Sunday 25th May 2008 Not surprisingly the night consisted of very broken sleep and attempts to get comfortable. As scheduled we did stop for around four hours during the night, which helped. It was a glorious sunrise over landscape that hadn’t changed a lot since Darwin. I got scrambled egg, bacon, beans, hash brown and…
Saturday 24th May 2008 Once again someone had thrown up on one of the gents loos last night so with that and the state of the kitchen I was glad to be out of the hostel. I had a bit of trouble finding the Transit Centre as it’s tucked away behind shops, but made it…
Friday 23rd May 2008 The hostel was pretty noisy last night so after a disturbed sleep I got up at half eight. I had my usual breakfast of yogurt and muesli and then gritted my teeth and got back on the bike to make the most of the hire. My first stop was the tourist…
Thursday 22nd May 2008 I made it out of bed earlier today and after breakfast eventually managed to find a place to hire a bike. It was basically an area surrounded by temporary fencing and a couple of storage containers with the bikes. I can’t complain at getting a pretty new mountain bike until half…
Wednesday 21st May 2008 Needless to say this morning was spent sleeping! I skipped breakfast and went straight for lunch and then went and laid in the park opposite the hostel to read. I picked up some pasta and sauce for tea from the supermarket and got a load of washing done. After tea I…
Tuesday 20th May 2008 I was up earlier this morning, had my breakfast, booked the shuttle bus to the airport, checked out and then went to get an overdue haircut (the last one was when I arrived in Thailand). I got on the ten to ten shuttle bus and after we’d picked up nineteen more…
Monday 19th May 2008 Despite getting to bed early and waking up late I still felt shattered so decided to have an easy day. I walked round the corner to the bakers to pick up a croissant and a couple of rolls. I had the croissant with a cup of tea at the hostel and…
Sunday 18th May 2008 Happy Birthday Kate! I wasn’t up quite as early as I planned, but after establishing that I could use my flexi-pass for the Kuranda Scenic Railway I still managed to get to the station in time for the nine thirty train. All the shops were closed so I had to resort…
Saturday 17th May 2008 I had to check out and be at the bus stop just down the road from the hostel by twenty past seven. I was the first one on the bus and it was an interesting ride. The driver said it was the first time he’d driven the route. After we had…
Friday 16th May 2008 We were up early again and after breakfast were dropped at the beach to go snorkelling again. It was better this morning than yesterday as the sun was out and there were more big fish. Once again the skipper threw bread into the water which resulted in a frenzy of fish…