Change of schedule
August 8, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Today saw us make a change in our plans as we have to head to Townsville for caravan toilet parts - our crapper crapped itself 😖🚽
We get to catch up with Maria and Nigel and then spent theRead more
Townsville
August 9, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
This morning saw more research on toilet parts 🙄 before heading off for some shopping - boring stuff - food.
We received some sad news - Alf, Franks dad passed away after a long battle withRead more
Townsville
August 10, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Can’t complain about our camp site for our time in Townsville - Thanks Maria & Nigel 🤗
Todays adventures include a walk along the water front in Townsville known as The Strand and lunch ofRead more
Rest day
August 11, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
As we are in Townsville for a little while (well I am as Frank heads home on Monday for his dads funeral 😔) it was a mixed day of odd jobs, cleaning the car and a couple of gardening things to helpRead more
Magnetic Island
August 12, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
A ferry ride leads us to Magnetic Island 8km from Townsville.
After a bus ride to Horseshoe Bay, a relaxing wander around and lunch at the pub we head off on the Forts Trail Head and make our way toRead more
Sunday relaxing
August 13, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
What else are you supposed to do on a Sunday but relax 😔
Productive day
August 14, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Well I was up at the ungodly hour of 4am to drive Frank to the airport so that he could catch his flight back to Perth for his dad’s funeral. Not a pleasant reason to make the trek back.
As forRead more
The Palmetum
August 15, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Today the kids 🐶🐶 and I headed out to the Palmetum - Townsville’s Botanical Garden.
Not only is it a beautiful place but it is home to the Black Hawk Tragedy Memorial when in 1996, 18 SASRead more
Experiment
August 16, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
This morning saw me and the fur kids take a tranquil walk along the beach to start the day.
Just for the scientists out there I thought I would conduct an experiment 😝.
Well, it turns out that IRead more
Preparation day
August 18, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Well today is our final day in Townsville. After picking Frank up last night from the airport we are prepping to leave tomorrow and continue on with our journey.
So some cleaning, washing, shiftingRead more
Charters Towers
August 19, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We are on the road again 🚙
First stop is Charters Towers - an old Gold Mining Town with a rich heritage. We got there just after lunch and being a Saturday, everything was either shut or shuttingRead more
Camp for the night
August 19, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
After Charters Towers we arrived at our camp for the night - not much but it is home for the night.
Jurassic Park
August 20, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Today we entered the start of a two day Jurassic Tour. We arrive in Hughenden and paid a visit to the dinosaur 🦕🦖 museum.
We then hit the road along the Australian Dinosaur Trail towards Winton.
Camping Jurassic style 🤣
August 20, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Tonight we are camping just outside if Winton before we head to Australian Age of Dinosaurs
Australian Age of Dinosaurs
August 21, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Today we headed to the Australian Age of Dinosaurs 🦖 where we got a guided tour of the March of the Titanosaurs and got to wander through Dinosaur Canyon.
This is a budding Paleontologists dream.Read more
Qantas Founders Museum
August 22, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Longreach - the birthplace of Qantas ✈️
So let’s go and have a look at it. A tour of the original hangar and then onto viewing the original planes DC3 - Boeing 707 - Boeing 747 Our tour guideRead more
Longreach Powerhouse Museum
August 23, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Before leaving Longreach we headed to the Powerhouse Museum and was enthralled with all the old stuff. It was like walking into a time capsule and sadly I remember using some of the stuff 😝
FrankRead more
Barcaldine
August 23, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
On our journey we passed through the town of Barcaldine - apparently the birthplace of the Labour Party 🤔 and home to the tree of knowledge.
To me just a small cute outback country town.
Sculpture Trail - part 1
August 23, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Well a small miscalculation saw us start the Sculpture Trail just out of Aramac at the finish 😳🙄😝 as we seem to tend to do on occasion.
Check out some of the sculptures along the way -Read more
Lake Dunn
August 23, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Our miscalculation saw us camping at Lake Dunn - an oasis in the outback
Sculpture Trail part 2
August 24, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
All rested and ready for the last part of the sculpture trail
Have to say the dusty road section of the trail was much better.
Still a 200 km deviation was worth it, just adding to the adventureRead more
Blackall
August 24, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
A quick stop in Blackall on our way to Charleville with an overnight camp at Barcoo River.
Apparently in Blackall you are officially beyond the black stump. 🤔😳
Tambo to Charleville
August 25, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
A stop in Tambo to check out the famous Tambo Teddies - an industry that was used to help with the wool crisis in 1992/1993. It started out small with some volunteers used to make the teddies 🧸 andRead more
Charleville
August 26, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Today we saw the release of a weather balloon 🎈 from the local weather station. A first for me - all fully automated.
A wander through the WWII ‘secret base’ museum. Outback Queensland is aRead more
