Waiting, waiting, waiting! Still in derby, thinking about getting a job, starting to feel like a local. 4th night here, and now it looks like it might be another and then the weekend, nothing much will happen then and that will make it a week. Derby is a nice town, the motel is modern and comfortable, the managers are very understanding and sympathetic and we have found a lot of nice cafés/restaurants. But you can wear out your welcome, who wants to have a hea...

Wednesday 13/8/14 Still waiting on decisions from RAA insurance. We got a courtesy call this morning to say they are waiting for quotes. Then this arvo another call to ask us for dimensions of the trailer as the trucking company can't quote without them. Dennis spent most of this morning trying to salvage things he could reach through the back of the trailer, he managed to get the quilt and pillows and cans of food which I sorted through, washed the mud off and...

As you can see from the photo we had a bit of strife today ( Monday) and flipped the trailer.. We are both ok and the car is fine but the camper not so. We were very lucky to have 4 cars pull up to help us clear the road of debris and supervise other traffic around us and remind us to drink water and put hats on. One mum of two little kids was very calming and gave me a hug, I must have looked like I needed one. There was junk everywhere including the toilet in ...

We had a long drive today with changing scenery, one minute we were high on a plateau then we were down in the gorge. The scenery was breathtaking! We decided on free camping at Galvans Gorge and had an early night without any traffic. The moon was full and very bright and lit up the area. We had one other camper with us who had lost his fellow travellers along the way and wondered if they had gone past us, but we couldn't help him. Being dark by then we suggest...

We are on the Gibb River Road today, Dennis was looking forward to this real off road driving. However one of the most hated surfaces is "corrrrrrrigaaaaations". There are quite a few! The scenery constantly changes from ranges to flat savannah, with gaps, dry creek beds, rivers, dips and black top when going up steep inclines. There has been a bit of carnage on the road, one we stopped to check because it looked recent and found that it had a note on the smashed...