by Andrea Rowe | Aug 12, 2014
There’s a Thesaurus brimming with platitudes to describe Cape Tribulation. I’ll pluck out a few to get us started. Lush. Tranquil. Remote. Tropical. Prehistoric. I confess, I don’t know what I’m looking at in this World Heritage Rainforest half the time – it’s...
by Andrea Rowe | Aug 11, 2014
It was just as the Skyrail gondolier doors were closing that I remembered I used to have a rather loose fear of heights. Nothing big, just the odd sweaty palm and hammering heart that has me imaging all the worst scenarios. As imagined catastrophes came into...
by Andrea Rowe | Aug 11, 2014
The last time I rode the Kuranda Scenic Railway I was 4. It’s 40 years later and I’m still just as excited to be choo-chooing my way up the hill through a World Heritage listed rainforest. I have with me an equally excited 6 and 9 year old. They can’t even...
by Andrea Rowe | Aug 10, 2014
We toodled up the track a bit from Cairns today and popped into Port Douglas and Palm Cove. Palm Cove has been names on of Australia’s Top 10 beaches – not sure what the prerequisite was cause I reckon I’ve seen better. But maybe I caught it on an off-day! For my...
by Andrea Rowe | Aug 8, 2014
Traveling with young children is not the easiest thing to do. You’d think it would be. Forgotten essentials are lamented at random intervals….the special pillow-pet left in the care of Nana, the Lego collection, the UNO deck that mum was sure she packed. Then there’s...
by Andrea Rowe | Aug 6, 2014
I’m a tea lady. A true-blue brew girl. A leaf lover. I’m a little teapot short and stout. I simply do not get out of bed for less than a 2 cup pot of black leaf tea, well steeped and ready to pour. So it’s with great joy that we turned on to Atherton Tableland road...
