Rather than go back the way we came, our place of choice to recover from the sand of Fraser Island was Gympie. We stayed at a caravan park for a couple of […]
Gympie, Queensland
Lake Mckenzie, Fraser Island
Lake Mckenzie is one of the most popular attractions on Fraser Island. It’s a clear, clean, freshwater lake with an attractive sandy beach. An essential part of any visit to Fraser, especially […]
Brisbane and New Years on Sunshine Coast
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 […]
Muckadilla Hotel, Queensland
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 – Christmas 2012
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. […]
Mount Isa, Cloncurry and Walkabout Creek
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, […]
Tablelands Hwy, Northern Territory
Leaving Borroloola, we back tracked to Cape Crawford then headed south on Tablelands Hwy – a single lane sealed road that runs for about 500km, joining up with the Barkley Hwy which […]
Borroloola – Barra Time
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 […]
The Dream is Over – Life Beyond Katherine
My time as a man of leisure couldn’t last forever. School is finished and we’re leaving Katherine. No more house husband duties – it’s time to get back to fishing and camping. We’re […]
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