So we headed north to Townsville and 30k's out of town we had a tire blowout. Very freaky and i was glad Todd was driving. So as this was actually our spare tire that we were driving on due to a flat earlier in the trip, we knew that we were going to have to buy a new tire. So the next day we went tire shopping and after visiting a number of shops and them all advising that we replace all of our tires as they were all old and bad, we decided to bit the bullet and spend $500 buying 4 new tires. UGH!!! We just didnt think it was safe driving on old tires as on Sunday we are leaving for the big trip off to Darwin, which we be 5 straight days of driving.
So with Tora all kitted out with new tires we made our way to Cairns, stopping off for lunch in Mission beach and passing the Big Mango along the way somewhere. It was a beautiful drive coming into Cairns as we are truely entering the tropics and it feels like we are in a completely different country.
Today we are off to Cape Tribulation, which is where the rainforest meets the great barrier reef. We are going to be spending two nights in the Daintree rainforest, which as i have heard is the oldest rainforest in the world. So it should be really beautiful.
U know what. Reading this is making me want to do the same thing. If I could organise a few months off work it would be great. I live in Australia and even though Pam, Jeff and I drove as far as Airlie beach it was rushed. There are so many nice places I didn't know existed.
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ReplyDeleteMuch love on all your comments Di, we just discovered them (we are new to this), I'm going to have to get yourself and mum to give us a few pointers on all this computer stuff!
The other advantage of us doing this is we can tell you the places you MUST avoid. Gladstone and Normanton!!!
Lucy & Paul used to live at Gladstone.
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