Hi guys, and happy birthday to Jaye for her big 30th. There have been a few in the last couple of days, Hugh, Deborah, Stuart and little Hannah's - Happy Birthday to all. Heading south and feeling the cold. The winter clothes have been pulled out of the vacuum sealed bags, the blanket has been put on the bed, the heater is earning its keep and the puppies overcoats have been put on. Yes we are all feeling the cold now! Anyway, Brissy, we only had 3 days to see t...

Hi guys, we have now left Mackay and it is a surprisingly nice place to visit. I think that FNQ has blossomed in the last few years. The locals take a lot of pride in the gardens and landscape and it helps that they are not short of water so the place is fairly green. It is crushing season which means all the cane is getting chopped and sent to the mills for our lollies and whatever else they make with sugar. Toddy went to college up here for his industrial chemi...

Hi Guys, we are in Mackay now after spending a couple of days with Chris and Julie and their little girly girl Jassy. What a delight she is, just like her mum and dad. Charters towers is an interesting place about 90 mins inland from Townsville. It has a lot of history steeped in Gold and has the first exchange building in Australia. In the late 1800's it boasted 65 hotels, lots of people came to find their fortune. We stayed there over night with the horses t...

Hi guys, well I have to tell you about Daly waters, we were there a night and that was enough.It is more known for its pub. It is an out back town with a pub, a caravan park attached, a couple of 'wedge tail eagles' and really good pub grub. Hugh had a pig fall for him and follow him around a little bit when we went to the pool. The pig also fell in love with my camera, he tried to eat it. Funny little b*****. Pigs mum came and got him a bit later, he protested ...

Next stop was Litchfield. We didn't do Kakadu because several people had told us was it more of a kakadon't. Not that we believe everything people told us but we had to make a choice and Litchfield won out. How does one describe the beauty - I don't think I can. Have a look at the picture and see what you think. What was amazing (apart from me making a vow to myself that I would get into every water hole) was that these water holes and waterfalls are there at a...