Thorsborne Trail Recap

If I had to choose one word to describe backpacking in the Wet Tropics, it would be sweaty. Perspiration poured off Vilis and me when we bushwalked the 32-kilometre Thorsborne Trail on Hinchinbrook Is...

Thorsborne Trail: Nina Bay to Ramsay Bay, Hinchinbrook Island

Breaking camp at Nina Bay an hour after sunrise, Vilis and I retraced the path we’d hiked yesterday to reach the trail to Nina Peak. Once again, we walked alongside mangroves bordering the creek...

Thorsborne Trail: Little Ramsay Bay to Nina Bay and Nina Peak, Hinchinbrook Island

Early morning sun created exquisite reflections in Little Ramsay Bay’s lagoon, enticing Vilis and me in for a quick, refreshing dip before our hot porridge breakfast. After the meal, we broke ca...

Thorsborne Trail: Zoe Bay to Little Ramsay Bay, Hinchinbrook Island

Hinchinbrook’s dawn chorus of birds rang out loudly in lifting darknes. Increasing light revealed clear skies except for wisps of white cloud clinging to The Thumb, a thrusting pinnacle east of ...