Rosi & Jen's 11 Thousand Beach Odyssey Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do, then the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream...."

Jen and I are now living and working in Townsville. We both scored great jobs so we should be able to save a heap of money and get a few camping and car upgrades before we tackle Cape York with our friends a bit later on. We should be here 6-8 months and plan to use Townsville as our base. There is so much to see and explore in North Queensland so we better not waste any time.  We just spent the weekend at the amazing Undara Lava Tubes, a place formed 195000 years ago by hundreds of volcanic eruptions. The tubes are spectacular.  You can only see the tubes via tour, but I think it was totally worth the money. Our guide Paul, who took us on a whole day tour, where we climbed to the top of Kalkani crater and also walked through all 6 open lava tubes, was a zooligist and marine biologist and was entertaining and educational.  We stayed in converted 100 year old railways carriages surrounded by wildlife and bushland. This is one of the top 100 things you must see in Australia before you die. It's well worth the trip. One more crossed off my bucket list now.  I love my life!