Day 1

The start of our trip this year had U turn in it yesterday as we headed off at about 11 and Craig had been crook with a bad headache for a few days and made it 50k's down the road and had to come backLeia mais
Day 2

Left Boorowa this morning at 8:30 after a cold night but a good sleep, heading north stopped at Cudal for a cuppa and then onto Dubbo for fuel, lunch and shopping. The weather is fantastic, great forLeia mais
Day 3

Up this morning around 7:30, had 1.5 mm of rain overnight no drought breaker but it is about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday, still motoring north no dirt yet all black top. Stopped at 10:30 for aLeia mais
Day 4

Into bed early last night, had a great night sleep not many trucks till early hours of the morning, on the road at 7am today we are on a mission to punch out some big kms, passed through Roma andLeia mais
Day 5

Another early start on the road at 6:30 this morning, still on good Roads as we head into Charters Towers for fuel and breakfast, about 2 hours up the road we got to Greenvale as we headed out of townLeia mais
Day 6

Had a sleep in this morning, caught up on the washing, coffee at the van park cafe with the Newton's and then we walked in to town and by chance the Saturday market was on, Maz and Teresa picked upLeia mais
Day 7

Started the day off to a bacon and egg breakfast and then we all wandered down via a rocky track to Elizabeth Creek for a look, a very sandy creek with a good flow of water and some rocky rapidLeia mais
Day 8

Had a great night at the camp kitchen with the home cooked style wood fired pizzas last night, time to move on today heading further north dropped in at Innott Springs for a quick look, hot waterLeia mais
Day 9

Stayed in this morning very cold got down to 0 overnight, did a little food and beer shopping, Teresa booked in to the local Bowan therapy lady for a headache repair job, lunch at the van today andLeia mais
Day 10

Up early this morning nearly another frost here at Ravenshoe, time to move on from this cool place another long day 😂 about 80kms to our next destination the Tinaroo Dam holiday park. Along the wayLeia mais
Day 11

Another nice day in the Atherton table lands, a bit more site seeing today out to lake Eachem, which is an old volcanic crater full of very clear water with plenty of fish and turtles nice spot for aLeia mais
Day 12

Left Tinarroo Dam this morning in light rain, stopped at Atherton for food supplies as we are heading out to the west drove in light rain for about an hour till we got away from the coast. Stopped atLeia mais
Day13

After a 27 degree day it cooled down nice to a comfy sleeping level, decided to do a walk this morning to Russells lookout, which is mostly flat and then you got to the hill you had to climb wasn'tLeia mais
Day 14

Sunday morning in the Savannah country another magic day, bacon egg breakfast to start the day then off on the Cobbold Gorge tour, you start the tour by bus as you cross the Robinson River which isLeia mais
Day 15

Start of another week and it is time to move again, had a great time in Cobbald Gorge, back onto the dirt for a while to Forsayth township for a quick look and then north back up to Georgetown.Leia mais
Day 16

Another fantastic day in the savannah country 20 degrees overnight had the aircon in the van most of the night, took a walk around the town perimeter this morning Croydon was a big place in its goldLeia mais
Day 17

Left Croydon at 8:30 heading west to Normanton to stock up on supplies and fuel, went to the bakery for morning tea, coffee and custard tart which was very good so we got a couple of pasties to go forLeia mais
Day 18

Up early this morning and caught the sun coming up and lots of wallabies feeding near the river, back onto the bitumen for a run into Burketown, a well presented place with all the conveniences youLeia mais
Day 19

Had a great night at Hells Gate Roadhouse, chatted with some fellow caravaners over a few drinks and then we met Tim the fire twirler from Sydney who is working the season on the cattle station, heLeia mais
Day 20

Nearly at the half way point of our 6 week trip, just taking a day out relaxing at cape Crawford, bacon and egg breakfast and then off on a 20 minute chopper ride over the lost city rock formations inLeia mais
Day 21

On the road again down the Tablelands Highway, this would have to be one of the worst bitumen roads around single lane with wheel ruts and lumps and bumps that in some places gets you down to 60kph,Leia mais
Day22

What a mad place, the park at the back of the roadhouse was full last night and this morning by 9:30 there was only us and 2 motor homes left, had a walk around the place and just caught up on a fewLeia mais
Day23

Left this morning around 8 Northern Territory time heading back into Queensland, best road we have been on for a while just a short run of about 260kms today to get to Camooweal which is just over theLeia mais
Day 24

Had a quiet night at Camooweal, heading off this morning east a good run into Mount ISA, we stopped and fuelled up with the rest of the grey nomads as they make there way north to Darwin, Teresa had aLeia mais
Day 25

What a great place even though we weren’t on the water, but we hadn’t done any washing for a week and decide we needed to move on so it was only 60kms into Cloncurry, got into the caravan parkLeia mais