Hello !
The intrepid travellers have arrived in Cairns. Per usual we were up at dawn today and were out of the park by 9:45. The changedes in the scenery as we travelled a relatively short distance was remarkable.
Our first destination Mount Garnet fell short of our expectations so we travelled on to Ravenshoe the highest town in Queensland allegedly. We paused for lunch and moved on to Atherton which we passed through and almost immediately the countryside changed to wet tropics vegetation. Quite spectacular after the dryness of the Savannah.
At Mareeba we visited Coffee World a coffee roasting factory, coffee museum, souvenir shop, snack bar. Was interesting but the prices were a bit steep i.e. $56 a kilo for premium expresso beans versus say $24 for Ricca in Adelaide. I bought a combined plunger/insulated coffee cup and am looking forward to trying it out.
From Mareeba we forged on to Kuranda and spent about 40 minutes driving around in circles before we stopped and did some logical analysis of what we should do.
Decision?! Drive to a park in Cairns which our Cape York tour does pick ups from. After a white knuckle ride down the mountain (for the navigator) we arrived and set up, finishing just after dark.
It has taken us 69 days but finally we are here!
Tomorrow, find a battery charger to replace the one that blew up so I can run the fridge. The cloudiness of Cairns makes this a necessity i think as the solar panel may not able to keep up. Anyway i will look at the sun situation in the morning. Ahh the tropics!
cheers Simon
PS talking to a Winnebago owner at Croydon, his fuel consumption 42l/100km that is extreme! He was actually the guy we heard the story about getting washed off the crossing on the Gregory River near Myumba camp. Wasn't quite as dramatic but he did have a bit of fun. Had to unhitch the 4WD he was towing and wade back over the slippery crossing to drive it across. Apparently one of the front wheels of the big bus slipped off the crossing but it was ok.
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