Something to write home about … Undara lava tubes

Gone Troppo: Opening Pandora’s box!

Our last day of this break! Stu was up early and went fishing but only caught a small cod – no keepers.

Gone Troppo: Coasting home

Much as I like the relaxed lifestyle at Cape Trib, I’m not sorry to be heading away from the humidity. We didn’t make it far down the road before we stopped for breakfast at CJ’s Cafe at Thornton Beach. A beautiful spot and the girl who served us was soooooo cheerful.

Gone Troppo … hanging around in the jungle!

It is the rainforest and it is the wet season so a day of rain was only to be expected.

 

Gone Troppo … paddling our own canoe

We didn’t have a lot to achieve on the drive from Undara to Cape Tribulation. But, true to form, we managed a few little stops along the way.

Millstone Falls are a short walk from the car park and nice without being spectacular.

Gone Troppo … and a little bit batty.

What a joy to listen to the forest wake up without the sounds of other people. It’s probably different in the high season, but we enjoy the solitude.

Gone Troppo!

What sort of lunatics go to the tropics in the middle of summer? The sort with a son who works there and who is about to move overseas to work.

That’s us.

It was a short break in February – just a week off work – but gave us the excuse to do at least one other thing that we’d been thinking about for a long time but hadn’t quite managed.

Day 1 was a long 10-hour drive with a lot of not very much to see. We did stop for a pie in Clermont and took the opportunity to visit the Billy Sing Memorial.