Camper Trailer Australia – August 2019

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air rushed into the LandCruiser, helping

our late-risers to recover their senses. Cape

Tribulation Road led us back to the coast,

treating us to an orange sunrise over water

that flickered between the trees. We were on

our way to the Bloomfield Track to put the

Cub and Wonderland through their paces with

some northern offroad exposure.

You're likely to receive mixed sentiments

breakfast for the whole crew with an
unplanned assortment of ingredients from the
caravan's ample fridge, while some seemed to
teeter on the brink of wakefulness as though
their presence was no more than pretence so
early in the day.
We drove north as the sky slowly
brightened. With our windows down as we
passed the Daintree Tea plantation, sweetened