After brekky we hit the road. We had decided to make the journey up as far as Townsville inland. To be honest this part of Australia hasn't lived up to expectations. The general scenery and feel of the country hasn't been as good since we left Sydney. I think that this is due in part to this side of Australia being one of the busiest and commercialised parts of the country. We much prefer the quieter and more laid back places. By going inland now we would avoid s...

It hadn't been a quiet night. When we'd got to the site yesterday a very elderly guy had checked us in and then asked Barry to show us to our spot. He asked where we'd prefer to go. We told him that we were tired after a night at the garage and asked for somewhere quiet. Which bit of the word quiet he didn't understand we'll never know but it was noisy as hell. We were near the camp kitchen with people there who sounded like they'd been plugged into a PA system a...

It had been a hot night on the garage yard. We were unpowered and had been unable to put our fan on. The nights now are getting fairly hot. The RACQ guy told us yesterday that the chaps from the garage would be there at about sevenish in the morning. We would be a surprise for them. We got up at about half five in order to give ourselves plenty of time to have breakfast and use the outside loo before they opened up. At around half seven a guy appeared in a ute. H...

After brekky we drove a short distance down the road to Mount Tibrogargan. It was extremely busy because today is a public holiday in Australia. It is Anzac day and it seemed that everybody had decided to go up Mount Tibrogargan. The car park was rammed and we couldn't get on it. No worries we drove about half a kilometre down the road to another parking area and just about managed to find a space here. This was supposed to be a very steep walk and Jay opted out ...

After brekky we headed back to Flight Centre at the Westfield Shopping Centre. We saw a very helpful girl called Sarah as Dana was unwell and not in. Sarah was from New Zealand and told us about all the places we should go in New Zealand and how long we should split our time between the north and south islands. We booked a flight in October to take us from Perth to Auckland and we also booked a flight from Christchurch home. We managed to get a flight via Bangkok...