46 DAYS OF TRAVELLING

I started the adventure renting a car for 18th days of road trip from Brisbane to Cairns, than I stayed in Cairns a bit worked there and travelling around till Cape Tribulation. Than I flight to Darwin and with the bus I went to Alice spring where I’ve rented a car till Ayers Rock and from there I flew to Sydney.

After few months of working in Australia precisely after:

⁃ 1 months in Brisbane before COVID-19

⁃ 3 months of farm work

⁃ 3 months of working in Brisbane

⁃ 1 month in GC working a travelling

I decided to visit all Queensland which I think is one of the best part of Australia, at the beginning I thought to go around asking lift making tour and that’s it but then I understand that is impossible because a lot of things you can’t do anymore due to the virus as well so I decided to rent a car for the first time of my life I choose the cheapest company East Coast rental and one of the most famous. So I rent it for 18 days which I hope that’s the best time to do all the things that I wanna do, and sleep in the car in each rest area that I will found thanks to the CamperMate app. So that was the beginning planning to arrived in Cairns and I booked everything step by step and also the rest of the trip.

DAY 1 – 26.10.2020

( Night at Golden Beach on the road next to the ocean )

( Starfish in Moreton Island )

Woke up at 7 am I pack everything and than I called an Uber because I was full of blankets and all those things that I couldn’t even move barely. The Uber drop me off at the car rental East Coast, I was very nervous because I never rented a car before in my life finally at 25 yo it was the time to do it, but plus I wasn’t driving since Italy, I’ve tried here in Australia but just one that I did Bundy to Munduberra and few other time around munduberra which it was easy. The woman that she works at the car rental press me to put an insurance so while I was waiting the car I’ve got afraid and I decided to make a full insurance. It cost a lot almost the same amount of the rental but I felt more safe at that moment so everything covered. Than I went to the port at Tangalooma Island just near the Brisbane airport, I bought the ticket, I parked the car and at 10 am I get on the board. After more than an hour I arrived at the island very amazing I didn’t expect that it was already around 12 pm and at 4 pm or before the boat will leave so I didn’t have that much time to stayed there or do tours so I just started walk in the beach in the direction of the wrecks it was amazing I totally felt in love with the island. I had a quick lunch and than at 3:30 pm I went back on the boat. Such an amazing island! Arrived at the harbour just before the sunset I took the car and I started drive to north in Sunshine Coast direction, the first caravan park was at Golden Beach but I couldn’t make it and I didn’t wanna spend money so I just parked on the street next to the beach we’re there were other van, I went to the back seat of the car and I felt asleep immediately because I was very tired from the day.

DAY 2 – Tuesday 27.10.2020

( Night at: Emundi Showgrounds, Emundi )

( Boutique in Montville, Art Gallery street )

I woke up around 7 am in Golden beach unfortunately was raining or at least very very cloudy and the sea looks like really bad actually so I went to the supermarket first at Coles which was already open and than I decided to visit the mountains so I start to drive in land in Maleny the road was a bit narro actually it was me that I didn’t used to drive anymore so it was barely complicated actually and with the rain just more, once I arrive in Maleny I stopped at the lockout but due to the fog I couldn’t see anything so I went to walk at the Obi Obi board walk which it was nice and than I went to the Gardners Falls and than started to rain a lot so I drove to Montville, the road was amazing but for the fog again I couldn’t see anything unfortunately, one I arrived I parked there and I took a walk around the Art Gallery street which it was beautiful just a bit complicated because was raining a lot. I stopped at the Poet Cafe for a hot tea and scones a and take a break from the rain and after I started to drive till Emundi Showgrounds and I arrived there around sunset time so I could check in have a dinner and than sleep.

DAY 3 – Wednesday 28.10.2020

( Night at: Eleonora’s house in Noosa Ville )

( Noosa National Park )

I woke up around 8 am barely late actually but I was tired and fortunately on Wednesday at Emundi there are the Hippy markets so I decided to go there to see how’s it and I had a breakfast there with a Nutella Strawberry Crêpes, it was fabulous. Than I drove to Noosa and first I stopped at the lookout very nice but maybe better during the sunset. Than i parked the car and I went to the main beach to chill swim and take few photos. Around 2 pm I met Eleonora my friend from the farm work we had the lunch together at Raw + Rice and we eat it next to the ocean, than she went at Yoga and I went to see the sunset at Split which I couldn’t see it because was too cloudy, than I went at Eleonora’s house at Munna Beach Apartments I pick up her and we went at Woolworths to buy something for the dinner and than we come back home she cooked for me and we were drinking wine talking, it was a really lovely nice and it was nice see her again, than we went to sleep finally in a bed, except that the put the alarm at 5:45 am to go to Yoga.

DAY 4 – Thursday 29.10.2020

( Night at: M.V. Sarawalk West Campground )

( Sunset at Rainbow beach Skipoint )

I woke up early in the morning and while Eleonora was at Yoga I went to relax in the swimming pool of her building very nice and relaxing. After when she come back we went to Noosa Ville she went at work and I went to walk in the National Park, I’ve already done this walk the previous time that I’ve been in Noosa but I wanted to do it again, I walk till the Fairy Pool and than even more till the end almost where you can see the other beach on the right side of the walk and at this stop in this view point I saw a bunch of dolphins swimming together it was definitely amazing. Than I walk back l, I went to the car I made the sandwich and I meet Eleonora at the bench next to the ocean to have a lunch together. At 2 pm we said good bye and I walk a bit around Noosa for the last time before leaving, because at 5 pm I have to be in Rainbow beach at the Freedom hostel for the meeting of the tour. I drove for two hours almost because the the road near rainbow beach wasn’t the best but I made it on time and after the meeting I went to search a place to sleep at the Skipoint in Rainbow beach, before I saw the sunset as in the photo it was amazing and than I slept in a camping under government without pay.

DAY 5 – Friday 30.10.2020

( Night at: Cathedral on Fraser, Fraser Island )

( Me driving on the beach next to the ocean )

Depart Rainbow Beach at 7 am, after a briefing, we depart Freedom Hostel and head to Fraser Island – the world’s largest sand island! We went to the end of the land and from there we took a ferry to arrived in Fraser Island. Get straight into it with a 1 hour 4×4 drive along 75 Mile beach, after we stopped for a lunch in a pic-nic area and then we drove to one of the most picturesque locations on Fraser – the famous Lake McKenzie. It was amazing I like it a lot. After we stopped at the Maheno Shipwreck for a photo and than we went to the camping for the dinner and sleep while everyone was really tired.

DAY 6 – Saturday 31.10.2020

( Night at: Cathedral on Fraser, Fraser Island )

( My team during those three days in Fraser Island, 7 girls and one guy )

After a quick breakfast at 8 am we start the busiest day on Fraser Island! We head to Indian Head, the highest point of Fraser Island offering amazing views, followed by the Champagne Pools very incredible place, than we come back in the camping for the lunch and after we went to visit Lake Wabby where you can stride through the dunes to a tropical paradise! Then return back to camp in the afternoon for dinner and drinks celebrating Halloween all together drinking and playing games and ending the party on the beach dancing with the music.

DAY 7 – Sunday 01.11.2020

( Night at: Flash Packers Hostel, Harvey Bay )

( Rainbow stairs in Rainbow Beach )

We woke up early at 8 am had a breakfast and pack everything to leave the camping on the way to the mainland we visit the crystal clear Eli creek, where you can have a swim, actually we did it three times! Return to Rainbow Beach stop and enjoying a tasty lunch before we take one last drive down the beach, and board the barge back to the mainland. We arrived back at the Freedom Hostel around 3 pm I said goodbye to everyone and I went to the beach to check rainbow beach and the rainbow stairs and I drove to Harvey Bay passing by Maryborough and stopping few minutes for the sunset and than I arrived in Harvey Bay I couldn’t find any Camping open at that time so I decided to staying in a Hostel the cheapest one. Once I did the check in I started to check for a While watching your for the day after but unfortunately I couldn’t find anything, so basically or only two days I missed the tour because they stop on the 31/10 and after isn’t a season anymore, so sadly I went to sleep in a dorm only for myself.

DAY 8 – Monday 02.11.2020

( Night at: YHA 1770, Agnes Water )

( Wave lookout, Town of 1770 )

I woke up at 7 am I did the breakfast in the hostel and the check out and I went to the Pier of Harvey Bay for a walk the weather wasn’t the best, very cloudy but anyway I took few photos around and than I left continuing drive up to north. I skipped Bundaberg because I’ve already been there few times while I was doing the farm work so I drove straight to Agnes Water which I arrived there around 3 pm I did the lunch and I check the main beach and I walked a bit around, and for the sunset I decided to go at the 1770 lookout before I stopped at the Cook monument and than I went to the lookout where I did the different walks around till the beach, unfortunately the sunset wasn’t the best because still was a bit cloudy, than I tough to go to sleep in the main car park, but I notice that there was a guy that maybe was following me so I booked a night a the Banana Backpacker Hostel I did the check in but the guy with the gold Mercedes followed me so I decided to go at the YHA 1770 a bit out of Agnes Water where I could hide the car and get a dorm by myself and lock myself inside and I report all this to the police than I went to sleep.

DAY 9 – Tuesday 03.11.2020

( Night at: Parkhurst Motel and Vanpark, Rockhampton )

( Paperbark Forest Broadwalk, Agnes Water )

I woke up early in the morning I went to the beach next to the hostel and than I did the breakfast at the hostel and then I went at the Paperbark Forest Broadwalk after I started to drive up till Gladstone where I stopped at The Dock for the lunch where I eat for my first time a Red Emperor grilled. It was a really big day because after Gladstone I stopped in Rockhampton while I was driving all day basically I visited the botanical garden which they aren’t the best but at least it was a break from driving and after I drove till Yeppoon to see the sunset and find a place where I could sleep but I couldn’t find it so I went back to Rockhampton in the high way I found a caravan park where I could stayed for the night.

DAY 10 – Wednesday 04.11.2020

( Night at: Cape Hillsborough car park )

( Notch Point Campground, Ilbilbie )

Woke up at 7 am I did the shower in the caravan park and I started to drive again. Today is the day that I have to drive more than usual almost 400 km it will be really exhaustive! In the middle from Rockhampton and Mackay I stopped at the Marlborough just for the petrol and something to eat and than I keep drove till the main break at Ilbilbie Notch Point Campground which it was really amazing very hot and the road not the best for my Hyundai Accent but I did it. Later I drove till Mackay where I stopped at the supermarket to buy a bit of food and than I went to the Lagoon which it wasn’t that beautiful and after I keep drive till Cape Hillsborough. I stopped at the main car park and I went to the beach for the sunset and the dinner it was amazing. And for the night I stayed in the car park because the camping next to it was very expensive and I couldn’t afforded it.

DAY 11 – Thursday 05.11.2020

( Night at: OzSail Avatar Boat )

( Sunset on the katamaran Avatar )

I woke up at 4:30 am in the car park of the Cape Hillsborough National Park and I went to the beach to see the sunrise and the cangaroo on the beach it was amazing, definitely an unforgettable experience but very fake because the guys of the camping the feed the cangaroo so that’s way they are on the beach at the su rise. After I started to drive to Airlie Beach because I booked a tour at 2 pm, but while I was driving the tour company called me that my tour was cancelled and they proposed me an other tour which it was leaving at 11 am the Avatar Boat Tour. For me it was definitely okay because at the 9:30 am I was already in Arlie beach at the Coral car park, I parked the car I organise everything and at 11 am I was ready to sail. The trimaran was amazing very big big boat and we were around 20 people only really well mixed and everyone nice, we started with the lunch immediately which it was very good and after that we did the first snorkeling, it was incredible, I never saw something like that before in my life. Than we come back on the boat for a snack after the swim and than we enjoyed the sunset that was amazing from the boat and than we had a dinner. Later on I went to sleep because I was very tired from the big and excited day.

DAY 12 – Friday 06.11.2020

( Night at: OzSail Avatar Boat )

( Snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef )

We woke up at 5 am to see the sunrise that we couldn’t see it actually because was raising in the opposite side but still was really nice, than we had a breakfast all together and the first snorkeling which it was really nice full of fish I like it a lot but the ocean was very wavy. The second snorkeling we did it just few minutes after in an other spot and that one probably was the best one we stayed there a lot and we could see all the coral. Tha we had wraps for lunch on the boat all together it was really nice and after we went to Whiteheaven beach which is the best spot at the Whitsundays National Park, we went there on the boat and than we walk till the lookout where u can see Whitehaven beach amazing like in all the photos or postcard I couldn’t believe it. In total we sent there around four hours first hiking and than we went down to the beach it was really beautiful and we could bath and staying in the water, the water was perfect just very dangerous for sharks and outside on the beach a bit too windy if not it could be perfect, but anyway it was really beautiful I didn’t expect that from Australia. Than we went back on the boat for a snack chill see the sunset and having a dinner all together, and than sleep very early.

DAY 13 – Saturday 07.11.2020

( Night at: Mgnums accomodation with Daiana )

( Whitehaven beach view from the plane )

I woke up at 5:30 am to see the sunrise again, from the boat in the morning is amazing because is totally peaceful and silent those three days were incredible. After I did the breakfast and we stayed on the boat enjoying the last morning on it. We arrived at the port at 9 am. After we went at Nomads were I could park the car and have a lunch at McDonald’s and I did a little walk around Airlie Beach and than at 2 pm I had the scenic flight on the Great Barrier Reef with GSL Whitsundays, the shuttle bring me to the Whitsundays Airport were a little plane was departing just 10 people and I was co-pilot, I was definitely afraid never been more afraid than that but I did it and the pilot was very nice. Regarding the view never saw something like this before absolutely amazing. After I went to Nomads Hostel at the Car park and I change and get ready for the evening, first I meet Daiana at 6 pm, it was so nice see her again we walk a bit in the main beach in Arlie Beach during the sunset run she went at work and I went to meet Federico at the Magnum Accomodation and we drink few beers with Amey, Lars, Judith, Aerton and Juli and when Daiana finished to work we went to have a dinner together at KC’s Bar & Grill it was a really lovely night all together eating drink and having fun and than I slept with Daiana in her bedroom at the Hostel that she was sharing with Juli.

DAY 14 – Sunday 08.11.2020

( Night at : Bowen Holiday Park in the camping of Federico )

( Me Laura, Daiana and Federico in Airlie Beach )

In the morning Daiana she woke up at 6 am I tried to sleep a bit more till 8 am and than I woke up, I went to the car that I parked it at the Nomads Hostel with Federico and we had a breakfast there at the Nomad Hostel while it was raining a lot than we went to pickup Laura at the port the she was coming from Hamilton Island where she work and live. We did a brunch together with Daiana as well that finished to work, at Sidewalk Cafe Restaurant and Bar. After lunch we walk and chat around Airlie Beach than Daiana has to go to work and Laura she went back in Island with the Ferry and I stayed with Fede talking and waiting till 6 pm to say goodbye to Amey, Lars and Juli and than we drove both with out car till Bowen where fist we stopped at the caravan park of Valentina and Arianna so I could meet them again that was amazing unfortunately just for few minutes because both we were tired and I went with Fede in his caravan park called Bowen Holiday Park where he slept in his tend and I slept in the car.

DAY 15 – Monday 09.11.2020

( Night at: Base Backpacker Magnetic Island )

( My room at Base Backpackers )

I woke up at 5:30 am at the caravan park, I get ready I did a quick breakfast because I had to leave the camping early in the morning and then I went to visit Bowen as quick as I could. I went at the Horseshoe Bay Beach, Rotary Lookout and a wick stop in rose bay. On the way to Magnetic Island I stopped at Ayr Plantation Park for a second breakfast then at 11 am I arrived in Townsville I went to buy the ticket for the ferry that the first one was at 12:50 am and than I went to the center to eat in a park and than I went to take the boat which it was only 30 minutes to Magnetic Island.Once I get there I went to eat something at SOS Stuffed on Seafood and than I went all around to ask for rent a car and than I called the Road Runner Scooter Hire which they pick me up at harbour and I rented a 4×4 Suzuki for one day and half for only 100$ which it was great. Than I did the check in at Base Backpackers and I went to Picnic Bay first and after I went to West Point to see the sunset which it was impossible because wasn’t sunny unfortunately. So I come back in the hostel where I chill a bit with one drink included in the rent and then I went to sleep.

DAY 16 – Tuesday 10.11.2020

( Night at: Mystic Sands Golf & Country Club )

( Baby Koala in Magnetic Island )

I woke up at 5 am and I went to see the sunrise at Arthur Bay which it was very nice and than I went to the supermarket and I went back to the Hostel to do the breakfast take few photos and pack everything for the check out. Once I did the check out I decided to go up in the opposite side of the island to explore it so I went to The Forts which I did the walk there it was amazing I could have seen a mum and puppy Koala wild, it was amazing I almost got crazy for the little one and I took hunter photos of them. After I walk till the Fort and once I was the I realise that I’ve lost my bracelet so I got crazy and I started to cry I went to the car I drove till the West Point while I was calling the hostel because I had no idea where I could have lost it. At the West Point there was nothing so I went back to the hostel and fortunately was at the reception I couldn’t believe that someone bring it there without still it, I was crying for the happiness. And then I went back stopping at Geoffrey Bay to see the Rock Wallaby’s later I did a long walk to Balding Bay and Radical bay so I walked all afternoon basically and it was amazing and before give back the car I stopped at the Koala Village to see the Rainbow Lorikeet. Than the rental company bring me to the Ferry which was departing at 5 pm, than I stopped around Townsville during the sunset to take few photos and I dove up to find a place to sleep at Mystic Sands Golf & Country Club in the middle of nowhere just in the direction of Cairns.

DAY 17 – Wednesday 11.11.2020

( Night at: Mission Beach YHA )

( Me at the Wallaman Falls )

I woke up at 7:30 am I did the breakfast and I started to drive again first I stepped in Ingham at the supermarket that’s the only thing that there is there actually and then I keep drive to the Wallaman Fall direction it was an amazing drive I found wild cow long the street it was hilarious and than when I arrived there from the lookout the fall is mazing. I decided to do the walk down to the fall which is pretty hard runs is around 5 km but I made it and was definitely worth it, the water was freezing but it was a nice experience and very quiet when I arrived down I was the only one there very scary but it was something unforgettable. After I went back to car and I had lunch there with two sandwiches and I continue to drive later, I stopped few times to buy/take a watermelon on the road where the farmer they leave them to sell it. I arrive in mission beach around 5:30 pm for the sunset basically but first I did the checkin at the Hostel Mission beach YHA and then I went to the beach and later I called my mum a bit and then I went to sleep.

DAY 18 – Thursday 12.11.2020

( Night at: Gilligan’s, Cairns )

( Mission Beach at the sunrise )

I woke up around 4:30 am to watch the sun rise, so I took the car and I went in the closet nice beach to see the sunrise, than I come back to the Yha Mission beach hostel to do the check out, and search where is the famous spot with the palm, once I found it I went there to do the breakfast but the weather turn on not the beast so I left on Paronella Park direction which it was a short drive, the park is really nice but nothing too special actually, and after a bit started to rain a lot a lot so I basically run away on the car and I started to drive again in the direction of Millaa Millaa waterfall which it was really really nice I like it so much, I stoped there for a lunch and enjoy, on the way to Josephine falls I had to go back in the same route which it was very very beautiful with all the cows and farms in the hills looked likes UK, and I stoped in few places to take photos and the see a tea plantation as well. After I arrived at Josephine waterfall, the weather wasn’t the best for all the day unfortunately but still those probably were my favourite falls, very nice and wild. Around 5 pm I started to drive again to Cairns which it wasn’t that many km actually so I arrived in Cairns before it was dark, I did the check in at Gilligan’s I moved all my stuff in the room and I went to sleep very early.

DAY 19 – Friday 13.11.20

( Night at: Gilligan’s, Cairns)

I woke up pretty early, around 6:30 am and I went to give back the car to the East Coast company, thank I had a breakfast and McDonald’s and I went back to sleep. I slept all day basically I was very tired and than I get ready to go to work at 8 pm, but unfortunately the boss told that I couldn’t started immediately the first day that I could start was Sunday so I went back home a bit depressed, I went down stairs at Gilligan that isn’t only a hostel is also a club but I didn’t like it so I come back to sleep.

DAY 20 – Saturday 14.11.20

( Night at: Gilligan’s, Cairns )

( Rusty’s Markets, Cairns )

I woke up a bit early I did the breakfast I went to the markets and than to the Mayer Center because I had a problem with the Camera and than I went to buy a Coco finally for my happiness, mine while I met Vicky a girl that she did the form work with me and we went for a lunch together at Grill’s with other two Finnish girls that they were as well in the camping and than I went back in the hostel to rest and relax. And in the evening I stayed in the bed chilling and relaxing.

DAY 21 – Sunday 15.11.20

( Night at: Gilligan’s, Cairns )

( Walking alone in the city )

I woke up pretty early, I couldn’t sleep, I tried to solve few problems with the camera again, didn’t work so I went to the Mayer Center I solved it, than I come back in the hostel for the lunch. In the noon I walked around Cairns and I organised a bit the following days, and at 7:30 pm I went at work till 1 am.

DAY 22 – Monday 16.11.20

( Night at: Gilligan’s, Cairns )

( Enjoy a drink at the Oaks Rooftop bar )

I woke up around 9 am I did the breakfast and than I arrange few photos and writing on the laptop pretty chill morning, that I had lunch in the hostel. Than I went out for a drink at the rooftops bar of the Oaks Cairns Hotel, and than Vicky my fiend from the farm invece me to ho at the La Pizza restaurant and we went there for dinner and later I come back home early to sleep well for the day after.

DAY 23 – Tuesday 17.11.20

( Night at: Gilligan’s, Cairns )

( Scuba Dive in the Great Barrier Reef )

I woke up at 6:45 am, I get ready for a new adventure that I booked with Reef Experience which was included a scuba dive introductory experience and two snorkeling. The bus pick me up in Gilligan’s at 7:20 am to the harbour, I get on the boat I had a breakfast there, and than all the explanations about the Reef, Fish and how to Dive. I was in the ford group with three girls from Laos, so we started to understand how to breath for dive and than step by step more down in the water it was hurting a lot the hear but it was okay like in the plane more less, and suddenly we were down in the ocean at 12 meters, and swimming next to the corals it was very very amazing. Later I didn’t even realise but we went up step by step all this took around half an hour I think. After I went back on board and I get ready for snorkeling which it was nice but less than Whitsundays, after we had a lunch on the boat and than we stop for the second place to do snorkeling and there it was better than Whitsundays actually I found a marine turtle and I swam to follow her as much as I could it was amazing !!! Than I come back on the boat to chill relax and enjoy a glass of wine that was included on the boat and chill under the sun, after a more than an hour of snorkeling. Once we went back at the harbour the bus bring me at Gilligan, I went to the supermarket and than in the bed to relax and sleep.

DAY 24 – Wednesday 18.11.20

( Night at: Gilligan’s, Cairns )

( Nude Beach, Fitzroy Island )

I woke up at 6:30 am I made the sandwich for the lunch and than I went to take the boat to Fitzroy Island. The boat leave at 8 am and it takes around 40 minutes to arrived at Fitzroy Island I arrived there and I did the hiking till the Light house than I come back at the harbour and I walk to the Nude Beach I stayed there for the lunch and all afternoon basically, chilling taking photos and relaxing. Around 4 pm I went back at the harbour to take the boat at 5 pm and than I went straight at the hostel I took a shower and I went to sleep immediately.

DAY 25 – Thursday 19.11.20

( Night at: Gilligan’s, Cairns )

( Lunch in the terrace of the bedroom at Gilligan’s )

It was a pretty chill day I stayed at the hostel I arrende few photos on the balcony of the room than I went to buy a kebab for the lunch and I did an afternoon nap and than I went to work at 7:30 pm.

DAY 26 – Friday 20.11.20

( Night at: Gilligan’s, Cairns )

( Dragon fruit at the Rusty’s Markets )

I woke up at 9 am pretty early, I did the breakfast and than I went to the Rusty’s Markets to buy the coconut as every Friday and Saturday. It’s something amazing I do really like this market so nice. And than I the noon I slept a bit and later I went to work all night.

DAY 27 – Saturday 21.11.20

( Night at: Gilligan’s )

It was a quiet day I woke up around 10 am I went to the laser clinic than I passed by the Rusty Markets to drink a bit of coconut and than I bought few souvenirs and later on I come back in the hostel to sleep a bit and around 6 pm I had a dinner and I get ready to go to work till 3 pm.

DAY 28 – Sunday 22.11.20

( Night at: on the car Toyota Corolla in Palm Cove )

( Palm Cove beach at the sunset )

I woke up at 9 I did the check out at 10 am in the hostel and I left the things in the luggage room and I went to take the car at 11 am, I come back to the hostel I put all my stuff on the car and I started to drove up, first I stopped in Trinity beach which is okay but probably not my favourite. Thank I drove up to Clinton beach I did a lunch there and a little nap because I was very tired from the night before at work. Later I drove till Palm Cove were I stopped there for the sunset which it was amazing and than I decided to the sleep there on the car in a normal parking but than was too hot I couldn’t sleep so I move in an other parking just out of the Caravan Park and I tried to sleep a bit.

DAY 29 – Monday 23.11.20

( Night at: Ferntree Rainforest Lodge, Cape Tribulation)

( At Bruce Belcher’s Daintree River Cruise, Daintree )

I woke up very early at 4:30 am to see the sunrise in Palm beach which it was very amazing and at 6 am I started to drive up to Ellis beach which I stoped a bit there to take a little nap because I was too tired I couldn’t sleep anything the day before. Than I come back on the road driving up in Cook Highway, stopping at Rex Lookout and than at Thala Beach Nature Reserve which the street between the palm three was incredible very unique. Than the battery of my phone turn down so I didn’t know what to do anymore and where to go so I stopped randomly and than I found out that I was at the Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort so I hanged the phone and I took few photos and then I keep drove till Port Douglas where I stopped at the Trinity Bay Lookout and I had lunch there. At 2:30 pm I’ve booked a crocodile tour with Bruce Belcher’s Daintree River Cruise, it wasn’t the best because the crocodile were really small and since they can’t feed them there were far away or in the side of the river which you couldn’t really see them. Anyway after this I keep driving up in Cape Tribulation direction, and it was very surprising me cross a bridge with the car to go up to Cape Tribulation I didn’t expect that at all and after crossing the bridge I stopped at the Alexandra Lookout and then I went to Cow Bay Beach which it was really nice, but was a bit scary because there were just few old drunk Australia that they were doing the bbq there so I left kind of quickly. After an hour of driving I arrived at Ferntree Rainforest Lodge which it was amazing, an unbelievable Hotel I took few photos and then I went to sleep.

DAY 30 – Tuesday 24.11.20

( Night at: The billabong, Kuranda )

( At Myall Beach on the horse during the Horse Ringing Tour, Cape Tribulation )

I woke up early in the morning, I did the breakfast in the room and then I went around the Hotel to take photos that was amazing, definitely incredible, so perfect for the photos. Later I did the check out and I went to Kulki Boardwalk, which I walk a bit around and I went to the beach and at 11 am I had the Tour with the horses at Cape Tribulation Horse Rides, it was amazing ride an horse again which it was almost ten years that I wasn’t do it. We went till the sea and into the water as well, absolutely amazing couldn’t believe it. When I finished the tour I went to the Dubuji Boardwalk I had a lunch there and I walk a little bit but I wasn’t feeling that good actually probably was for the hot water so basically I chill a bit and the I keep drive down going back to Cairns passing by Kuranda in the morning. After I left Cape tribulation I stopped at the Daintree Ice Cream Company where I eat one of the best ice cream of my life probably four different taste: coconut, passionfruit, jackfruit and wattle seed which I don’t really even know those fruits but was incredible tasty. Than I stopped again at the Alexandra Lookout because today the weather is shiny and I stopped again as well at the Cow Bay Beach but I saw again the weird people so I didn’t stayed that long, I across the Daintree River on the bridge again and I keep driving down. I arrive at Mossman Gorge which I want to visit the Gorge but was close already and there isn’t an immediate access with the car only with a specificities bus or walking and was almost getting dark so I skip it and I went at Woolworths which I did a bit of groceries and then I drove down till Kuranda with the dark even if it’s something kind of dangerous because the kangaroo can across the street I did it anyway because I was more afraid of the cars there is everyone was going really fast and the street isn’t best just very curvy but in the evening was really quiet so I drove for two hours tile arrived at the Billabong Camping in Kuranda, I had a quick dinner and I went to sleep.

DAY 31 – Wednesday 25.11.20

( Night at: Mad Monkey, Cairns )

( Botanical garden, Cairns )

I woke up at 7 am, I did the breakfast and then I went around the camping and I took few photos because the place was really beautiful into the nature, it was not only a camping but also a pub kind of or actually more like a place for private events like weddings or any ceremony. Than I drove to Kuranda village and there I supposed to meet Vicky one of my friend from the farm that I’ve met here few days ago and she’s also around with her car. But unfortunately when I arrived everything was close this place is famous for the markets but nothing was open. I’ve tried the Kuranda Scenic Railway but also the train wasn’t working on Wednesday, so I texted Vicky to not come and we rescheduled it for the next day to do it together and she will pick me up in Cairns because now I has to give back the car to the Jucy Rental Company. So I left Kuranda I went went to the cairns Botanical Garden which I still have a bit of time and then I went to the Mad Monkey Hostel for the check in and I dropped the car off and I come back at the Hostel by walk. I’ve done almost nothing except chilling organise again all my stuff and get ready to go to work at 8 pm.

DAY 32 – Thursday 26.11.20

( Night at: Mad Monkey, Cairns )

( Kuranda Original Rainforest Markets, Kuranda )

I woke up early in the morning I did the breakfast in the hostel and at 8:30 am Vicky my friend from the farm comes to pick me up and we went to Kuranda Original Rainforest Markets, which it was really nice and isa really typical attraction near Cairns, well wasn’t that busy but we could enjoy it with an ice cream, chat a bit and take few photos and around 12 am we come back in Cairns because she has to give back the car that she rented. I chill in the hostel a bit and I’ve tried to plan everything for the trip in Northern Territory. I took a little nap and at 8 pm I went to work.

DAY 33 – Friday 27.11.20

( Night at: Mad Monkey, Cairns )

( The swimming pool at the Mad Monkey Hostel )

I woke up really late and a bit in hangover, anxious about the leaving of the day after without knowing how it few things and I tried to organise everything as much as I could, basically I did that all noon and I started to do the luggage. Chill a bit next t the pool at the hostel and then go to work at 8 pm.

DAY 34 – Saturday 28.11.20

( Night at: Cavenagh Hotel, Darwin )

( On the plane to Darwin from Cairns, Jetstar )

I woke up at 9 am I did the breakfast at the hostel, thank I did the check out and I went to walk around cairns for the last time, I walk till the lagoon and than Rusty’s Markets to drink the last coconut and then at 12:30 pm I called and Uber to the airport. My flight was at 3:10 pm but still I was a little bit afraid because I didn’t know I the things are working especially now with the virus that there are a lot of controls and form to fill up. Once I get in the airport basically I just waited the flight and chill, I would like to sleep but I couldn’t even if I was very tired from the night before that I worked. Once I landed in Darwin was raining a little bit and I order and Uber to the Hotel which it was kind of far. Once I get there I did the check -in and I went to the Mcdonald’s for dinner and I did a little walk around and then I went to sleep.

DAY 35 – Sunday 29.11.20

( Night at: Cavenagh Hotel, Darwin )

( Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin )

I woke up at 7 am kind of early and I went to the supermarket to buy something to eat I had a breakfast and then I started to visit the city, first I went to the Darwin Chinese temple just behind my building, I walked around it was amazing full of murals absolutely a different atmosphere then Queensland I could feel that I was in a different place with different vibes. Later I took the bus and I went to visit the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. I was very nice and interesting so I could know a bit more of the Aboriginal culture and the history of Darwin. After I took a walk around next to Mindil Beach till the Botanical Gardens I had lunch there ad after I come back to the Hotel because was too hot impossible to walk around, I took a little nap and then I went to the Darwin Waterfront Precint all the area there and I walk next to the coast till the Darwin Cenotaph War Memorial where I saw the sunset and it was magical definitely. I called my mother showing her around the city a little bit and then I come back to the Hotel for a dinner and sleep.

DAY 36 – Monday 30.11.20

( Night at: Cavenagh Hotel, Darwin )

( At Banyan Tree Caravan Park with a snake around my neck )

For today I booked the tour to the Litchfield National Park. I woke up at 5:30 am and a bit after the bus come to pick me up. First we stopped in a Petrol station for the breakfast and than the first activity was the Crocodile experience at Adelaide River Cruises – Jumping Crocodile Experience. From the first crocodile cruise that I’ve done in the Daintree forest it was very different the crocodile were much more bigger and in NT is allowed feed them so they know it and they come closer to eat and the show is amazing really incredible. In an hours of cruise probably we have saw more than ten crocodile, unforgettable experience. After we went to Litchfield National park stopping first at the Wangi Waterfall, amazing waterfall, I swam there the water is hot and refreshing from the hot summer. After we had a wrap as a lunch in the rest area of the waterfall and than we continued to other waterfalls. The second one was Florence waterfall, full of black big fish it was really nice swam with them and then go under the waterfall take a shower. Then after few minutes we stopped at Buley Rockhole nice waterfall but nothing special actually, and the tour guide bring me to swim in the river near the waterfall totally wild into the nature I never done something like that before. It was amazing definitely an unforgettable experience. And before going back to Darwin we did other two stop: the first was the Magnetic Termite Mounds, very suggestive place and definitely particular. The second was at the Banyan Tree Caravan Park where for the first time in my life I had a snake around my neck I was very afraid but still all the day it was an amazing experience definitely one of my fav tour that I ever done in my life. I arrived back in the hostel around 5 pm I took a shower and I went to sleep.

DAY 37 – Tuesday 01.12.20

( Night at: Cavenagh Hotel, Darwin )

I woke up around 7 am, I did the breakfast and I took few photos at the pool of the hostel and than I went to the Camera Shop because the battery of the camera wasn’t working anymore. After that I took the bus to the Casino because I wanted to go there to chill at the infinity pool but unfortunately was close so I walk to the Burnett House and after that to the Cullen Bay Marina and from there I took and Uber to go back at the hostel for lunch because it was to hot to walk. After lunch I went at the Aboriginal Bush Traders and after at The Bookshop in the Main Street that upstairs has a really amazing art gallery and after I went Mbantua Gallery. It was amazing spent the noon around the city centre visiting all the aboriginal galleries, after I went back at the hostel to relax at the pool, rest and take a shower. Later on I went to Woolworths to buy a bit of food for the trip and than I went to sleep.

DAY 38 – Wednesday 02.12.20

( Night at: Greyhound bus )

( The Greyhound bus at the petrol station, Darwin )

I woke up at 7 am because I couldn’t sleep anymore and I called my gf while I was doing the breakfast, and than I print the bus ticket I made the sandwich, I did the check out at the Hostel and I went to take the Greyhound bus at 9:55 am. It was a really long way 1500km from Darwin to Alice Springs, planning to arrive in Alice Springs the day after at 7:35 am, almost 22hrs on the bus. It was a long way but I don’t mind staying on the bus the only problem it was that in the evening one of my tooth started to hurt me a lot so I took many medicine and I could sleep all the night more less.

The bus stopped at the following places:

• Palmerston 
• Adelaide river
• Katherine 
• Mataranka 
• Dunmarra 
• Tenant Creek

DAY 39 – Thursday 03.12.20

( Night at: YHA Alice Springs )

( Anzac Hill the view on Alice Springs during the sunset ) 

I arrived with the bus in Alice Springs in the morning around 7 am after spending all night on the bus, so I went straight to the hostel to leave everything and than I’ve tried to organze everything for the trip but first I stopped at the Cafe Page 29 to do the breakfast and than I went to the turistico office to try to organise everything even if in Northern Territory everything is really expensive so I decided to rent a car till Ayers Rock airport and the only company that’s doing that is Hertz Car Rental so I talked also to them and I booked everything. Than I went back to the hostel to sleep because I was too tired from the trip and the hot weather was killing me than when I woke up I went to the Anzac Hill to see the view of the city from the top during the sunset it was amazing and than I went back to the hostel.

DAY 40 – Friday 04.12.20

( Night at: YHA Alice Springs )

I woke up early planning to the explore Alice Spring so first I went to the botanical gardens but it wasn’t anything special actually and it was very hot so I went back in the city I took few photos in the Main Street and than I went to the Fly Doctor museums but it was quite expensive so I skipped it. And I went back to the hostel for lunch and for chill in the pool because it was too hot I couldn’t handle that weather. And than I get ready to go out because on the 4th of December it was a big celebration in Alice Spring it was for the Christmas Carnival, I had no idea of what it was and when I discovered it was really fun I like it all the little markets around the Main Street and the parade as a Christmas and than Santa Klaus with 35 degrees it was really funny I enjoy all of it and at the and at 8 pm there where the fireworks, it was like a Christmas, New Year and Carnival all together really fun.

DAY 41 – Saturday 05.12.20

( Night at: YHA Alice Springs )

( Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs )

I woke up early to try to do the last things in Alice Springs first I walk till the Araluen Cultural Precinct I immediately stopped at the bar Yaye’s for a fresh smoothie because I was dying it was too hot and I walked quit a lot. Than I visit the museum there it was really nice I liked them nothing special but nice anyway as than I walked back to the hostel for lunch and I spent the noon in the pool again because it was really really hot and after I supposed to watch the sunset again but it was cloudy so I just went to the McDonald’s to eat in the bad and I went to sleep early.

DAY 42 – Sunday 06.12.20

( Night at: Ormiaton Gorge Campground, McDonnell National Park )

( Me at Ellery Creek Big Hole, NT ) 

I woke up at 7 am and I walk till the Hertz car rental to pick up the car at 8 am Which it was the only possible pick up time. Thank I did the grocery and I get prepared to travel in the desert buying enough water and I pick up all my stuff at the hostel. First I went to visit the Telegraph station just few km from Alce springs and than I passed by the Ghan museum ( National Road Transport Hall of Fame ) and than I started my journey from the west McDonnell National Park. The first stop was at the Desert park which I could get in with the student card, it was interesting definitely different from all the others Zoo/Sanctuary where I’ve been but probably not the best. I could stay with the red cangaroo which they are my fav type and I’ve seen a lot of birds. Than I stopped at the John Flynn’s Grave Historical Reserve just at the beginning where there is the main sculpture. After I drove till Simpsons Gap but unfortunately there wearer was kind of bad cloudy and raining I had a lunch there and I visit it and than I keep drive till Stanley Chasm which the entrance cost 10$ and again it was nice the light wasn’t the best since it was cloudy and as the last thing of the day I stopped at Ellery Creek Big Hole. After I started to search for a place to sleep during the night and I passed by Neil Hargrave Lookout which it was amazing for the sunset and than I arrived at Ormiston Gorge Campground which I has a dinner there and I stoped for the night. 

DAY 43 – Monday 07.12.20

( Night at: Kings Canyon Resort )

( Petrol station, Hermannsburg ) 

I woke up pretty early because it was impossible sleep for the mosquitoes so I went to visit Ormiston Gorge first, just next to the Campground and than I drove to the Serpentine Gorge which it was quite nice I liked it but not my favorite and absolutely none around it was almost scary travelling into the nature alone but I did it hoping that it was safe because also the phone has no connection so it was totally weird. After that I went to Ochre Pits which it was okay but nothing special, and than I continued to drive till the Mount Sonder Lookout which I passed there the day before but only for few minutes before founding the camping. After this little I started to drove a lot because it was a long day many km, but beautiful experience. I’ve tried to visit Redbank Gorge which it was way to hard for me because you need to do a walk of few hours and I didn’t have that time to spent there so I just went to the lookout and than I keep driving till the Tylers Pass Lookout which I did a quick stop there and than I keep driving till Hermannsburg which I supposed to do a quick lunch break there and gasoline and later visit Palm Valley and Finke Gorge National Park. But the plan change because since I’ve started to drive to Hermannsburg I could have seen that was surrendered by aboriginal people and everyone old / ruined looks like Brazil, one I did gasoline everyone was looking at me pretty bad and I felt the only foreign one after the petrol station I stoped at  Hermannsburg Historic Precinct which unfortunately it was closed so I had a walk around and I drove around as well but was really possible take photos but I’ve tried to do it anyway than I stoped in the mai supermarket and I left even if I would stayed longer. I’ve started to drove in the Red Centre Way which it was really different I mean there wasn’t even the asphalt on the road definitely wild with wild horses and wild camels and amazing experience and at the end of the road I arrive at the Kings Canyon Resort which it was possible camping so I’ve done it and before the sun goes down I’ve seen a beautiful sunset with the Kings Canyon. 

DAY 44 – Tuesday 08.12.20

( Night at: Carpark out of the Ayers Rock Resort )

( Chris Hill’s Uluru Camel Tours, Yulara Ayers Rock )

I woke up at 7 am, I did the breakfast and get ready for an other wonderful day in the Outback, I did the petrol and I bought the repellent for the flies and I drove to the Kings Canyon where I did the easier and fastest walk and I went at the lookout, I like it but probably isn’t my favourite, I mean If u like hike and u have plenty of time to sped there maybe is more enjoyable. After the walk that I could have done it thanks to the fly repellent if not was impossible I didn’t understand why but is full of flies. On the way to Yulara I stopped in different places first for a drink in Kings Creek Station for a cold drink because was the first day really sunny, later I stoped for the lunch at Mount Conner Lookout really nice view but still again too many flies was impossible. Than I started to feel not that well, my tooth hurt again so I stopped a bit at Curtin Spring Station to take few medicine and rest a bit.Than I keep drove till Yulara. Once I get there I went to the Ayers Rock Camground for the check in but once I get they inform me about the price and it was too expensive so I diced to sleep in the car at the carpark of the Ayers Rock Resort. It was very hot the Camel tour started at 5:30 pm so I went around Yulara a bit before, I bought something to eat at the supermarket but then it was really to hot I just wanted to go to the swimming pool to refresh myself a little bit so I enter illegally at the Ayes Rock Resort and I stayed a bit in swimming pool to refresh myself and take few photos. Around 5 pm I drove to the Chris Hill’s Uluru Camel Tours which I liked the place so much, I took photos all around for more then half an hour and then I started the tour. It was my second time on a Camel, I like it is really chill absolutely different than horses. So we done a walk around the desert to see the sunset next to Uluru and we come back in the dark for a little snacks and a glass of Prosecco and then I left going back to the Carpark to sleep early being ready for the day after.

DAY 45 – Wednesday 09.12.20

( Night at: Carpark out of the Ayers Rock Resort )

( Uluru Sunrise Viewing Area )

I woke up at 5 am and I immediately drove to the sunrise Uluru view. Which it was unforgettable really beautiful but unfortunately later become cloudy but at least the sunrise it was very beautiful. Than I supposed to visit the culturale center but unfortunately everything is closed due to the virus and I drove to the Male Carpark which I did a little walk around Uluru very nice and particular. I wasn’t feeling very well actually so I went to Kata Tjuta I stoped at the car park valley of the winds and I rested a little bit and I had a lunch there. After I did the Valley of the Winds Walk for an hour more less which it was really nice but still the weather not the best very cloudy and almost raining on the way back to Yulara I stopped at the Kata Tjuta Dune Viewing but there were really too many flies that I couldn’t even enjoy it. Than I went back to Yulare I went to take a shower at the Camping ( not check-in because is too expensive 51$ for a night ) and than I went to Yeko Cafe where I tried to organise everything forMelbourne and than I went to see the sunset at Uluru Sunset Viewing Area and I wanted for the sunset while I had the dinner but unfortunately wasn’t the best because was very cloudy. Then I come back to the car park to sleep and rest.

DAY 46 – Thursday 10.12.10

( Night at : Jolly Swagman Backpackers, Potts Point )

( Flight Jetstar from Ayers Rock ( Uluru to Sydney )

I woke up around & am that was poorly raining so I pack my things as much as I could and I clean the car a bit which I have to drop it of at 8 am or actually before 9 am at the Ayers Rock Airport. I drop the key off at the Hertz Company and then I stayed at the airport, arranging photos and writing all morning, once they open the gate I bought a sandwich for the lunch and then I keep selecting photos also on the plane which it depart at 13:05 pm and I landed in Sydney around 5 pm. Once I landed in Sydney I had to do everything very quick because was already late ad I had to be at work at 9 pm, but before arrived at the hostel with the metro, do the check in and then get ready to go to work, ah and have a dinner as well. Everything on a rush but I made it and I loved Sydney, probably my fav city I Australia I couldn’t be happier everything looked amaizing.