Around Straya
Mossman

After the Daintree we went and spent the day in Mossman. We saw that there was a beautiful place called Mossman Gorge. We had seen so many gorges that we were not sure we wanted to see it, but since…
Around Straya
After the Daintree we went and spent the day in Mossman. We saw that there was a beautiful place called Mossman Gorge. We had seen so many gorges that we were not sure we wanted to see it, but since…
After Cooktown we went straight back over the mountain and into the Daintree RainForest! A beautiful, wet and humid paradise with Ulysses Butterflies flying around, interesting bird sounds and lots of cassowary signs. We were very eager to see a…
What a dream to get here! It was the place where Captain Cook ended up stranded on the beach for a while and had so much interesting information in his ship journal of the place. He had to climb up…
After Hughenden we intended to go to Porcupine Gorge which was north of Hughenden, however when we got there and set up we realised the generator was not working and Papa had some urgent work to do. Unfortunately we had…
Hughenden is the next town along the Flinders Highway before we headed North up towards Cooktown. It was a hot and dry place, similar to Richmond and also had a Dinosaur feature in the town. We only stayed one night…
Richmond was an amazing place! We learned that it was part of the Dinosaur Trail of Australia. In Richmond is where they found a whole, intact Kronosaurus skeleton. Apparently the Kronosaurus skeleton is now in a university in the USA.…
Our next stop along Flinders Highway was Julia Creek. A tiny outback town where a lot of people walk around with cowboy hats and cowboy jeans and flannel t.shirts. It seemed very much the outback scene. We stayed there for…
After Mt Isa we went and stayed the night in the town of Cloncurry and the next day went rock fossicking in a place called Quamby. Quamby is a ghost town with the only thing left being a pub, which…
Mary Kathleen was such an interesting spot to look at. It used to be a thriving mining town in the early 1900’s with a uranium mine next to it. We saw videos of the town and what it used to…
After two days of travelling from Mataranka, stopping at Dunmurra Roadhouse and Barkley Homestead on the way (very hot days), we arrived in the early morning to the Queensland Border and then on to Mt Isa. We stayed at the…