The Road Is Long – Sydney to Cairns
Part 5 – Townsville – Port Douglas – Cairns – The Grand Finale Leaving Townsville, we had another three hour drive to Mission Beach, had a quick stop off at Cardwell for a leg stretch, coffee and a bit of…
Off To See The World
Off To See The World
Part 5 – Townsville – Port Douglas – Cairns – The Grand Finale Leaving Townsville, we had another three hour drive to Mission Beach, had a quick stop off at Cardwell for a leg stretch, coffee and a bit of…
Part 4 – Airlie Beach – Townsville – Magnetic Island Adventure The A1 is recognised as the longest highway in the world! We covered off another 176 miles before arriving in Airlie Beach. Great apartment with views over Airlie Beach…
Part 3 – “Repositioning Days” With a fair chunk of miles to Airlie Beach (almost 12 hours – it doesn’t look that far on the map), we’d planned the drive over three days with two overnight stops, in random locations.…
Part 2 – Gold Coast – Sunshine Coast Mermaid Beach – Woke up to rain! It rained all day. Managed to pop out when the sky cleared early afternoon and walked along the beach, however we got caught in a…
Part 1 – Sydney – Gold Coast Gavin Still the 4th collected – a white Subaru Forester – we set off Northbound for our epic 1,500 mile road trip. A very short drive around an hour up the coast for…
The drive to the airport turned in to a short sightseeing trip over the Anzac Bridge, we got lost in the tunnel! Eventually after a short detour via the city, we headed back over the bridge and got back on…
Arrived at the hotel in Sydney and was “slightly” disappointed! The hotel costs over the NY were eye watering, it was a little tired and jaded. Location was great, just opposite Central Station. First full day there, G had booked…
Our planned stop after leaving Manapouri was Dunedin however in true G & M style, we like to make our life complicated. We had talked ourselves in to a three hour detour just to stand on Slope Point. The southernmost…
From Queenstown we continued heading south towards Te Anua. Chosen for it’s proximity to Milford Sound and Manapouri for Doubtful Sound. Te Anua was a good choice to stay and we based ourselves here for two nights. It ’s…
A short flight from Auckland and we were in Christchurch. It was a quick one nighter, as we are heading back to Christchurch for two nights later in the month, before we fly to Sydney. Without any trial we were…