From Brisbane we traveled north through Sunshine Coast region to Great Sandy National Park, which includes Cooloola beach and Fraser Island. First was Cooloola beach. We camped a couple of nights, mainly just relaxing […]
We spent a day at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary just out of Brisbane. There’s heaps of koalas to see as well as many other animals. Many of the koalas were still […]
Yesterday we went on a guided tour through the XXXX Beer Factory in Brisbane. This is a historic site over a hundred years old where Castlemaine first established a permanent brewing factory. […]
We rocked up in Brisbane a couple of days before new years. We spent a day or so fixing the car – buying and installing a new car battery and bonnet latch […]
Our car battery broke in Longreach. It wasn’t a slow deterioration, but rather a sudden failure. It got super hot, boiled over, and completely flattened itself. I suspect an internal short caused […]
Longreach was our town of choice for spending Christmas. We chose it because it’s where we happened to be on the Landsborough Hwy on Christmas eve. We stayed at a caravan park. […]
Winton is a town in Central Queensland which we passed through on our way to Longreach where we would later spend Christmas. There’s some interesting history around Winton, including being one of […]
After a week or so of bush camping on the Savannah Way, we crossed the border into Queensland on the Barkley Hwy and rolled into Mount Isa for some much needed shopping, […]
Borroloola saw the end of our dream to conquer the Savannah Way through the gulf country to Queensland. Continuing was not possible due to heavy rainfall. Nathan River Road was exciting for […]
Fishing from the McArthur River at Borroloola saw a new record sized barra caught: 76cm, 5 kg. It was heavy and pulled hard. Very satisfying to land it. We’re now in Longreach, […]
