Due south of the town of Clermont, is an area known as the Gemfields, which encompasses suitably named towns such as Rubyvale, Sapphire and Emerald. Intrigued, we headed inland to investigate. On the way we passed field after field of…
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Bowen, Great Barrier Reef and Eungella
From the truck stop in Townsville (just a convenient stopver in a car park) we headed along the coast and ended up at Glen Erin Farmstay near Bowen. This campsite had a campfire every evening in which they cooked and…
Magnetic Island
From our inland excursion to visit the lava tubes at Undara, we drove south-east along empty to roads to Townsville via Greenvale, a much needed fuel stop, and Charters Towers, a town that arose following gold finds in the creek…
Undara
Our first stop on the way to Undara was Innot Hot Springs. Here there is a stream on a gravel bed beside the road, and as different parts of the stream are different temperatures, you can mix them together to…
Cairns and the Atherton Tablelands
Departing Hong Kong on a 9pm flight, we arrived into Cairns shortly after sunrise. Cairns International airport is small, and it didn’t take long to get through passport control and collect our bags. The early July temperature outside was welcomingly…
Singapore
For our short stay of just 2 days in Singapore we were fortunate to be able to stay with a UK friend who’s being working there for a few years. He had a lovely apartment in a large complex that…
Pekan Nanas
Deciding that it was time to see a country from a different perspective, we managed to organise a workaway on our way down through Malaysia, and it was a very positive experience. We stayed at CSA wellness and recreation resort…
Siem Reap
For our stay in Siem Reap, Cambodia, we had booked accommodation at the Community School of Hope which is a family-run school in a very rural setting pretty much equidistant between the airport and the western gate of Angkor Wat.…
Chiang Mai
It was an early morning start in Chiang Mai after travelling on the overnight train from Bangkok and arriving at 7.15am. We decided to leave our bags at the station and head into the city to take advantage of the…
Dickoya
We arrived into Hatton train station after what turned out to be our last train ride through Sri Lanka’s picturesque tea plantations. Our hotel had a game of Carrom in the lobby which Elliot particularly enjoyed playing. Both kids played…