It was only a short drive to reach the NT border, although we still had  500 km ahead of us. Again, the land was hundreds of kilometres of plain. Not far along from the 3 ways we stopped for the night at Banka Banka Homestead. We were greeted warmly and the boys were given an icypole each. They set off exploring the surrounds, finding two donkeys (Don-Key and Jenny) to feed carrots to, and a new Brahman calf. After it had cooled down a little they set to playi...

Mt Isa Another long drive saw us heading towards Cloncurry. Along the way, we stopped in for a refreshment and some fuel at the Walkabout Creek Hotel, the one used in the Crocodile Dundee movies. A while after we left Cloncurry the plains slowly gave way to the Selwyn Ranges, a beautiful red-rock range where we visited the nearby abandoned township and Uranium mine, Mary Kathleen. It was eerie. We stayed the night nearby at a small, shallow lake. We saw a pa...

The enormous vastness of the outback is mind blowing. Plains upon plains of dry land, countless dry creeks and riverbeds, and hundreds upon hundreds of kilometres of straight roads which sometimes seem as if they will never end. Leaving Longreach we travelled through the morning, arriving near Winton at the Age of Dinosaurs Museum about lunchtime. The Museum exists on top of a "Jump Up", a local term for a flat topped Mesa. It looks like the land has sudden...

After such a successful long haul trip the previous day we were feeling a little cocky....So it came as a bit of a shock when everyone was more than a little tetchy when we climbed back into the car for another 5 hour journey to Longreach on Tuesday. (So wish I had some emojis to use here!) Nevertheless, we had no choice but to plough on through the outback! We passed through some outback towns such as Tambo and Blackall and stopped at Barcaldine for lunch. It w...

Well, we've hit the road again, four years after our last trek and we were all feeling a little sad to be leaving home but very excited about the adventure to come. Our first leg was to Moree and we loved seeing the incredible, wide plains and endless paddocks of cotton farms. Once we arrived in Moree we were super keen to hit the pools! The boys wore off some energy swimming laps in the big pool and Ben enjoyed relaxing in the 39 degree hotpool. Next day we ha...