Well, here we are 16 weeks since we left on our trip, and our last 4 weekly update before we are back home in 2 weeks. We have travelled 17,020 km, spent 5 nights in a swag and 79 nights living off our battery system. Even though we are now back in civilisation, demand for sites means we are missing out on connecting to power more often than not. Mintie supplies are back on track, however we have become connoiseurs…
We have finally completed the traverse from West to East! We left Broome on Friday the 7th of July and arrived at Yeppoon today. Such diverse countryside between the two coasts. One observation is that there is waaayy too much traffic in Rockhampton. So many traffic lights and until yesterday in Emerald they were very foreign to us. It was another 300km drive today. The Scott’s peeled off early this morning with their van and had brekky at the lake…
Another travel day today. I won’t lie, I’m sick of the one night stopovers. Thankfully tomorrow we will park up at Yeppoon for 3 nights and we will have completed the traverse of the country from Broome to Rockhampton in the last 6 weeks. We were on the road by 8 again for the 300km drive to Emerald. A few stops later and we were at Emerald for a late lunch. As has become custom, the Scott’s were out on…
A short 100km day today moving to Barcaldine after some tourist activities in Longreach. Kerri and I went to the Qantas museum to do the tour of the aircraft that we missed out on in 2021. It was an interesting tour of airliners from the 1940s to today. Karen and Kieran went to the Stockman’s hall of fame for the extended tour that included live shows and really enjoyed it. We travelled independently to Barcaldine, and we both stopped to…
We were on the road by 8 this morning which meant we were in Longreach and unhitched by 1030, leaving plenty of time for exploring. Karen and Kieran got the bikes down and proceeded to spend the rest of the day out and about on them. Bob and I took the ‘we’re not riding, it’s 32 degrees’ approach and headed out in the car. We refamiliarised ourselves with the town and headed out to the Stockman’s Hall of Fame –…
We headed out of Mary Kathleen this morning and started the lengthy trek (415km) towards Winton. We are passing back through Winton after an extended stay here 2 years ago so don’t plan on staying more than 1 night. We stopped at McKinlay where we visited the pub from the original Crocodile Dundee movie while Bob and Kieran replaced and rewired our caravan plug into the car which had disconnected a couple of hundred km before and had dragged along…
We have spent the day today in and around the ghost town of Mary Kathleen. After pulling up in the dark last night after the Matilda’s win, we jumped on our bikes this morning and rode the 18km return to the nearby abandoned uranium mine. The water colour here is incredible. I do wonder what a gieger counter would register here. We rode back to ‘town’. The township was built by the mining company in the late 1950’s and was…
A super early start this morning with coffees and fuel purchased in time for us to be on the road by 7. We smashed out the first 200km and hit Qld just after Brekky. We’ve now been in 5 states since the start of the trip. Only Victoria and Tassie to go 🙂 . We then stopped at Camooweal with good signal to book our desired path for the remainder of the trip. We have changed the original inland plan to…
An early start this morning for a 570km travel day. Nothing much to report at all. We were on the road by 715, had brekky at Elliot, lunch at Three Ways and have finished the day at the Barkly Homestead. A pleasant evening spent in the pub with a great vibe with all the travellers hanging out. We plan to start again early tomorrow and head out of the Northern Territory. Planned stop tomorrow night is at Mt Isa where…
We headed off separately this morning from Nitmiluk with Bob and I getting brekky in Katherine and picking up some bits and pieces before meeting the Scotts after their sunrise mountain biking expedition. We have travelled around 300km today along roads we have travelled before. Karen and I have made good crossword progress. The call went out by the boys that lunch should include one final dip at the thermal springs at Mataranka, which was an easy one to agree to. We decided…