Weekend getaway day four

This was our last full day in Queensland for this trip, we headed out to Cedar Creek Falls, at Mount Tamborine. We attempted to come here the other day, but so busy. We came much earlier this time. I manage to make it to the top lookout, Hubby walked to the bottom. I opted to…

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Tropical Getaways – Part 14

Sadly, this is the last part of our tropical getaway. We left our youngest daughter at the airport to catch her flight back to Brisbane. We then headed out to Palm Cove for a look and wander around, but also for a late lunch. We found a café along the esplanade and had a lovely…

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Tropical Getaway – Part 13

Woke up so stiff and sore from our adventures the previous day. We only had half a day with our youngest daughter as her flight left just after lunch, whereas our didn’t leave til that night. We packed up our gear and packed the car. We decided to keep fairly close to Cairns, as much…

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Tropical Getaway – Part 12

We are slowly getting to the tail end of our trip, but by no means the end of the photos! Out next stop was Mount Hypipamee National Park. There is a crater, waterfalls and cascades. We also stopped at Lake Eacham on the way in. Honestly not that exciting apart from the fact that they…

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Tropical Getaway – Part 11

Day 5 of our holiday again sees us away from the kids, as we journey back to the Atherton Tablelands and more waterfalls. The kids went on a high tree climb and some other sporty stuff and loads of clothes shopping, and they call us boring lol. A lovely drive took us back into the…

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Tropical Getaway – Part 10

On our return from Cape Tribulation we stopped off at Mossman Gorge, quite incredible, but also VERY touristy. People everywhere! There is a little shuttle bus that runs from the tourist centre down to the falls, which was quite welcome by me as it is a 4km hike! Sadly there were people swimming everywhere. They…

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Tropical Getaway – Part 9

A dream of my eldest daughter has been to visit the Daintree Forest. It’s touted as where the rainforest meets the reef, as it grows right up to the beach which is off the Great Barrier Reef’s northern tip. It’s also the world’s oldest rainforest. Lush and emerald green and tranquil. It is quite a…

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Tropical Getaway – Part 8

One that made our list, that I had never really heard of before is Paronella Park. A gentleman by the name of Jose Paronella had a dream of building a castle, with lush gardens, picnic areas, tennis courts and and so much more. He opened it in 1935. It is these days in quite a…

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Tropical Getaways – Part 7

After spending two days with the kids, we let them go and do their own thing, which was a back of house tour at the Cairns Aquarium, they had a wonderful time with the keepers and learnt a lot, also go very wet lol. We headed off to the Atherton Tablelands – we were waterfall…

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Tropical Getaways – Part 6

Along the Cook Hwy between Port Douglas and Cairns is Rex Lookout and also an entire beach of stacked rocks, known as cairns. Hundreds and thousands of rocks. Apparently a croc or two has been spotted basking among these stones, which is a little concerning. We however, saw no other crocs…thankfully. We finished driving down…

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