Day 37. Late start to the day, enjoying a cooked breakfast and coffee with the Langworthys. Then the general concensus was that an shopping expedition into Ayr was required. So away we went. Ros and I split from the gents and visited every dress and shoe shop in Ayr. Ayr is not such a small town, so this was quite a feat. We did buy some clothes as it turned out. Meanwhile, the men visited every electrical shop and finally found RM's required LED lights for the v...

Day 36. A pleasant drive down to Alva Beach via a back road and only a few kilometers on the busy Bruce Highway. This is a lovely van park, living up to the recommendations of it from fellow GNs. On the drive down, Ros called. They were in Townsville and decided to join us for a few days here at Alva Beach. Luckily they could get in and we are parked together. The only problem with the site is its proximity to the dump point and prevailing winds in the wrong dire...

Day 35. The trio of talented youngsters from last night turned out to be staying next door to us in the van park. I went over to buy their CD but sadly Mum had left them behind. Anyway, they will post me one. It has been lovely here. There are a lot of musos staying here and practicing and some lovely guitar and voice harmonies floating over to us. We were also treated to a cameo performance by Bob Katter Jnr last night at the concert. He opened it. And I forgot ...

Day 34. Dry old country between Julia Creek and Hughenden. The lack of the usual rainfall shows. We suffered our first transport injury with our windscreen sustaining a crack from a rock, thrown up by an overtaking road train. Grrrrrr.... Hughenden is part of the dinosaur trail that encompasses Winton. Ancient country. We managed to get an overflow site at the van park. It is full owing to the town's annual country music festival being on. Still a nice site. A...

Day 33. We drove from Burke and Wills to Julia Creek via Cloncurry, passing Wal's Camp where we camped last year. Staying at the local van park. RM commented a ball could be held in the Gents. Another in the ladies so I guess no queuing necessary. We took a stroll along the banks of the fast flowing Julia Creek, a genuine dust bowl all round. But Elle was happy! The attractive swimming pool next door has opened for business. RM took a swim and pronounced it a de...