This morning I gave the locals a break and took all their flies for a walk. Yep, every fly in Augathella came with me as I walked around the town at sunrise and discovered more things about this lovely town. I saw all their quirky meat ant sculptures, including the two having a beer, stretched back at a table near the pub. The granddaddy of them all is a huge one on top of a pole in the Main Street park. Cast beautifully in bronze, it looked stunning as it captur...

I loved my walk around Roma this morning. It looked so lovely in the early morning light. The few locals who were out and about at that hour were really friendly. At first I thought everyone was waving to me, but then I realised they were waving away flies. Yes, the outback salute (waving flies from one's face) is a common sight out here. The flies are small and sticky and everywhere. We hit the road before 7:30, but perhaps we were a tad too early. The roos wer...

Outback Qld Day 1- An early start is a good start. We were away before daybreak and out of the city well before the morning traffic. At the top of the range, Toowoomba was blanketed in a light fog, but the sun soon shone through and we decided to continue on to Dalby for breakfast. I must say that a coffee and a hot cross bun tastes much better on the open road than in the kitchen at home. Refreshed, we continued west. The Warrego Highway threaded through field...

Our past hangs in the leaves of a family tree, rustling in the breezes of a hundred summers, whispering stories of heartbreak and happiness through as many winters. Both Reg and I have links to outback Queensland through our ancestors. Reg's mother was born in Charleville and her mother was born on Talavera Station, my maternal grandmother was born in Longreach and several generations on both sides of my paternal grandfather's family settled and worked in areas s...

Yesterday we began the Adelaide - Sydney leg of our journey. We were a little late getting into Adelaide due to the engine trouble at Cook. However, we were given a pleasant one hour bus trip around this beautiful city of the south and were away by 10:00 a.m. as the oppressive heat bore down all around. A new crew boarded here and were every bit as pleasant and efficient as the previous lot. Another delicious lunch, more mesmerising scenery - acres and acres of ...