In our group we have four vehicles, Pete and Dawi in a LandRover Defender, Barry and Peter in a Ford Ranger,all from the Gold Coast. Des and his brother Mark in a Ford Ranger. Des is a long time friend from Invercargill who lives on the Gold Coast, his brother lives in Invercargill and has come over to do the trip with Des. Sunday the 3rd August we travelled 694 km from Charleville to Deons lookout, it's at an altitude of 177 meters, amazing views 360o. We gat...

Early afternoon we arrived at the Evening Star Tourist Park, we were greeted by lovely hosts, they made us very welcome and hoped we enjoyed our stay. The park was immaculate, very clean and tidy and nice little touches like some yellow flowers maybe Wattle and leaves, in a small bunch tucked in behind the toilet cistern. They had a huge big fire pit which you could go and sit around, and from 5 -6 they had happy hour, plus a good old country sing along! Got the ...

01/08/14 Left Towoomba after getting the Landcruiser sorted, were having some issues with it using oil, since the Turbo had been fitted. Turns out it was probably due to the Finer air filter not allowing the Turbo enough air. Have fitted a K&N and it seems to have done the trick, 350 kms Toowoomba to Roma and the dip stick reading @ the full level, phew didn't really want to take a 40 ltr of oil with us. 02/08/14 My god it was chilly last night in Roma, s...

Today after dropping Ella at school, Flynn at daycare, then getting a new cv fitted, we left Calliope at midday. Seven hours to get to Toowoomba, 530kms. The countryside is very dry, what stock we did see I'm not sure what they were eating but they looked healthy enough. The cruisers turbo will get checked out tomorrow, I must say that it has made a marked difference to the performance of the Landcruiser. It's going to be cool tonight, down to 4o, 21o tomorrow.

Well we are pretty much packed and ready to hit the road. We are heading to Toowoomba a couple of days early as the guy who fitted the Turbo want to check it out to make sure all is well. Murray says the improvement has been excellent, can actually accelerate up a hill now! Oh and we have had a lift kit fitted as well! Weather great mid 20,s during the day although cool at night, you need a jumper on mate! Good to spend a couple of days with Lisa, Duncan, Ella an...