Our Brisbane interlude is now drawing to a close and we are all going our separate ways After we arrived back home to camp in our own backyard, we had a weekend trip to Melbourne to see Alf's family, then a week's stay with my sister while the van was being serviced and then a lovely time at the beachside unit in Caloundra. During this time, we had some joyous arrivals home - first was Ben, arriving from Brazil after more than 2 years away, then Andrew, who ha...

For the last leg of our journey back to Brisbane, we have mostly stayed close to the coast, enjoying some sleepy little inlets between Rockhampton and Gympie. Our first stop after the Whitsundays was a great little 'free camp' right on the beach with great views from our van, however, after a walk up the beach, we returned to find a 4WD with backpackers camped directly in front of us between the van and the beach Obviously they haven't heard of camp 'etiquette'...

One week ago, we were packing up to leave Darwin, and here we are, 3000km later, basking in the sun at the Whitsundays! We're happy to have hit the coast after roasting in 40 degree heat from Katherine all the way to Charters Towers - we were even longing to be back in the Darwin humidity and storms rather than the dry, scorching heat of the outback! But, thanks to Toyota airconditioning, we had a good drive across starting early in the morning and stopping late...

We've been in Darwin now for about 8 weeks - staying with the Cook family for all of this time (haven't worn out our welcome yet...phew!), and are now planning the next leg of our journey into 2015! We're enjoying the atmosphere and sights of Darwin again and both of us working most days. It's starting to heat up a bit more now with the humidity rising as well, however, we've only experienced one short night storm, so really looking forward to some lovely rain s...

We seem to have completed a big loop of the Kimberley across the Savannah Way from Darwin to Broome and back again. Why back in Darwin? We needed to be somewhere safe for the 'wet season' with the ability to obtain employment and more importantly, to have easy access to fly back home for Christmas to see 3 of our sons - including Ben, all the way from Brazil! So here we are, after completing a somewhat quicker journey back over the Gibb River Road with Richard &...