Travelling to Clermont - 27th July This was to be one of our longer trips that we have done for some time, only a distance of 396km and the thought of a cabin at the end of the day. We were expecting a long straight and boring trip but instead the scenery and road was quite varied and interesting. We had been told by some people that hit a kangaroo on the road recently that it was littered with road kill and that there was a lot of road works. The roadwork ...

Fix Bayonets, Man the Trenches - WW4 in Charters Towers - 23rd to 25th July Muttabuttasaurus! Muttabuttasaurus! Muttabuttasaurus! There I have got that off my chest. Ever since coming across the Muttabuttasaurus in Hughenden I have had the name stuck in my head and Trish has heard me say it soooo many times. Say it out loud 10 times and you will be hooked too. I dare you! The ride from Hughenden to Charters Towers was interesting and uneventful. The...

Hughenden, outback Queensland; Sunday 22 July 2012 A cold sunny Sunday morning for our tent pack up and a cleaning frenzy still happening in the Pelican Caravan Park. Gee, my yesterday email must've struck fear into the owners of this place, knowing the local Council Health Inspector was going to return in 2 days' time and see the same email! Because I wrote my email in my name, and we are booked in under Dave's surname, I don't think the management has a cl...

Kicking Ass and riding Camels - 20th & 21st July My little "tea pot" Trish had finally had enough of the filthy conditions at the Pelican Caravan Park and like any good little tea pot she "got all steamed up" and it was off to the Shire Council and a bit of desk thumping to speak to the Health Inspector. The Health Inspector was away for a couple of days so she got his email address out of them and then one girl, who we think, had some connection with the o...

Kicking Ass and riding Camels - 20th & 21st July My little "tea pot" Trish had finally had enough of the filthy conditions at the Pelican Caravan Park and like any good little tea pot she "got all steamed up" and it was off to the Shire Council and a bit of desk thumping to speak to the Health Inspector. The Health Inspector was away for a couple of days so she got his email address out of them and then one girl, who we think, had some connection with the o...