• Lalage Craig
  • Lalage Craig

Winter 2018

Taking just under a month to get to the Gold Coast. Then we head west! Les mer
  • Leichhardt Lagoon! Just south of Karumba

    11. juli 2018, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    This is the most beautiful place. There are exquisite purple water lilies on the lagoon and numerous birds. Saris Crane we’ve never seen before. They don’t come close enough to photograph, lapwings, whistling Kite, egrets etc. A camp bbq last night which was great fun. We are spending a week here!Les mer

  • Wild life at Leichhdart Lagoon

    12. juli 2018, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    There are an amazing number of birds here! A Pretty Face Wallaby visited yesterday.
    Magpie Geese, lapwing, the purple pub Normanton! We have seen Sarus Cranes but they are too far away to photograph! There’s also a beautiful Forest Kingfisher too quick to photograph!Les mer

  • Giro the goose!

    16. juli 2018, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Giro the goose took up residency yesterday in our camp!
    He waddled in. He looked around ! He found a good spot to have a midday nap!
    He terrorises the dogs. He tries to get into buckets! He snoozes where he pleases!!Les mer

  • Flat Creek Station!

    18. juli 2018, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    We visited Flat Creek but we were disappointed! It was very hot and dusty with little shade! The only Gouldian Finches we saw were in a cage at the homestead! They breed them which is a very good thing since their numbers have dwindled. We did a bit of fossicking but did not strike gold!!
    It used to be a large gold mining town.
    Les mer

  • Undarra Lava Tubes.

    21. juli 2018, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    We visited the Lava tubes which are190,000 years old. David Attenborough visited them and thought they should be one of the “wonders of the world”! They are the oldest and biggest in the world. 30 metres high and 20 metres wide. Inside one we saw micro bats! Well named!! They really are tiny.
    The tubes are surrounded by an oasis of greenery, vines and ancient trees. Away from them there is just very dry Savannah.
    It was an excellent tour!
    Les mer

  • O'Brien's Creek.

    22. juli 2018, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    We went fossicking for Topaz and other semi precious stones. Sadly we didn’t find anything!
    It was fun to do. Pick axe and shovel in hand we had a go! Hot work, but under the trees in a dry creek bed!

  • Malanda,Atherton!

    28. juli 2018, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    It’s hard to believe how beautifully green it is up here compared to where we have come from! Green grass, flowers etc! We are revelling in it! We saw platypuses and tree kangaroos. All in all a lovely day!
    There are 2 turtles sitting on the rocks! Malanda waterfalls, green countryside and the Curtain Fig tree!!
    Les mer

  • Herberton historic village!

    2. august 2018, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    We visited the village which is beautifully presented and kept. Many blasts from the past! It is interesting to think that we are probably the last generation to remember having seen some of the things as children!
    Some of the things we enjoyed seeing!
    There is a moustache cup, beautiful children’s clothing, a dolls house, and a fascinating tea pot and cup in a basket!
    To keep the tea warm I imagine!!
    Les mer

  • The road to Elim Beach via Cook Town

    10. august 2018, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    We had a beautiful drive to Elim Beach. So green and lush. Very tropical! We didn’t stop in CT but filled up with diesel and came straight here from Mt Carbine which is an old mining town site about 250 Ks. Some of it dirt road but relatively well graded!!
    We passed a church that had a Spanish look about it!
    Les mer

  • Elim Beach.

    10. august 2018, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    This place is north of Cook Town. A bush camp by the sea. Run by aboriginal people.
    Idyllic with white sands, palm trees and ferns.
    The tide goes out a very long way! Luckily, because it is very shallow, the crocodiles are 3 Ks away and are not a problem!!Les mer

  • Pinnarendi station stay.

    19. august 2018, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    A great place stay. Nadine is a great cook so we had the Sunday roast beef and the following night curry!
    I saw a Pale headed parrot which has a red rump!
    They have 3 dams and a bore so are drought proof.
    Here are some photos from our time there.
    Les mer

  • Charters Towers and a slow drive home!

    23. august 2018, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    The view from Tower Hill. A rock wallaby and Mac in his favourite position while travelling!!
    A map of where we are!

  • No hoax!

    30. august 2018, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    We had started calling it the Great Crested Hoax!!
    Friends had seen the Great Crested Grebe at Theresa Creek Dam! So we walked for miles around the dam for 3 days, only to see it in the late afternoon of our last day just down from where we were camping!!
    Our patience had been rewarded!
    Les mer

  • Moura.

    3. september 2018, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    We are not stopping for long at most places as they are very small and nowhere to camp. We have reached Moura which is a coal mining town and saw this beautifully painted water tower ! You need to enlarge them to see the Galah clearly. It was difficult to photograph.Les mer