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Hello - turns our we're not so good at this blog thing. Clearly it is because we are out busy adventuring and have no time for computers!

Since last time..... We said a not so sorry goodbye to Mackay and continued up the coast through Townsville, through Mission Beach which was just gorgeous, possible the most laid back place in the world and on up to Cairns. There may have been some other stops in there but it is all a bit fuzzy...

Cairns was time for the bike service (she passed with nearly all flying colours hoorah!), a beautiful sky rail up to Karunda and scenic train back and then the day out on the Great Barrier Reef. We went out on a boat and started the morning with a bit of snorkelling over the reef and then tried our hand at diving. They run introductory dives so after a 30 minute lesson you go under water for a few tests and then you are off, four newbies to one trained diver, and it was AWESOME! The feeling of being able to breathe under water and float around is just incredible - we even got to swim around with a turtle. The reef is amazing, we went for two dives and got to swim through a gap in the reef into what they call the blue lagoon on the second dive which was just great. Tille was pretty much a natural whilst I proved the theory that if you are unco-ordinated out of the water the same applies underneath it!

After Cairns we drove along the coast highway up to Cape Tribulation where the rainforest literally meats the sea - the scenary is incredible and we camped right next to the beach. The highlight being the sighting of not just one, but two cassawarry (these are nearly extinct massive birds that look a bit like an emu - only 1200 left in the world), we were big nature buffs that day!

From there it was time to head inland - we had reached our most northern point and then after enjoying the lush green of the Atherton tablelands we did some hard days on the bum of riding westward to Mt Isa where we are now. The scenary has changed dramatically and we are now surrounded by red dirt, rock, hardy looking plants and dust - the rainforest is well and truly gone! The locals think it is too cold to swim in the pool here - it is 30 degrees!

The real challenge for us lies ahead - tomorrow we head to Urandangi (population 50) where we can camp next to the pub, get fuel and then we are on to the Plenty Highway in Northern Territory which is about 750km of dirt and rock before we get to Alice Springs.... Let the fun begin!!!

Jetz ich werde deutsch sprechen!!! Unsere urlaub ist sehr gut - die motorard ist auch seht gut! Das ost Australien Kuste wa sehr shon and wir geschwimmen viele. Wir campen jeder Tag in Campplatz oder im 'National Parks' so manchmal da sind Wasser und Duschen und manchmal da ist keine! Jetz wir fahren fur Alice Springs was ist im Zentrale Australien - viele Rote Schmutz. Ok - Ich hoffe konnen Sie mein Deutsch verstehen, nachste mal Tille werdt schrieben. Tschus!