The beauty of camping at Lake Mackenzie meant that until the first group of tours turned up at about 8.30am, we had the entire tranquil place to ourselves. It was well worth the walk and an early start. It had been a windy, wet and pretty cold night, spent in woefully inadequate hired sleeping bags. Read more

Early start today, to get down to the ferry from River Heads across to Fraser Island. Although you can easily book the ferry and campsites yourself, we needed to hire some camp kit, so got a tour operator to do the logistics for us and lend us the required camp kit. By 10am, we’d been Read more

Just us and the Pelicans down by the Noosa River this morning. The tide was in, the water calm, the wind light. What a way to wake up. It even felt warmer than last time, so I was able to stay in a bit longer, swimming against the current like a treadmill. It was time Read more

From here on north, there is either no surf and/or crocodiles in the water! Sadly, that meant that today was the last chance to catch a wave. There are several brilliant beaches around Noosa to choose from, but there wasn’t much swell rolling in today. Noosa Main beach looked like our best option to give Read more

Lifted my head off he pillow and peered out of the window this morning to see Geoff and Lou at the waters edge, psyching up for a morning swim. Clare was soon out with them and although my eyes were still half asleep, I wasn’t going to be left out! I stumbled out of bed, Read more

Today was a full-on day of sorting, cleaning, washing, relaxing, eating, snoozing and generally re-charging batteries. Hygiene levels in the van have sky rocketed after a top to bottom clean out, with freshly washed sheets, swept floors and general de-cluttering. The climbing gear has been packed away again and with luck, the surfboard will be Read more