Right at the moment, we're all really happy... The boys are happy, because we've landed in a park (BIG4 Charters Towers) that has a jumping pillow. Jo is happy, because their amenities block is immaculate, and the nicest we've seen since we left (that's the next best thing to an ensuite in her eyes). And I'm happy, because there's lots and lots of palm trees, and it feels more like home than anywhere else we've been. But it wasn't always like this... The day sta...

Today, I learnt the virtue of 'patience'! It was either that, or die... When we left Mt Isa, and continued our easterly direction along The Overlanders Way, there's about 120km of road which not only has corners, but goes up and down as well. It travels through the hilly, mountainous area that exists between Mt Isa and Cloncurry, and provides a nice change of scenery from the flat grasslands and pastures of yesterday. It also breaks up the long, straight section...

"On the road again..." ...it's funny, I only have to say those three words whenever we jump in the car, and Dylan bursts into song each and every time. He only knows a couple of lines, but he can't resist singing it... This one's more appropriate though... "The road is looong..." Bloody hell, it's a big country we live in, and you really don't appreciate it until you try to drive across it. This is the third day straight driving in a row, and although it's not i...

We awoke this morning, (none of us having been abducted and probed by ET), to a sight we haven't seen for quite some time... Grey clouds in the sky! White, whispy ones had been very common, but not these thick, heavy grey ones. Didn't look like rain clouds though, and wouldn't have bothered us anyway, we were moving on... We left Wycliffe Well early, and turned left on the Stuart Highway, heading north to Tennant Creek. The road continued as it was yesterday, lon...

Remember the blog when we arrived in Coober Pedy, and the way we felt there? Ok, put yourself in that mindset again, but this time, start playing those five musical notes from Close Encounters of the First Kind, or the theme music from Twilight Zone in your mind... We've arrived in Wycliffe Well for the night, and it's a bit strange! If you've been here before, you'll understand what we're talking about, but if you haven't, you probably won't understand the full...