Monday September 16, 2019 Road video and map – Byron Bay to Sydney Airport, NSW My last full day in Australia was spent driving. I wanted to avoid the afternoon rush hour in Sydney as I headed to my airport hotel so I made an early start on the 722 km/480 mi drive and did … Continue reading Heading Home
Sunday September 15, 2019 Road video and map – North Brisbane, QLD to Byron Bay, NSW Today was a good day of sightseeing with plenty of the driving I like ,twisty roads through interesting places, instead of the drudgery of road works, traffic and bumpy roads that I experienced on the way to the zoo … Continue reading Nature’s work at Springbrook NP and Byron Bay
Saturday September 14, 2019 Road video and map – Gladstone to North Brisbane, QLD Another drive south today with the only tourist stop being at the Australia Zoo. This was founded as a reptile park by Bob and Lyn Irwin, parents of the “Crocodile Hunter”, Steve Irwin. Steve invested much of the profits from his … Continue reading The Australia Zoo
Thursday September 12, 2019 I had planned two different ways of seeing the Great barrier Reef (GBR) today. The preferred option, for good weather, was to fly to the reef on a seaplane. I have never done a water takeoff or landing so that would have been a new experience and it would save me … Continue reading The Great Barrier Reef
Wednesday September 11, 2019 Road video and map – Cloncurry to Airlie Beach, QLD Today’s drive was the longest I’ve done since retirement, both in distance, 1001 km/622 mi, and time at 9 hours 40 min but I’m now in position to visit the Great Barrier Reef tomorrow. I made no stops so I’ll continue … Continue reading The Drive East – Day 2
Tuesday September 10, 2019 Road video and map – Tennant Creek, NT to Cloncurry, QLD This was a day of pure driving with not even a photo stop along the way. I knew that there would be a couple of days like this so I thought I would add a few of my impressions of … Continue reading The Drive East – Day 1
Monday September 9, 2019 Road video and map – Alice Springs to Tennant Creek, NT Today was the first of the three days it takes, realistically, to get back to the east coast by road from Alice Springs. For some reason there is no paved road to the coast directly from Alice Springs (pop 25,000) … Continue reading The Devils Marbles