Day 1 - Yeppoon to Carnarvon

After a failed first attempt we have departed. We left on Saturday 27th, Wayne checked the Ball weight which was good and decided to trim some of the Rubber off the new Mudflap on the car, unfortunately his leg was in the way when he slipped with the Stanley Knife and stabbed himself in the leg. Result being 6 hours at the Hospital with 12 internal stiches in the Muscle and 9 external stitches - I did tell him to be careful !!!!

Anyway we had to wait 72 hrs to make sure there was no infection etc. Now Wednesday and we have successfully left Yeppoon. Yay us. The temp was running a little high on the Torque Convertor so we stopped at the Oakes, couldn't see anything wrong so continued.(Obviously I was - here we go again).

Thought we had made a rookie error going the shortest way - Rocky...Westwood...Duaringa...Woorabinda (past)...Bauhinia, Roleston and Carnarvon. 25km of (good) dirt road and narrow one lane sealed road then back onto the Dawson Highway.

Should have been 4.5 hr drive - took 5.5 hrs. Anyway once we got on the Dawson Hwy we realised that it was a really bad road and we had made the right choice. The Trailer hitch alarm went off every time we hit a bump (which it was a lot) - which was not connected to the car, it was in the draw in back of car - battery will be removed tomorrow haha.

Arrived at Sandstone Park, lovely Reception staff and clean and tidy camp ground, only has toilets but that's a bonus. Sat and watched the Sunset, had a couple a drinks and relaxed. Dinner already precooked so easy night. Good end to the first day.Läs mer