The 3 plus weeks we spent on the Sunshine Coast were fantastic, relaxing but very tiring at the same time if you know what I mean. We were able to catch up with a number of friends but unfortunately did not get to see everyone we would have liked I guess we will just have to share a drink or two with those we missed on our next visit to the Coast. It is especially nice to catch up with family and in fact we arrived back on my sister Madeleines Birthday which...

We left Emerald on October 14th filled with great excitement as the Holiday Park at Cania Gorge QLD was to be home and work for the next few months. We had not been there before but did do some research on the Net and it looked like a fabulous place. I have previously mentioned my disgust at the condition of the roads in QLD and when we turned off the highway on to the Cania Dam road it was again very disappointing. This road is better than a camel track bu...

We awoke early and the morning was cool, it had been surprisingly cold in Queensland for this time of year or had I just forgotten? After having spent three months in the warmth of a Territory winter maybe it wasn't unusual, maybe I was just being a girly man! Naah!! Whatever the case it was goodbye to Longreach and hello….next stop. Not far down the road was a gem of a town called Ilfracombe, I had never heard of this place, I'm not Robinson Crusoe there...

We had been in Katherine for a week during which time we had some repairs done as well as doing some of the Touro stuff. The portable fridge was giving us a little grief or was it the auxiliary battery? We had some mixed diagnosis but finally we were pointed in the right direction. This bloke was flat stick but said he would have a quick look in about 10 minutes, fair enough I thought. Not 5 minutes passed and out he came to the car park, ran a few tests, b...