Thursday 30th May, (Townsville).
Well two new tyres have been fitted to the car, and with the alignment the car is once again driving like a new car. I have reverted back to using standard size tyres on the rear now I have had to replace them. Early last year, when the last tyre replacement was […]
Sunday 26th May, (Townsville).
Denis and Sue have now moved on toward Cairns and it was nice to have met them and sit and chat about old times.
We had a drive to Mt. Stuart today, which is the big hill to the south with all the towers on. We noticed a sign on our way in […]
Friday 24th May, (Townsville).
We are now at Townsville, after having a 400km odd trip one was fairly tired last night. We got to meet Denis and Sue for a short visit and then settled down for the evening, or tried to.
We had possibly made the mistake of travelling all the way to Townsville with the […]
Wednesday 22nd May, (Hughenden).
Well the last two days have basically been a waste, except for relaxation, with the car being stuck at the mechanics. Waiting for parts, and the mechanic being flat strap, has resulted in us staying here two days longer than planned. The cost of the repairs was a lesson in not letting […]
Monday 20th May, (Hughenden).
An eventful day was had today with a trip to Porcupine Gorge. A trip of 70km North on gravel roads with ruts about two feet deep made by the road trains, but more about them later.
Porcupine Gorge is a definite must see when in this area, with spectacular scenery and being a […]
Sunday 19th May, (Hughenden).
We have moved north 214km to Hughenden; this is the first leg of turning around and heading for the coast.
I managed to get quite a few photos of the township of Winton yesterday. We had a special reason for getting more shots taken than usual, as Linda’s best friend from back home […]
Thursday 16th May, (Winton).
We are now at Winton, 200km further northwest, and we are quite surprised how our feelings about places can change so easily. The impression we get after only being here since one o’clock this afternoon is one that we have experienced often before, that this is a town that we could stay […]
Tuesday 14th May, (Longreach).
We had our meal out last night that was included in a riverboat cruise on the local river. The river is only a river as such when it is raining and then apparently the river can be several miles wide.
At the moment, not having rained, the river is actually the largest natural […]
Saturday 11th May, (Ilfracombe).
We passed a small town called Ilfracombe on the way here that had a large display of machinery on the side of the road and we decided, seeing it is only 30km from Longreach, that we would return for a trip rather than stop on the way. Today we returned and had […]
Friday 10th May, (Longreach).
Some of the attractions available were passed by us, as all had an admission charge that we thought was a little excessive as we are living on a budget, so the last couple of days were spent not doing much.
We are now at Longreach, a further 100km west.
Sentiments shown by both of […]