The weather in our home town of TOWNSVILLE has not been that good this Winter. Usually Townsville which sits inside Cape Cleveland in North Queensland has perfect blue skies, lovely warm days and cool nights. The thought of Winter is cherished while we are melting away in the heat and humidity of summer. When winter arrives …
Boat Trips
Tuesday in Townsville: Boating and Clouds
Two of my favourite activities in Townsville are Boating and Cloud Watching, and on Saturday I got to do both on a family fishing trip. B.H., Matt and I launched the boat while the sun was just a golden glow on the horizon, and motored slowly out of Ross Creek, through the breakwater and port …
Marooned on a Luang Prabang Mekong River Cruise
Luckily the driver and fellow passenger on our Luang Prabang Mekong River Cruise had Thai as a common language. With the passenger in the driver’s seat and the driver bent over the broken engine at the rear of the boat, adjustments were made and instructions called to turn the key at the appropriate time. …
Marooned on the Mekong
The historic district of LUANG PRABANG IN LAOS, sits on a high headland overlooking the meeting of the timeless Mekong and its younger sibling the Nam Khan. At first we had dreamed of entering the Land of a Million Elephants via Thailand, spending two leisurely long days on the Mekong, floating downstream from Huay Xai to …
We chose Lan Ha Bay over Halong Bay – Post 8
Updated October 2017. People think we’re crazy when we tell them we spent a month in Vietnam without doing a Halong Bay cruise. Sometimes I can’t believe it myself – I mean it is at the top of most Vietnam to do lists. But then I relax and remember – we chose Lan Ha Bay …
LADY MUSGRAVE ISLAND
Some days are meant to be. The Lady Musgrave Island Day, on the southern extremity of The Great Barrier Reef, was one of them. The boat operator, Lady Musgrave Cruises was booked out Thursday, had a maintenance day Friday then was booked out Saturday and Sunday. After a chat with the office staff on site …