We were up at the crack of dawn (about 5 am) this morning so we could head into the gorge and get our walking done before it got too hot....

After brekkie, we hit the road to check out all the "Big Things" that the Gemfields area had to offer. Just as I was posing with the...

Today was another big day of driving! There is not too much to see, apart from quite a bit of roadkill, on the highway between Charters...

Today was the day that we were turning away from the coast and heading inland for the second part of our trip. Charters Towers is only a...

On day seven we had a full day in Townsville to explore! Townsville seemed kinda boring so we decided to head over to Magnetic Island,...

Today we had so many Big Things on the agenda! After a tasty breakfast, we headed out of Bowen to our first stop at the Big Watermelon...

We hit the road after an early morning visit to the beach and came across the Big Aboriginal woman and her baby as our first "Big Thing"...

As we were staying in a backpackers there was very little chance of sleeping in! We were up early and headed into Yeppoon to find some...

After enjoying the included breakfast at the Zen Den and saying goodbye to our new doggo friends, we hit the road. Today's destination...

Today we had a full day to spend enjoying all the town of 1770 had to offer! We did a quick stop at Chinaman's beach, which is about 10...

We set off early this morning, as today was the biggest driving day of our entire road trip at around 6 hours to our destination in Agnes...

Before we set out on our two week "Big Things" road trip around Queensland (you can read about that here) we did a couple of day trips to...

Before we set out on our two week "Big Things" road trip around Queensland (you can read about that here) we did a couple of day trips to...

Ahhh Big Things - Australia sure has a strange fascination with them that can be hard to explain to foreigners! Our nation's quirky...

Just like that our holiday had come to an end, but we had time to squeeze in one last adventure before our mid-afternoon flight home. We...

Today was our last full day in Cairns and we planned to make the absolute most of it! We had booked in a full day “foodie tour” with...

Today was the one day of our holiday that Noel was in charge of planning, and he did a great job!

After breakfast this morning we checked out of our Port Douglas hotel and loaded the car up for our trip to Cairns, where we would be...

Today was a big day of driving - we were heading north into the Daintree Rainforest! Our first stop was (meant to be) Mossman Gorge....

Another day - another adventure! Today we were heading to Kuranda for a rainforest adventure. Kuranda is actually much closer to Cairns...