Diamantina NP was not on our plan at all, but from Porcupine Gorge it was “just” a 570 kilometre drive away, so we decided to have a look, as we heard some nice things about this national park. But just after leaving, we had a need for a photo stop […]
Monthly Archives: June 2015
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After a weekend with sunshine, the rain unfortunately took over again – what a dry season! 🙂 So we decided to head west again, having a look into the Outback in Queensland to escape from the rain. But prior to that, we spent a nice morning at Alligator creek, watching […]
The wreck of the S.S. Yongala is famous for its marine life. The steam ship, that sunk in 1911 during a cyclone took more than 120 people with him in the depth, so it is today a mass grave and protected as such. So penetration of the wreck is not […]
Heading back south from the cape, the rain hit us unfortunately again so there was not so much we could do. At least we know now why they call it “Wet Tropics World Heritage Area”. Wallaman Falls in Girrigun NP are really beautiful, highest falls in Australia; still we were […]
This part today is for all our nephews and nieces. To all others apologize for writing therefore in German. Ein Ameisenigel morgens auf der Suche nach Futter. Ameisenigel sind bei der Fortpflanzung, zusammen mit den Schnabeltieren, eine ganz besondere Ausnahme: sie legen Eier und säugen ihre Jungen in einem Beutel […]
It is a long way to “The Tip” of Australia, Cape York – approximately 1.000 kilometres north of Cairns. Nice trip for us, beautiful national parks on the way, like Iron Range or Lakefield. At the Bramwell Roadhouse you have to decide if you take the Old Telegraph Track (OTT) […]
Leaving Lakefield NP towards Iron Range NP was not too easy; we still had a lot of bird life in the morning, so the time passed by. On top of that, every now and then it happens that you miss 100km on a map and by doing so, you don’t […]
What a nice start for our Cape York trip. To be honest, we had no idea what to expect from that part of Australia, and there are still a lot of question marks, especially when it comes to the upper North part, but Lakefield National Park was a fantastic start. […]
Daintree Nationalpark, well known from most of the Queensland documentaries and also home of the rare Cassowaries, birds not able to fly, but huge as an Emu. As they are rare, we were not too confident to find one, but to start with the great news, we managed to find […]