'timing' (yes we have become serious car experts in the meantime). Although his son was getting married three days later and he was fully booked, he made time for us the next day.
Luckily there was more to do in the meantime: swimming in the Boulders and in the creek next to our campsite. For the first time we cooked a hot meal on a real OZ BBQ, except this ...
Great Barrier reef and ROADTRIP!
... met 1 slag met zijn boot open kan reten. Heel zeldzaam ook! Bedreigd diersoort.’ Na dagen gezocht te hebben in cape tribulation zagen we 10 minuten na dit gesprek een Cassowary doodleuk uit de bosjes opduiken. WOW. Dit maakte onze roadtrip al de moeite waard.
De eerste nacht gingen we op zoek naar een wildkampeerplek. Wat uiteraard niet mag in Australie. Maar wij trokken onze stoute schoenen aan en kwamen op een merkwaardige plek. Met iets wat ...


