6° in the morning and with a wind chill too! Hello caravanning. Must buy a heater. Have realised we left several things behind and have brought several things we probably won't use. Novice caravanning 101. The day started a bit late and we made several more stops than anticipated: Toowoomba (shops), Dalby (lunch), Miles (toilet), Taroom (diesel, snack, Leichardt's tree), Banana (check map and look at the statue of the yellow bull called 'Banana'). The...

We're off! Picked up the van from Camp Mountain Campers. Packed up in a bit of a hurry because we wanted to get going ASAP. In hind sight, we have ended up with so much stuff in the van that we probably won't use. Headed off at about 3pm and drove to Mum's for a cuppa. Mum and Rob very happy to see us and check out the van and the Challenger. Drove on to Toowoomba and it was dark and cold and raining and windy on arrival. Quite tricky getting set up for...