Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation, Queensland - September 2026

One day we hired a car and headed to Daintree. It's a couple of hours drive and we were slowed by a lot of roadwork. 

There's only one road in and you have to cross the river by car ferry. We waited about an hour in the queue.

First stop was the Daintree Discovery Centre. It has a range of elevated boardwalks and costs about $40. I probably wouldn't do that again as there are other boardwalks that are free.

We then drove on to Madja Boardwalk which I enjoyed more and it was free...

 

Then we drove a bit further to Cape Tribulation...

It's a lovely beach...

We walked along it...

Looking back...

This place is famous as it's the only place in the world where two UNESCO World Heritage sites meet.

We walked up the short walk to a viewing area...

After that we drove a short distance to Mason's Waterhole. It is croc proof but we didn't swim, We did have a crocodile burger though...

We then headed back. I was a bit worried about the queue for the ferry but we were lucky and drove straight on. We stopped at Port Douglas on the way home as I wanted to have a look at the town. It's a lot bigger than Palm Cove.

I went for a walk around the clifftop to the beach.

Then we drove back to Palm Cove and refilled the car on the way.

Bouddi Coastal Walk - September 2026

One day Alex and I went for a bushwalk through Bouddi National Park. We started at Putty Beach which is one end of Killcare Beach.

There's a nice walkway overlooking the ocean...

We got to a point and then turned and came back the same way. We could have gone further and taken a circular route.

Sydney - August 2026

 Nice rainbow!

One day I went for a drive to Buladelah, where we used to stop each year on our way to our family holiday in Forster. This bakery has been there since that time, some 45 years ago. I bought a sausage roll and a loaf of bread for old times' sake...

I then detoured to Tea Gardens where we used to have holidays with our kids and my parents. We used to stay here opposite the river, at The Boathouse Resort. Nice memories...

My Father taught Callum to fish here...

We would often go to the pub for dinner...

I continued home via Karuah, another stop with the family in the 70's...

One day I drove to Bronte to have lunch with an ex-colleague. Beautiful day...

One day while working at Umina, I went to the beach for a coffee. Still cold but sunny at least...

Nice moon again...

I'm cooking most nights at the moment. Cantonese style green beans...

Pad See Ew beef...

One day, I went to visit Alex at her work, TreeTops. I did the ziplines which was fun but climbing the ladders was less so :-)

Didn't love this bit either...

One day I went for a bush walk with Alex from Forresters Beach to Bateau Bay...

This guy was watching us...

Then we had a pie at the Forresters Beach bakery and this guy was watching us :-)

A rainbow this time looking the other way...

The weather has been cold but the days have generally been sunny. I went for a walk along the lake path one day...

My old mower needed a service so rather than spend the $200 for that, I bought an electric one...

Made sticky beef one night which was great...

And this fried rice was excellent...

Callum and Alex went skiing for a couple of days. I loaned Callum my favorite ski hat...

Having a coffee at the gym while waiting for my next class...