While in Cooktown we had to visit the James Cook Museum. It was a must-see on our list. I’d read that it was one of the best small museums in Queensland, so I was really looking forward to it. So much history to take in here! The museum is in an old convent built in the late 1800s. Part of the museum is dedicated to the history of the convent. I wish I had a picture of the staircases inside. … Read More
Cooktown is as far north as we are travelling on Cape York. While it would be an adventure to go all the way to the tip it would also be quite a journey. A dusty one, requiring a 4WD that we’d have to hire along with camping gear. Or pay for a tour, but finding a tour for a family of six is difficult and pricey. We’ve heard the trip takes something like twenty hours. That’s a long journey to … Read More
After Mulambin we drove several days in a row to get all the way up to Cooktown. It was tiring, driving for several hours and staying for just one night at our stops along the way. Cooktown is as far north as the sealed road goes, so this is as far north as we will be going on this trip. The plan is to make our way back down the coast as far as Mackay, then we’ll head inland all … Read More
Is this not the prettiest kookaburra ever? He looks so soft and fluffy. 🙂 While in Mulambin we did the Bluff Point walk. We’d read you could get a 360 degree view of the area and see turtles swimming in the ocean. Sounds good! The trail does a circuit and we soon found out it’s one of those popular fitness tracks. You can choose your direction and do the steep part first or last. We opted to do the steep … Read More
Jumping ahead again! Emu crossing! Yay! We soon found out why… The caravan park had its own resident emu! He was not shy and often came over when he saw us outside. He wasn’t afraid of the kids at all, he probably knew they were likely to have food. This is officially my favourite kind of palm. It’s like the branches are in 3D. I think it’s a foxtail palm. We went across the road to have a bike ride … Read More
I’ve always wanted to visit beautiful, sunny Queensland. After more than six months in our caravan, here we are! Suddenly it feels all official, we are headed north! There is so much of Australia still to see. But now we are one step closer. First stop, the Gold Coast! Of course. We could get away with not visiting the theme parks if our kids were younger. But they have this inconvenient awareness of these things. 😉