Category Archives: Trips and Travels

Where there are frogs… We liked those cute little frogs very much until the morning, when we realized that they were so prevalent because there was food for them at our campsite…Peter and I both woke up covered in mosquito … Continue reading →

Leaving Archer River. We all got up just after dawn to a magnificant sunrise on the river. The ride out of camp was fabulous — washouts and fun dips galore. I need to find plenty of roads like this near … Continue reading →

Creeks and rivers and mud, oh my! In the morning, we brushed our teeth and filled our Camelbaks right from Bertie Creek. I was skeptical, coming from an urban area with water treatment facilities and purification tablets, but Roy insisted … Continue reading →

Leaving Bamaga. Despite the previous night’s adventures, I was sad to leave Bamaga and the Loyalty Beach campground. I had made friends with a white-lipped green tree frog that hung out in the middle stall of the women’s bathroom (our … Continue reading →

More Bamaga. There had been hope that our riding gear would make the afternoon flight from Cairns to Horn Island, and thus arrive by ferry first thing in the morning. Naturally, that didn’t happen, and Roy spent most of the … Continue reading →