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Camping Oz 2017 - North Queensland

25th July 2017
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A few days after leaving Daly Waters and the NT we arrived into Cairns in the north of Queensland.

I was excited to arrive because I knew this was going to be the destination where I ticked off one item from my bucket list; swim at the Great Barrier Reef.

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Before we went out to whats known as “The Outer Reef” we took a day trip to a nearby island called “Fitzroy Island”.

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It offered beautiful coral beaches, some great walks through the forest and of course some snorkelling on the reef just offshore.

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Fitzroy was just the warmup for us however as a few days later we were out on the water again, this time heading an hour and a half out to the Great Barrier reef proper. Here the water visibility was much better showing off the spectacular corals and wildlife.

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I as usual had an immense amount of fun practicing my freediving skills diving deep to the bottom of the ocean startling the scuba divers.

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We stayed in Cairns for over a week just chilling out, enjoying the vibes and catching up with a number of jobs before proceeding one hour up the coast to the excellent Port Douglas.

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Port Douglas is a lovely little sea side town that I could totally imagine retiring to. We spent 4 days there enjoying the sun and sea and of course taking plenty of photos.

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While at Port Douglas we took a day trip up the cost a little to the rainforests of the Daintree. It wasn’t a particularly sunny day for us sadly but that didn’t stop me having fun taking some drone shots.

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After Port Douglas we started to make our way back down the cost towards the seaside town of Townsville. We were there for a few days and decided to take a boat out to the beautiful nearby island; Magnetic Island.

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While there we were lucky enough to see some of the natives in the wild:

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And then it was time to move on again, this time heading into South Queensland… This post was copied from my site AboveUnder.com a site dedicated to my travel drone photography.

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