The landscape has changed again with palm trees appearing between the enormous termite mounds,towering between 2-3 metres high.We've visited Mataranka before and this time decided to stay at the Territory Manor caravan park.Twice a day the park managers feed the barramundi in their lake, giving visitors the chance to enter the water and 'fish' for them.These barra are not destined for the dinner plate, as the park managers have specially trained them to eat the p...

It soon became apparent we are not a 'normal' tourist family in Camooweal.We were told of a new attraction - Drovers Camp which has only been open to the public for the past four months."800m east of town... yeah, the cemetery's just past that..." were the directions we were given at the Post Office "..it's really worth visiting" he added (referring to Drover's Camp).Being so close to town we headed off on our push bikes; Misty and Declan have...

Driving along the Matilda Highway that would take us to Adels Grove (via the Burke and Wills Roadhouse and Gregory Downs) we came to a section of road that doubles as an emergency landing strip for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.Maybe we should have visited that museum....?or maybe we'll be lucky enough to find out more in some of the other places we visit. If we thought Cloncurry was dusty we were perhaps, a little naive.There was dust of a different dimensio...

We've started to see lots of very red termite mounds, or mountains as Declan describes them, but they are all still less than a metre high. Cloncurry boasts of recording Australia's hottest temperature, so it was no surprise to find it was very warm and dusty at Cloncurry, despite the water cart constantly watering the unpaved roads around the caravan park.We must have been getting a bit fatigued as we decided not to visit the Flying Doctor Museum, nor to watch t...

Heading north east to Richmond we were surprised to discover we were entering the catchment for the Lake Eyre Basin.Not that we could see any water; which would explain why Lake Eyre (in South Australia) fills so infrequently.The lake that suddenly appeared as we drove into Richmond also surprised us, as did the water park on it's shore.We visited Kronosaurus Korner and were able to see some of the fossils that have been found in the 'Dinosaur Triangle' formed by...