17/06/10 After making the most of the hot showers we headed back into Alice Springs to use the internet where I managed to send my dad a birthday card and a father's day card. Mel and I both managed to successfully change our traveller's cheques at the aborigine dominated bank where there was more trouble between a local abo and the security guard. We then drove south down the Stuart Highway before taking the turnoff towards Ayers Rock. Along the Lasseter high...

11/06/10 10.00 checked out of the campsite before driving on to Longreach, where we stopped off at Jericho for lunch, which was another small cowboy style town. We stopped in Jericho for quite a while lapping up the sun on patch of grass opposite the small town hall which was a mere shack made from wood. The day seemed to pass quite quickly and we didn't quite make it to Longreach so set up camp on the outskirts. We stopped in a truckers lay by which was prett...

01/06/10 Tanya's Sean was due to return from work later in the afternoon so we decided to head slightly north of Brisbane to the Glass house mountains, allowing them to have a time together. After giving the house a quick clean we hit the Bruce and stopping off at a music shop to look for a bongo for James2. The music shop was like a musician's wet dream; I immediately grabbed a guitar and sat down next to an expensive electric drum kit, James and I had a bit ...

21/05/10 An overcast morning spoilt the sunrise at around 6.00, during the night the rain had drenched the tent so we had to pack it way wet and erect it again at a later time. We only had ginger biscuits for breakfast because even though we carefully wrapped the eggs up in tissue as well as the box, they cracked open due to the impact they inflicted on yesterdays off roading action. 8.00 It took us about twenty minutes to drive to the ferry point, as we a...

11/05/10 7.00 We woke up and strolled out onto the beach had breakfast before driving back to the Raging Thunder Cafe in Tully. We were bundled onto a bus and told by a witty rafting instructor named Vinnie to introduce ourselves to everyone and choose your own groups. The two girls in front of us turned around and asked if they could raft with us; Shevonne a 24 year old from Ireland and Becky a 19 year old form Sweden seemed friendly enough so we agreed. Rich...