Saturday Our final bush camp warranted some photos so after we were all packed up we took a few. On the road again at around 9am we make a toilet stop in the town of Laura before heading this time along the bitumen towards Mareeba. It's quite a winding road but well maintained. Karen rang the van park at Mareeba while we were in transit to check the bookings and was told there wasn't one and they were full but then the signal dropped out. We stop at Palmer Rive...

Friday We get up a bit later this morning, there is no hurry as we are only going as far as Old Laura Homestead which again is only a couple of hours. While having breakfast Martin notices our back left tyre is looking flatter than the others so he pulls it off and finds a large screw embedded in it. After pulling it out and patching the tyre we pack up and shower before leaving Hann River Roadhouse and the animals. The trip to Old Laura is uneventful and we f...

Thursday Driving on towards Hann River Roadhouse today which isn't far at all - an hour or two - and we arrive well before lunch. As we pull up the caravan brakes don't want to work but we eventually stop just overshooting the driveway a tad. There doesn't seem to be much here and considering the time we talk about continuing to Laura. Martin and I decide we need to look at the brakes before moving on so we book in for the night. Martin looks at the brakes and ...

Thursday Driving on towards Hann River Roadhouse today which isn't far at all - an hour or two - and we arrive well before lunch. As we pull up the caravan brakes don't want to work but we eventually stop just overshooting the driveway a tad. There doesn't seem to be much here and considering the time we talk about continuing to Laura. Martin and I decide we need to look at the brakes before moving on so we book in for the night. Martin looks at the brakes and ...

Wednesday Another overcast day so we pack up quickly then have breakfast. Today we continue to head south toward Musgrave Station. We stop at Archer River Roadhouse and have some hot chips and gravy - yum. While ordering them I see on the counter salted plums - they are bright red and look a bit sparkly about the size of a mintie. I have been seeing These everywhere since about Mission Beach so I asked the guy whether they were lollies or actually plums. He exp...