A fairly early start this morning and we drove down to the Barkly Roadhouse to fill up. Not long after, we’d arrived at the Queensland border where we took a few pics and continued to Camooweal. However, as it was a weekend, the entire town was pretty well closed so we hightailed it to Mount […]
After spending a few days of non-event fishing at Karumba đ„ , we called into Normanton on our way back to see âKrysâ. The original Krys is very famousâŠa saltwater crocodile killed in the Norman River in 1957 which was a massive 8.63 metres!!  Taking photos with the replica, it was hard to comprehend a croc can be […]
WHERE: The Kimberley is located in the far north west of Western Australia and covers more than 420,000 square kilometres. In comparison, this region is bigger than Germany and nearly twice the size of Victoria, but has a population of less than 50,000 people. The main entry points to the Kimberley are from the towns […]
Days 11-18 Day 11 â Today we packed up fairly early and Grant was keen to continue our trip on the OTL road which meant a couple of crossings before getting back on the bypass road. We left Eliot Falls and only needed to travel a short distance before arriving at Sam Creek. It was a […]
Back in Cairns, we hung around here for a few days. We took a day trip up to Kuranda, and enjoyed going up on the Skyrail while spending a few hours looking around before coming back by train. We also had a chance to visit the Cairns Indigenous Art Festival which was on during our […]
So with a bit of shuffling of the plan, we bolted down towards the Gold Coast to beat the school holidays, but first called into Bundaberg to do a tour of the Bundaberg Rum factory. Not a bad tour, especially when you get some samples at the end! Lucky for me Grant was driving :-). We […]
Leaving Tenterfield, we’re now travelling further south towards Casino. As we left Tenterfield that morning, heaps of thick black clouds were developing in the distance, but given that we were heading in the opposite direction we thought nothing of it. Bad mistake! Arriving at Casino, we hurriedly set up so we could watch some footy […]
Leaving the Blue Mountains, it wasnât a long drive as we stopped at the V8 Supercar Capital of Oz, Bathurst. Unhitching the van, Grant had great delight in doing a âhot lapâ in the Paj (if you can call it that!)  As the track is a public road, unfortunately regular speed limits apply  The question is, did we […]
With another state done and dusted, we are getting much close to home as we cross the border into Victoria and visit Lakes Entrance. We’d been pre-warned the wind around that way came from the Antarctic and that definitely was the case. Wow, talk about cold. We stopped here for a few days as there […]
Deciding to base ourselves at Mansfield for a few days, we took day trips around the area given that weâd heard the road up to the Mansfield State Forest was windy and steep. First stop was Craigâs Hut. Made famous in the film âThe Man from Snowy Riverâ, the scenery from the hut was nothing short of […]