Bad start So, we had decided against an excursion out to sea yesterday because the forecast wasn’t good enough in terms of temperature, sun and wind.  But we instead committed to a trip for today as the forecast looked better. We woke to on-and-off rain and 100% cloud cover, seemingly far worse than yesterday’s weather.  […]

Cedar Creek Falls We woke to news that Aucklanders had woke to freezing temperatures and frost.  Other parts of the country fared worse with the polar blast. Here we’re complaining, while in shorts and t-shirts, that it wasn’t warm or calm enough to do a boat trip and snorkel.  Oh, and how we don’t know […]

Kangaroos and wallabies at sunrise I had set the alarm to wake early so that we could go see the kangaroos on Casuarina Beach on Cape Hillsborough at sunrise.  I made a mistake and set it for 0440 rather than 0540.  Combined with the fact that I had been going to bed around 2100 and […]

Above:  The beach at Seaforth. Today was the biggest drive on our road trip, driving from Agnes Water to Seaforth near Cape Hillsborough National Park.  Estimated driving time was just a little less than 7h. We hit the road at 0710 with Kim doing the driving at first.  We changed over a few times and […]

Above:  The beach at Agnes Water; would have been awesome if the weather had cooperated. Bundaberg We said goodbye to Paul and Vanessa at 0810 and started our road trip in earnest.  We are headed for our nightstop at Agnes Water stopping at Bundaberg. On the road, we were surprised by how disciplined Australian drivers […]

Above:  Beach at Alexandra Headland, Maroochydore. Apartment hunting with friends The weather turned wet and gloomy yesterday, so we didn’t do any of our possible outdoor activities like taking drives, walks or go whale-watching.  Instead, we backtracked a little south to shop at Costco. We started the day with a walk along the waterfront at […]

Above:  We are driving to Cairns; taken about an hour into the 19h journey (if we were to do it without detours). Today was the long awaited day for Kim’s arrival.  With possibility of Covid-19 outbreaks, there was always a chance that he wouldn’t make it to Australia leaving me here stranded by myself.  The […]

Above:  People pay to walk on the Story Bridge; I captured them from the ferry below. The plan for the day was to explore the River City using the free ferry service called City Hopper.  But I now realise that the route is largely what I had done on foot yesterday.  It made sense for […]