Judy & Brian Tour Oz

  Innisfail, Qld 1Aug2022 385km Up early and away! On the road at 07:45 and heading to Innisfail via Townsville. Road east and across to the coast is good and a drama free run, except for a bunch of roadworks, some of which seem to be only signage, the road work looks to have been completed long ago. One disappointment is that the fabulous dual carriageway they build around the back of Townsville is now just a suburban road and you can't help but wonder if they looked at any other big sprawling city to see what was going to happen. Fortunately it leads onto the Motorway, which is great, except that its not finished yet, but it will be, one day, and then it will be world class. After the excitement of the motorway, you are of course returned to the Mighty Bruce, which continues to be everything that it reputation claims: narrow, no overtaking, congested and basically a pain. The only overtaking lane between Townsville and Ingham was blocked of - doing roadworks of course. We fina...

Palm Cove, Cairns Qld. July 27, 2015 One hundred and seventy kilometres in three-and-a-half hours. That’s the mighty Bruce for you, especially up this far. Actually, I exaggerate a tad, we stopped at the sugar museum in Innisfail because it was a more enticing option than trundling along the goat-track, but still, it was ‘tedious’, to say the least. Here are some snaps from the museum, just for fun: Sugar Museum. Innisfail Qld Sugar Museum. Innisfail Qld Sugar Museum. Innisfail Qld Sugar Museum. Innisfail Qld We finally made it into Palm Cove, which is the last suburb of Cairns, about 20k north of the city centre. The van park is OK, at least we can swing a cat on this site, it’s rather nice actually. Some snaps from along the boardwalk : Palm Cove Qld Palm Cove Qld Palm Cove Qld Palm Cove Qld Palm Cove Qld Palm Cove Qld