Carnarvon Gorge has certainly lived up to expectations!! The drive from Emerald to Carnavon Gorge was beautiful with rolling hills then as we got closer the sandstone cliffs. We arrived at Takarakka Bush Resort at lunchtime which was great as it meant we had the rest of the day. The campgrounds were great, huge space and heaps of shade from all the gum trees, and so it should with how much it cost for a powered site at $44/night. A bit pricey but was well worth ...

Woke up to Boo screaming "Santa's been, he found us!!!". This was at 5:30am so we knew it was gonna be a long day. Was great though to wake up to Boo's excitement as to tell the truth wasn't looking forward to Christmas that much...reminds me of family and miss mates this time of year especially. Anyway we waited for Meg to wake up and then headed outside the caravan to the Christmas tree to all the pressies and handed them out. Boo was so excited when she unwra...

The last couple of days have been both relaxing and interesting. Have learnt my lesson when planning itinerary to look up population of towns as thought Longreach was bigger than it actually was, it only has 3124 people....can't believe they call it the capital of outback Queensland!! Anyway, first night went well, found out about the night life with vast number of bloody cane roads coming out when sun set....nearly stood on a few going to the toilet!!! The next...

On Tuesday we packed up the van what had been our life for two months, we were so excited to be getting back on the road again. However, it was a sad day before saying good-bye to Amanda, Mark, Charlotte and Jake who were heading off home to Tassie to fix their cruiser. But we will hopefully be catching up with them in the near future, they were an awesome family to hang out with for the lady few months. Was so funny how we were all so similar, Amanda and l and t...

The time has come.....cant believe were the last 2 months have gone!!! It is our last day in Townsville today and our pack up has begun. We have had some awesome experiences and yet feel that we are leaving not having done too many touristy things as work has gotten in the way. However, there have been some fun times had, especially over a little wine and beer. One recollection was only a few nights back which l dont totally recall but have been later informed...