If I didn’t have any prearranged plans, I would have stayed in the Daintree for longer than I did stay, but my goodness was I looking forward to diving the Great Barrier Reef! And even better than that, I did it for free! (Mostly). Before I arrived in Cairns, I had looked up a few … More Diving the Great Barrier Reef for free, you say?
I didn’t sleep very well that night and I think the reason was because I wasn’t able to scope out the area properly before I set up camp as I had arrived after dark and I wasn’t sure if there could be anything lurking in the bushes. The thing I was most afraid about was … More My ride up to Cape Tribulation and the Daintree rainforest (2/3)
The day started as brilliantly as I wish everyday would start. I felt fit, happy, content and grateful for everything that had happened in the past to get me to this exact point in my life. I had just woken up, had breakfast and put my unnecessary items in storage for the next few days. … More My ride up to Cape Tribulation and the Daintree rainforest (1/3)
Let me take you through the ending part of my trip as told by Michael Eva.
The only problem with getting a cheap ferry ticket is that you have to be on the first ferry out which leaves at 7:05am. It wasn’t actually a problem because I’ve become used to waking up earlier to begin cycling before it gets too hot.
From Bowen, I cycled to a town called Home Hill, which was actually a very fitting name because it was the most friendly town I’ve visited so far.
You’d think that after a hot and difficult day in the saddle, it would be nice to have some cold water sprayed over you, right? Not when it’s 1am and the sprinklers have been turned on where you’re camping and everything is soaked!
My next big stop on the trip was Airlie beach. I knew nothing about the place at all except that Whitehaven beach, which is a beach on an island off the coast of Airlie, was ranked as the best beach in Australia because of it’s impossibly white sand.
When you think of cycling from the time you wake up until sunset, setting up camp, sleeping and then waking up the next morning to do the same thing, it sounds like the same thing is happening every day and you’re bound to get bored pretty quickly. This is what I initially thought, but after … More Just a man and his bicycle – Agnes Water to Rockhampton
There was one thing I didn’t quite prepare for to happen, and it happened for the last 4 days… rain.
Michael's World 