Places we visited
Our home at Kewarra Beach
Rudolph loved his morning walk on Kewarra Beach
Two weeks after arriving, there's a crocodile on our beach
Rainforest trees at Mossman Gorge, Daintree National Park
The Daintree Rainforest. After many signs and speed humps, we finally spotted our first cassowary
Horse riding at Cape Tribulation
This is Elvis. We visited him often at the nearby zoo
Ulysses butterflies, Kuranda Butterfly Sanctuary. Mid-flight photos were a challenge. This was the best photo, after many attempts
Low tide at Yule Point and a cruise ship off Port Douglas
The Curtain Fig, Atherton Tablelands
Lake Placid, in suburban Cairns, was a great picnic spot
Rudolph plays fetch at Yorkey's Knob, North Cairns
Copperload Dam, not far from Cairns, holds the city's water supply
The green green grass of Dunk Island We camped on the island for two nights
Millstream Falls on the Atherton Tablelands
Lava tube and fig trees at Undara Volcanic National Park
A freshwater crocodile at Cobbold Gorge
Cattle and termite mounds somewhere near Croydon, QLD
Rudolph wasn't fooled by the crocodile replica in Normanton, near the Gulf of Carpentaria
Black kites on the Norman River, Gulf of Carpentaria
Our first sunset in Kurumba, on the Gulf of Carpentaria
Second Gulf sunset, Kurumba
One more sunset, Kurumba
We drove the easy inland route to Cooktown and the more challenging route home, via the Bloomfield Track
The view north of Cooktown from Grassy Hill Lookout
Sunset at balancing Rock, Chillagoe (with full moon)
The Chandelier, Trezkinn Cave, Chilllagoe
Remains of the Chillagoe smelters, which operated from 1901 to 1943
A limestone overhang and aboriginal paintings, near Chillagoe
Josephine Falls, near Babinda These were our favourite falls (and we saw a few)
Josephine Falls weren't just stunning, they were fun too
Crystal clear water at Josephine Falls
We had a relaxing afternoon kayaking down Babinda Creek
‘Kadimakara’, Mareeba Wetlands. Drawing attention to the the need to conserve the world's last remaining areas of wild rice.... and fun to climb on
Wild platypus, Atherton Tabelands
Coral exposed at low tide, at Yule Point near Port Douglas
Rescuing a young, seemingly stranded hawksbill turtle on Yule Reef Not sure I did the right thing, as he just crawled back onto the reef again.
Rudolph at Yule Point Shortly after, he nearly lost his nose to a large mud crab
Nudey Beach, Fitzroy Island In name only, at least on the days we visited
Nudey Beach, Fitzroy Island Queensland's tallest mountain, Mt Bartle Frere, can be seen in the distance
Sarus Cranes at Bromfield Swamp, Atherton Tablelands Tallest flying birds in the world
Cape Hillsborough National Park, north of Mackay We camped at this beach for 3 nights on our way home
Eurimbula National Park, south of Gladstone A crazy drive on this narrow sandy track led to a perfect beach campsite
A humpback calf and its mum in Harvey Bay
Carlo Sand Blow, Rainbow Beach
Camping at Inskip Point, opposite Fraser Island Our Kmart camping gear did us well for a total of 20 nights over six months
