{"id":137,"date":"2007-05-20T05:30:31","date_gmt":"2007-05-20T04:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squage.com\/blog\/?p=137"},"modified":"2007-05-20T05:30:31","modified_gmt":"2007-05-20T04:30:31","slug":"cape-tribulation-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.squage.com\/blog\/?p=137","title":{"rendered":"Cape Tribulation Trip!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Howdy!<\/p>\n

Wow it’s been a while since Pat let me get behind a keyboard, hasn’t it? Well, it’s about time to sort that out… and how! (I am a secret American, it’s true)<\/p>\n

Starting with the two days up at Cape Tribulation that Pat and co. went on about 3 weeks ago.<\/p>\n

So Who Went?<\/b>
\nThere were 5 in total, excluding yours truly of course:<\/p>\n

Raf<\/b>
\nThe same dude Pat travelled up the west coast with, spent time in Broome with and managed to watch Norbit and feel dirty, used and miserable just as Pat did. Nuff said, really.

\nJames<\/b>
\nHe of “That Trip Up The Centre Of Australia With Pat In A 4wd Landcruiser” fame, James had been in Cairns for several weeks, chilling out, sunbathing and drinking (that’s pretty much all that you can do in Cairns from what I gather…). He fancied a bit of a change, I think :-)

\nLiz<\/b>
\nAlso a former 4wd-up-the-red-centre team member, Liz had been working in Alice Springs for a while before heading up to Cairns shortly before Pat had arrived. She and James were travelling together for a bit and have just finished hitch hiking all the way from Cairns to Sydney. Mental!

\nDanni<\/b>
\nA friend of Liz’s (who she met on her travels), and also a Dutchie. Danni’s a hairdresser by trade (giving James a free trim whilst in Cairns) and enjoys spending her time attempting to break open coconuts (at least, that’s what we can gather from the amount of time she sat on one beach attempting to smash one open (with little success))

\nPat<\/b>
\nSome annoying Essex bloke, whose only saving grace is that he carries with him a thing of such importance and excellence that his many flaws can be (just about) ignored. (Oh really? I don’t recall carrying a Nintendo DS around with me… – Pat<\/i>) No, I mean me you idio… ah right. Sarcasm. Clever.
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And Where Is Cape Tribulation?<\/b>
\nIt’s as described on this map below:
\n\"VERY<\/p>\n

(Oh, that’s *perfect* – Pat<\/i>) What? (Oh, nothing at all… – Pat<\/i>)<\/p>\n

How Did They Get There And Back?<\/b>
\nIn this beast:
\n\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh yes. A Nissan Somethingorother (Pat informs me, with his usual great knowledge of car makes and models), automatic (as all the hire cars Pat’s experienced have been) Power Machine! Unless you’re going up steep hills, in which case it’s more of a “Please Don’t Start Going Backwards” Machine…<\/p>\n

Raf and Pat shared driving duties (Pat on the way there, Raf on the way back) and the journey itself was pretty lovely… through some gorgeous scenery between Cairns and Cape Tribulation, on a car ferry across a river, around mountains on very tight bends teetering above looonnnng drops into the jungle and also past some more Quality Australian Signage ™:
\n\"lol\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What Were The Highlights?<\/b><\/p>\n