Kuranda

6 Must Dos in Cairns and Port Douglas; a Queensland Coast Road Trip thumbnail

As any long-standing readers with even longer standing memories will recall, back in 2016 I was writing a series of posts about my coastal Queensland road trip. Then in November 2016, when the series had got as far as Cairns, I had to put it on hold after we bought a new house. That placed [...]

Cairns

On Monday we had a wander around Cairns, and on Wednesday we looked at the two Jewels in the Crown of Cairns: Kuranda and the Great Barrier Reef. Coming up I have a video that shows you all of that in movie style, and more. For example, they go to Trinity Beach, just north of [...]

Jewels in the Crown of Cairns: Kuranda and the Great Barrier Reef thumbnail

There is more to Cairns than just strolling around and having a look. There’s also more than just two ‘must do’ attractions in Cairns, but if you only had time for two, your choice would be simple. On land, you will want to visit the lush green rainforests of Kuranda, taking the cable car one [...]

rainforest

It’s going to be a quick post today, because I’m having internet connection problems, just as I did on my road trip back in 2009. At that time though, I was travelling through places like Sydney and Melbourne, at least this time I made it all the way to Port Douglas in Far North Queensland [...]