{"id":635,"date":"2023-03-10T12:11:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T02:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/?p=635"},"modified":"2023-03-10T12:28:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T02:58:45","slug":"road-trip-cairns-to-darwin-2023-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/road-trip-cairns-to-darwin-2023-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Trip &#8211; Cairns to Darwin 2023 &#8211; Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So time to head home, we been watching the weather maps and we should be right if the low keeps moving in the same direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We get up early and leave by 6am. Get some fuel on the way and make it to Cardwell for a break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091409-01-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091409-01-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091409-01-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091409-01-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091409-01-678x381.jpeg 678w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091409-01.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Still watching the weather and road reports. Road to NT still open at this stage, and low expected to move quickly to South East. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091319-01-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-641\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091319-01-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091319-01-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091319-01-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091319-01-678x381.jpeg 678w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091319-01.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>For those who need proof, yes we are still alive. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091405-01-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-642\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091405-01-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091405-01-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091405-01-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091405-01-678x381.jpeg 678w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_091405-01.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_114426-01-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-643\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_114426-01-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_114426-01-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_114426-01-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_114426-01-678x381.jpeg 678w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_114426-01.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Made to Townsville and road to NT still open. Bit worried about low. At least the fuel prices have dropped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_133754-01-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-644\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_133754-01-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_133754-01-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_133754-01-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_133754-01-678x381.jpeg 678w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_133754-01.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Stop for lunch just outside Charters Towers. Checking the road report and road to NT has closed. The report for the Low is that is should still move quickly away.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Should we do a U-turn or keep going? We choose to keep going a bit more, plan to wait at Julia Creek etc, and be a day up when road opens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listening to radio and reports as we drive, reports are coming in now. Records rains! Radar showing Low is not moving! Do we or dont we?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We turn around and head back to Cairns, and start to look at flights to Darwin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>So time to head home, we been watching the weather maps and we should be right if the low keeps moving in the same direction. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/road-trip-cairns-to-darwin-2023-day-1\/\" title=\"Road Trip &#8211; Cairns to Darwin 2023 &#8211; Day 1\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_eb_attr":""},"categories":[7,10,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":645,"href":"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions\/645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}