We left Queensland early this morning and headed west along the Flinders hwy. Today was a long day of driving through the desert part of the NT. the road was long and straight and we cut out 900 Kms heading towards Darwin. The day was broken up with stops for fuel and food. Once we hit the Stuart Hwy we began our trek northwards. Looking at the map we thought we would camp at a small place called Elliot . We timed our fuel exactly to fill up at Elliot camp the n...

Another long day chasing the sun. We beelined for Mt Isa to do some clothes washing as we were desperate for some clean jocks. This laundromat is featured in the photo images for Mt Isa so tells you that this is not the place to come for a holiday. Right smack in the middle of town is the copper mine accompanied by two massive chimney stacks. Some may find this appealing but Greg and I had lunch in a truck bay 10 Kms out of town heading for NT. We have stopped ...

Sorry will post a photo tomorrow.Long drive today about 900 clicks but we had to get out of the rain. The most rain in Northern Queensland for 50 years WHAT. We had to get into some sun or we were going to strangle someone if not each other. Sun at last it looks good from here on. We had to divert our trip this morning as the Kennedy development track was closed due to flooding. We ended up doing an extra 250 Kms through to Charters towers, then on to the Flinde...

I have not seen rain like we have had the past 3 days. There is no letup not a half an hour space just solid rain. Everything is sodden. Our camp is pretty damp and uncomfortable so we weve decided to bolt. Probably miss the reef dive and head westward towards NT. Poor Greg got no sleep last night and is enjoying some shut eye this morning without my snoring. As soon as he's up we will pack up and hit the road. Last night a bandicoot came into our camp and tried...

We left Cairns early as the weather had set in. The trip seemed short as we followed the coastline north. Some magnificent countryside up this way but we are still in an urban feel. Lots of cars and people. Took a short detour to Mossman Gorge but decided not to pay to see something we thought should be free to everyone who tours here. Seems things have changed since native title. It's still raining and we set up camp at the Daintree. Soon as we setup Greg got ...