On The Road With Sal n Greg

Hot Air Ballooning

2008-05-15T11:45:00.006+10:00

On the Anzac Day long Weekend in April, Greg and I went hot air ballooning over Mareeba and the Atherton Tablelands. It was an early morning start, but worth getting up for. It was slighty foggy, and a bit fresh, but the sunrise and scenery was spectacular.

The Reef from the Air

2008-04-11T14:56:00.002+10:00

While out on the reef we took a helicopter flight, very pretty.

Diving the Great Barrier Reef

2008-04-09T06:47:00.011+10:00

Angelica & Ben Diving

I Found NEMO!!!

Finally after about six weks we got to go out on to the reef. It was just me Angelica, Ben & Fern!!!! Greg had to work. It was still a little rough, but managable. I tried diving, which was "interesting" but loads of FUN. Sounds stupid but remembering to breath isen't easy!!! and then theres, poping your ears, keeping water out of your goggels, and not smacking your head on the edge of the boat cause of the waves!!! Once that was sorted, i was fine!!!

Easter Weekend 21st - 24th March

2008-04-07T15:13:00.007+10:00

What a lovely weekend we had for Easter. Four days at Mantra Tree Tops Resort, Port Douglas. A proper bed, no walk to shower or go to the loo and a tv!!!!!! We were like two kids in a lolly shop!!! As much as we love "the fish bowl" it's nice to have abit of luxury though to most people it's normal.

We went to the markets, had a walk along the beach, checked out the shops, visited the rainforest habitat wildlife sanctuary, and pretty much did nothing but relax. So a very good weekend.

The photo is of Pebbley Beach (very original name), which is between cairns and port douglas.

Hair Cut Anyone??

2008-03-11T12:41:00.009+10:00

Angelica and me went to the hairdressers for a little girly time. (A thank you gift and team bonding exerice from Marlene) Nothing beats a decent hair cut, but mine grows so fast i'm almost due back again!!! It only seems yesterday we went, but in actual fact it's probably about 6 weeks ago. I just want to know were this year is going?!?!

Tawny Frog Mouth

2008-03-11T12:27:00.001+10:00

Fern's Big Day Out!!!!

2008-03-11T12:02:00.004+10:00

Hi everyone!! Here i am enjoying my day out at the crocodile farm. mum & Dad told me i'd be SAFE!!!

Hartley's Crocodile Adventures

2008-03-11T09:20:00.023+10:00

Here me and Greg are with our own little Crocodile. He was so cute!! And surprisingly he was very soft, not hard or tough like you'd imagine.

Again we didnt get to the reef on the weekend, as it was still too windy, but the sun was out and no rain, so we decided to head to Hartley's. We had a fantastic day, held a croc, went on a cruise, seen them feeding crocs of all shapes and sizes. Learnt the difference between estuarine and fresh water crocs, seen them do death rolls, and how they shake their heads to basicly kill its lunch!!!! We had loads of fun and we still each have ten fingers!!!

Our Weekend!!!

2008-03-03T13:52:00.005+10:00

Beep Beep goes the alarm, Sunday is here and it's Reef Trip Day!!! A light shower of rain was falling but nothing major.

Anna & Ben were awake too and ready to go, so a Taxi was called, sea sickness tablets taken, time to go snorkelling. We arrived at the Reef Fleet Terminal to be told in hushed tones (as we were locals, and not "tourists"). That the forcast was for 25-35 knots!!! Really rough, sea sick weather!! After two seconds thinking we posponed till next weekend.

So know what were we to do??

The travel calm tablets were starting to work and with no were to go, i was feeling a bit sleepy!!!! So after breakie at a little cafe, home for a nap.

After lunch we thought we'd go go karting. No camera unfortunately and it was really to wet anyway. So imagine 1 go kart, 1 helmet, 1 shower of rain, several puddles and a little mud. You get the gist!!! I felt a bit like a naughty kid and was waiting to be told off, and get out of the rain before i caught a chill!!

After that much fun we wanted more, so off next door to the driving range. (Now i know why i & Greg don't play golf)!!!!

It was still early afternoon, and we weren't ready for home, so a couple of games of ten pin bowling, were next on the agenda. Lets just say Greg is a show off, he can actually play really well. Me we wont go there!!!

But a fun day we had, even if it wasen't the reef. Hopefully next week though we'll get out there.

Till next time. xoxo

Frangapani!!

2008-02-29T11:37:00.002+10:00

Where the Rainforest mets the Reef

2008-02-29T11:19:00.004+10:00

I like this picture of the Daintree River and surrounding Rainforest as it meanders down to the ocean.

A Drive in the Country Side.

2008-02-29T08:36:00.010+10:00

A couple of week ends ago, we went for a drive up in to the Atherton Tableland area.

We visited Milla Milla Falls & Ellinjaa Falls.

Stayed over night in a country pub that was clean but a little interesting!! Mitch match bedspreads, curtains, tiles, ect, and TV (we still don't have one in the trailer). The only thing worth watching was NEMO!!!

We also went to Herberton, were Greg's grandmother grew up as a child. (that is another blog page story).

It was a great weekend, it rained a bit so the fog was rolling in, the dairy cows waiting to be milked, and lush green paddocks.

The Big-ish Wet Season

2008-02-28T11:56:00.008+10:00

Our trailer is relatively water proof. The bed stays completely dry so thats the main thing!!!!

Our trailer ("the fish bowl") and the caravan park in a afternoon down pour! We moved sites the other day, much quiter when it gets busy and up abit from the rain and puddles!!

FROGGY!!!!

2008-02-27T15:05:00.005+10:00

This gorgeous frog possed on the shower block wall for well over an hour last night. I was excited as it was the first, yes first frog i've seen up here, except for the cane toads and the frog we seen on the Daintree River Cruise. He's very pretty.

Barron Falls Kuranda Cairns

2008-02-26T08:11:00.005+10:00

Barron Falls middle January 2008. At the start of the WET season

Barron Falls middle December 2007. In the DRY season.

The Perfect Sunset

2008-02-22T14:18:00.004+10:00

The Perfect End to a perfect day on Magnetic Island, which we visited on our way from Mackay to Cairns. oct-ish 07

Cairns Holiday Park

2008-02-22T13:02:00.022+10:00

Here are some photos of Angelica and me at the office. Also some at the Australia Day BBQ. (Greg & Nicky sitting around & Jon & Marlene cooking).

The photo of me and Anna looking very smart is when we first came back from the hairdresser!!! (A little thank you present from Marlene). I must admit when the lady washed the colour out and i looked in the mirror, i said oohh sh*t!!! When wet it looked almost black!!! But really is a lovely rich red mahogany colour, which i like.

Hi Everyone, Work is sooooo quite at the momment, so i have heaps of time to play around with this, and so many of you ask for photos. And me and emailing isen't always the best, i try to shrink them but that dosen't always work!!!! So i'm haveing fun playing around with this.

SkyRail and Scenic Railway

2008-02-21T12:53:00.000+10:00

At the caravan park, we have a tour desk for the many number of activities you can do in Cairns. So as part of my job i have to sell them, and you cant promote them very well if you havent tried them. So every week end or so we go on a tour.

We loved the train ride from Cairns to Kuranda. And the skyrail was good, evan though at one point we couldnt see much because of the fog!!

The Butterfly House was just magical.
As most of you know i love butterfly's,
so we spent a good hour or so wandering around.

It sure bet the rain outside.
As you can see when it rains, it rains quite heavily, and the fog rolls in on the hills.
But we are still waiting for the BIG wet as we haven't had really much rain at all, compared to normall.

The trailer has a little mould, abit more mildew, and if the sun isen't out for a few days, everything has a slight dampness to it!!!
Argh the joys of living in a Fish Bowl. (thats what we call the trailer as our car is called guppy).
But we wouldnt change a thing, its part of the story called travelling Australia.

Christmas Day 2007

2008-02-21T09:40:00.000+10:00

I know most of you have seen these photos, but i love the one of me and Greg with the tinsel and santa hat, i still laugh myself to tears when i see it!!
I'm learning at blogging so not quite sure how to rotate pictures yet!! Angelica the lady i work with
say's it's easy, and i'll have no problems,
we'll see though.

These are some of my pictures from out on the reef on Christmas Day. We had an absolute blast.