When we got up this morning we saw the hot air balloon over our campsite. It actually land behind our vans. We left Mareeba Rodeo camping ground and had a great trip to Lakeland caravan park where we will be leaving our van in storage for a week or more to travel to the cape.... Continue Reading →

Left Fletcher Creek and called into Greenvale and saw the Three Rivers Hotel. Saw a bit memorabilia of Slim Dusty. We then headed to the small bar in Queensland Got to Archer Creek for the night. Archer Creek is a free camp with only toilets. Saw a great sunset

After spending the night at Julia Creek we left and drive through towns like Richmond ,Hughenden and Prairie till we got to Charters Towers where we did some shopping. Got to our free camp at Fletcher Creek. It is free with toilets and cold showers. Camping is on both sides of the highway. Met up... Continue Reading →

After leaving Dajarra we did our shopping at MtIsa and then onto our free camp at Mary Kathleen. Mary Kathleen is approx 60km from east of Mt Isa. Mary Kathleen was a town which was built in the late 1950's to mine Uranium. It was a town of around 1,200 people and there was around... Continue Reading →

Stayed at Dajarra free camp. A very small town north of Boulia. At the camp grounds there is 3 power sites , toilets , showers and water for a donation. The town has a museum and a hotel. Also a small service station Diesel is at a cost of $1.93

WOW what an awesome day we had. Driving along towards Birdsville the flood plains were covered in small yellow flowers and while the Emus were enjoying the waterholes. We again had about approx 60 km out of 196km of dirt and gravel. Got to quaint little town of Birdsville. Very unexpected to what we saw... Continue Reading →

Stayed for a night a Poddy Creek rest area have driving from Longreach. It is very dry out here in the outback. The roads are very narrow and the country is very flat. Had a lovely sunset again from our site. The next day drove about 280km to Boulia seeing old cottage in the distance... Continue Reading →

Here at Longreach. Been here for the last 3 nights. Staying at the Apex Riverside Park. There is toilets but no showers but there is showers for a donation at the Information centre. There is water all for a fee of $3 per night or $15 for 7 nights. What to do here at Longreach.... Continue Reading →

Arrived at Jundah for the night and stayed three nights at a lovely camp beside the Thompson river. Along our trip we crossed over Cooper's creek which the Thompson river runs in to. The camp area has no toilets,water or showers. A short drive into Jundah there toilet and shower. There is also a Dump... Continue Reading →