Lucky Unlucky Break in Rubyvale Qld: Wed 11 July 2012 Our last day in little Rubyvale and a great tent pack up with no wind and no rain, only cloudy skies. Queensland is having record unexpected rainfalls, so the idea of going north for winter warmth is a bit of a dream at the moment. After our pack up, we rode our bikes and trailer over to our flash little cabin in the same caravan park; We had pre-booked it for tonight, so we could get an early start to Long...

How to make a girl happy in Rubyvale - Monday 9th July We have become quite good at using a variety of websites to predict what weather we will be getting in the next week. Armed with this information we have booked a cabin for Wednesday so that we can pack up in the least rain possible and be ready to ride Thursday morning. Without staying a ridiculously long time here in Rubyvale we are not going to escape riding in some rain. Our prediction for Monday tu...

Leaving Faulty Towers Caravan Park in Yeppoon, to Rubyvale: Saturday 7 July 2012 Dave and I were delighted to be packing up our Shangri-La tent in perfect sunny weather. We couldn't wait to leave the Faulty Towers of all caravan parks; the place where they had a glossy brochure extolling their wonderful qualities, but were really the exact opposite. And I was glad I hadn't had to engage a good lawyer to get my Dave off a murder charge. The woman who was managi...