And now in Cairns, almost 17 degrees South

And 146 degrees East

Finally got back to where I'm starting, about 49 hours after leaving home - in tropical north Queensland, to the end of the dry season (no talk of winter here, just the wet and the dry)

Flew from Brisbane to Cairns (only 1400 km and just over 2 hours) seeing bits of the Great Barrier Reef on the way - got some pics, but still not worked out how do download them - so web-picture enclosed----

One reason I like to be back here, just to feel how nice it is to feel warm in the tropics...

And to be met with all the warm responses too - "Awrite mate?" or "Hi there" wherever you go, whatever you do....

The whole crazy project of driving 4,000 km across northern Ozz - seemingly intractable from Norway - was solved in a few hours of course, mainly thanks to Mandie's suggestion to contact "Wicked Campers" -http://www.wickedcampers.com.au/

Pretty wild, but, it hits the spot exactly.... check the site : I'll first have a normal camper across the north (without the mini-skirted girls though) - then in Broome when Ros arrives in 3 weeks time we'll take over a 4-wheel drive so we can visit some offroad spots on the way south to Perth....

But first tomorrow, a sedate drive back to Mandie and family in Mossman Gorge and northern Queensland's tropical rainforest.......