Goodbye Cairns...

Well after nearly 3 weeks (WOWSA), we are forcing ourselves to say Goodbye to Beautiful North Queensland...Cairns you are beautiful, with your beautiful sunshine in winter, beautiful beaches, rivers and lakes, cool cafes and restaurants, great churches and I love the relaxed lifestyle here in Cairns (I love that most shops are closed on the weekends and on Saturdays even coles and woolworths are closed at 5:30pm)...We could see ourselves easily fitting into North Queenslands relaxed lifestyle of work some, fun and relax much ;-) Oh I can see us spending weekends at the beach, swimming, walking, picnicking, coffee drinking in the cafes...working through the week and having long, fun, relaxing family weekends doing what we love to do together...Yep I LOVE this part of Queensland and can see us spending many winter months holidaying in the future (not too sure about the summer months here though, we'd need a pool in the back yard, Haha).
Look at Beautiful North Queensland...

Our Site at Lake Placid Tourist Park...

Cairns City Lagoon pool...

Lake Placid...

Celebrating Serena's 10th Birthday xo

Never Smile at a Crocodile...

Family dinner for Serena's 10th Birthday xo

Palm Cove...

The Travelling Bible...

Yummy Desert...

Rock Formations and Beautiful Sunset...

Kayaking Fun at Port Douglas...

Port Douglas...

Cape Tribulation...

Homeschooling...

A day at Karunda Village Markets...

Beautiful Crystal Cascades...

The Great Barrier Reef...

Fathers Day...

Our Travels Continue...

And so we continue with our travels...It is hard and sad to say Goodbye to BEAUTIFUL Tropical North Queensland, however, we must move on, we have many more places to see and explore...Goodbye Cairns, we will see you again some time :-)

Take Care Everyone xo I Hope and Pray you are all having a Great week xo
Love,
Dimi xo 

Our Preparations for The Savanah Way and The Red Centre Way...

Our Map...Our Travels so Far...

So we are about to head along part of the Savannah way from Cairns to Normanton, then heading down and across into another state...The Northern Territory...WOOHOO!
We will then be going down the Red Centre Way of Australia as far down as Uluru and Kings Canyon and then back up to Darwin. All up it should take us about 2 to 4 weeks before we get to Darwin and then we'll stop there for possibly a couple of weeks.

I am both excited and nervous about going along the Savannah way and going down the middle of Australia. I'm nervous about the isolation and the extreme heat. I'm nervous about the time of year...is it too close to the wet season?! I'm nervous of what creepy crawlies we may find (please God may we find none). I'm nervous about many things, I have many different scenarios going on in my head...do we have enough food on board, are we carrying enough water, do we have all the tools we need for our vehicle/caravan in case we break down/have a flat tyre etc...however, I'm excited to see a different part/type of Australia...The outback, the red dirt, The Red Centre of Australia :-) I'm excited about exploring this part of the Northern Territory and experience a very different part of Australia!

Warning Sign, ARRGGHHH...

I think we have planned as best we can for this part of the trip. Our vehicle has just had a VERY expensive full service. We have bought a whole lot of non-perishable food and are carrying extra water with us. We have done a whole lot of homework on the Savannah way and the Red Centre way, we have stocked our first aid kit well and we have planned most of our stops along the trip (this could change at any time though) and we've planned on spending the most part of the next 2 to 4 weeks in overnight stops or a few night stops in free camps and bush camps. 
So I think we've prepared well for this trip!
As always I ask that you please pray for our complete safety on this trip as we spend many hours driving, many nights sleeping in free/bush camps with limited, if not, no facilities, and did I mention many hours of driving, Haha!
I'm sure we will be just fine. Many people have done this trip before us, and many will do it after us!
Thank You in advance for praying for us xo

I just wanted to mention that we may not have much service/reception on our phones/internet, and we will be moving along at a much quicker pace then we are used to, so there won't be as many posts for these reasons, however, I will update the blog as soon as I possibly can :-)
Hope Everyone is well xo
Take Care xo
Love,
The Rech Family xo

Continued..Exploring Cape Tribulation...

..Cape Trib Day Tour continued...
So Cape Tribulation is the highest point of Australia that we are exploring on this Journey of ours!

Mangrove Trees on the Beach...

Daintree National Park...

End of the Cape Tribulation sealed road...

The Begining of Cape Tribulation off road to Cooktown...

Sealed road and Off road...

Where the Rainforest meets the Reef...

BEAUTIFUL Myall Beach...

More Sandy Feet...

Just GORGEOUS...

These SPUNKS xoxox

BEAUTIFUL...

My Spunk xoxox

Zoey had some Fun too...

Love the View...

Mr. Spunk...

Time to say Goodbye...

On our way home now, but wait, what is it? Can you see something up ahead???

Can you see something?

Can you see it now (whoops, didn't realise my camera was on black and white) because we could see it clear as day, up close, right beside us...

Can you spot something with it?

 On the way home we spotted a Cassowary on the side of the road, even better it had a chick following it around...we took many photos and got some footage of it and sat and enjoyed the very up close encounter we had with the Cassowary...Thank You God for answering our prayers and showing us this beautiful Cassowary with its chick xo

Waiting for the Barge to come and get us...Can you see it?

Crossing the river on the Barge...on our way home!

We loved spending the day exploring the many beaches, bays, walks and lookouts...some of these included, Cow bay, Alexandra Bay and lookout, Thornton beach, Coconut beach, Myall beach, Cape tribulation beach and it was wonderful to drive through and explore The Stunning Daintree Rainforest.

It was also good to chat to some locals who told us about what life was like living in the area...Did you know living in this area is basically off grid living, WOWSA, the population is only a few hundred people, and there isn't much work around, however, it is a beautiful place to spend some time in I think :-)

Our Faith Led Journey continues...

Take care,

Love Dimi xo