We are now travelling through lands where dinosaurs once roamed, moon rocks are found and part of an inland sea once was. The countryside is very open and vast. Richmond is situated on the banks of the Flinders River but the area, which Richmond now stands once, was part of an inland sea, with the water being estimated at 40 metres deep. Commonly found around the Richmond area are these spherical 'moon rocks' which come in a variety of sizes from golf ball size...

We had a week back in Darwin after the Cruise and Singapore. It was time to recuperate after such a fantastic holiday, get on top of washing and getting a new solar panel and other electronic gadgets fitting to DABUS. As we say goodbye to Darwin & the NT we leave behind great friends, that make us feel so welcome, awesome constant warm weather, blue sky's, some of our favourite watering holes (pubs and hot springs) termite mounds, burnt out plains and vibran...

The best weather we have had so far was back at Pilliga Bore Bath and since then the days have been between 17-20degrees and overnights being 1-2 degrees. Night times around the campfires we are rugged up with layers of clothing. Some mornings the diesel heater is flicked on to put some warmth in DABUS and breaky is always in DABUS, as it's too cold to sit outside. So after saying our goodbyes to Sheryl & Brian at Cooper Creek, we did a quick drive into Win...

Heading north from Pilliga towards Burren Junction, the 30km road is currently under construction and the detour was a muddy sidetrack for about 3km. The first job we had when arriving at Burren Junction was to pull out the hose and wash DABUS. After hearing some very negative feedback about Burren Junction Bore Baths, which we have previously enjoyed twice before, it was a pleasant surprise to see the Bath was actually clean. Both times we have been here previo...