Rainforest Treetop Guidebook

Without doubt one of the absolute favourites to do is to take a trip out to Cairns barrier reef for a day of snorkelling. This is a must do trip for all visitors but it comes with a warning watch out for the weather not in a negative way but with a little bit of planning you can choose the best weather day and have an amazing trip to the reef. We have helped more than 1000 visitors take advantage of this and we love to weather watch so plan your trip with us don’t pay a cent more but allow us to take the head out out of choosing the best weather day.

Stony Creek National Park is a 10 minute walk away from the front door of our place simply walk out the front down bar clear close and cross over the Stoney Creek bridge and turn right less than a kilometre down the road is the entry to the Stoney Creek National Park and on the track eight as you head into it on the left side are for waterfalls where you can safely swim

That’s right one of the unique reasons that people continue to come back and have done so for more than 20 years is the fact that from our front door you can walk to one of four waterfalls in the Stoney Creek National Park ask us for details on a map

Sometimes car pricing can be at an extraordinarily high level. Why? During Covid some of the rental companies sold a lot of stock. Now with more tourism that stock is no longer available and daily rental rates are way up. With improved Internet apps people hire their own cars and you can go to sites like “Car Next Door”. As an experiment we put in a five day rental over the Easter weekend just two weeks from Easter 2022 to see what was available. Plenty of stock from $50 a day. Comparatively little stock with the major rentals at 5 times the price.

This offer will save a group of 10 at least $200 consider it a gift from us. If you stay with us we would be delighted to book you in on a reef trip with Quicksilver, that experience can cost between $200-$300 a day and is definitely a must do. It’s fully catered and you get to experience the amazing site of the barrier reef from a great platform/ boat. If you book with us we don’t take our booking agency discount so you can travel for 10% less than anybody else at any time! how it works is you front up at the office for Quicksilver and you pay 90% of the ticket cost only abd save 10%

My background is as an international airline captain and that means I have been on nights stops and trips around the world for more than 30 years. Reusable Ziploc lock bags are my favourite travel kit. So easy to see them all - use one each for your medications, electronic gadgetry, Favourite snacks, coins, hair products, toiletries, Sunscreens and insect spray and put your phone in them when you go to the beach!

Being a regular packer with 30 years of international airline trips I learnt this technique. Save space and save Ironing ( If you need an iron or for that matter any laundry items we have them at our homes) The best way to prevent creases and make the most of your space is to use the roll method. Lay tops facedown, fold in the sleeves and roll from the bottom up. For pants, put the legs together and roll from the waist down. Once you’ve rolled everything, place pants and tops in your suitcase before shoes and accessories; then, fit in other oddly shaped items! Like your ziplock bags

Everyone knows what to bring on the aeroplane right? Carry in your baggage a Reusable water bottle -there are filling stations airside at every airport -just ask the staff - who wants to pay $5 for water for a family of five? Reading glasses, favourite book to read, try Atomic Habits - James Clear  Ear plugs -the ones that you can mould - perfect, eye shades, Small lightweight pillow- feather is my favourite Favourite snacks in reusable Ziploc bags there I go again with the Ziploc LOL, celery, carrot sticks, remove the pip from Majool Dates and put an almond in- welcome FC Emirates.

Okay I love a good holiday read - has to be a page turner - why? Page turners are the best - keeping you glued to the pages waiting to find out what’s next. Where the Crawdads Sing For years, Kya Clark has survived alone in the marshes of the North Carolina coast. Dubbed “The Marsh Girl” by the locals, she raises herself in nature after her family abandons her. Now, as she comes of age, Kya begins to yearn for something more than her loneliness. Maybe even a connection with the locals. An exquisitely written tale, Where the Crawdads Sing is one of the best recent page-turners to enjoy.

How did the British go from being perhaps the worse cycle team in the world to the best? Atomic Habits by James Clear explains a lot … A remarkable book that effectively conveys how small (atomic) changes to ones daily routine can yield unprecedented results in the long run. Wether your goal is to workout more, to read more frequently or to teach yourself a new skill. This book will break down exactly how and why we form habits, and further, it explains how we can go about changing our destructive habits to materialise growth and success.

Ok I love travel … ever been left behind or lost somewhere ? The Martian ANDY WEIR Astronaut Mark Watney wakes up to find himself marooned on the planet Mars, left for dead by the crew of the Ares 3 mission. Now, he must use all his ingenuity to overcome insurmountable odds for the chance to return home to Earth. I love how Weir uses real science and technology in this captivating book.

Comedy - thriller - daiquiri - A little Shakespeare , set amid the vice and squalor of pre-revolutionary Havana. Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman - not a very good one - in a city of power cuts. His adolescent daughter Millie spends his money with a skill that amazes him, a mysterious Englishman offers him extra income he's tempted. In return all he has to do is carry out a little espionage and file a few reports. He is lazy… Big problem .. his fake reports start coming true, things suddenly get more complicated … John Lecarre loved this book!!!

I read this book to my partner Paula from beginning to the end we have been completely enthralled, enchanted with its romance , adventure , and thrilling offbeat and unpredictable turns. The Magus John Fowles Nick an English school teacher with an Aussie flight attendant girlfriend Alison leaves London to accept a place on a Greek island to teach English He meets the Magus, a Shylock and trickster of incredible wealth and knowledge. If you’re a lover of English words this is the book for you. A great friend Susannah Rennie gave it to me in 1990 to read … thank you Susanna!

Our guests love to have great food, and wine, relax and enjoy and sometimes they ask for a personal chef - That's when Chriso comes in. Using only the highest quality ingredients, the freshest local produce and attention to detail guarantee Chriso's meals to be exceptional. Chriso began his chef career in 1999. He has worked at a variety of establishments within Australia, Overseas and aboard Expedition Motor Yachts.

An amazing 45 kilomet tour around Admiralty Island, up through clambering mangroves, past an original Sydney Harbour ferry and into Mackey Creek. See crocodiles in their natural habitat, sunning on the muddy river banks, resting in the salty shallows and on the sand banks. Watch as 150 pairs of nesting Ospreys glide in the skies above. The animal life is stunning with Ibis, Egrets, Sea eagles This is a natural paradise, a landscape that has been little touched over the past centuries. These waters are the nursery for many Great Barrier Reef fish species.

Below House 9 We have our beautiful fourposter Daybed on a river platform you can chill out relax read a book rest even take a nap here it’s an experience you won’t forget