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Since leaving the Lions Den in November 2014 we have done some driving, the map shows the trip to Cape York, back to Cairns then to Airlie Beach, after a week in Airlie we went back up to Port Douglas to look at our next job. We then headed to Melbourne before going back to Brisbane, Tannum Sands for Christmas then back to Port Douglas to start the next adventure.

If you look close at the picture you can see the blue lines showing our little drive… That’s a 9000 k round trip, half of it towing a caravan and the other half done in the comfort of a car we hadn’t seen in two years. We caught up with Family in Airlie Beach and our neighbours from Broome Bob and Linda, had a day on Whitehaven Beach before the trip back to Port Douglas to look at a backpackers known as Parrotfish Lodge. It was run down and in need of a lot of work. We then headed for Melbourne to check out the other backpackers the owner ran just down the road from the great pub Young & Jacksons.

We then stopped in at Traralgon, Tathra and Brisbane before Christmas in Tannum Sands, a couple of days after new years we packed up and headed north, we stopped in at Townsville for a night where we caught up with our other neighbours from Broome Ed & Lia before landing in Port Douglas and getting ready to start on January 7 2015. Getting ready to start consisted of going to the pub to check out the local music scene.

The backpacker reno kicked off slow before really winding up in weeks two and three, it was very long hours seven days a week, the three story building was stripped of everything, every bed, ceiling fan, light everything was tossed to the local dump.

Fifteen or sixteen weeks later the building was looking new, just like it did when built twelve years ago, the project really required another couple of months so we weren’t so rushed but we got it open. We decided to not manage the business so in May we moved the van around the corner to the caravan park and had a rest after our quick trip to Victoria for a football reunion where one of us got to play game number 200.

After a few week rest we headed south to look at the next opportunity, a nice place on the beach with good fishing I hear. As we near the end of June 2015 we have relocated and ready for our next adventure.

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