We were all very excited waking on Saturday morning as today we were off to fly up to Buddina to see Boof & Nikki and meet baby Ella! We didn't really need to get too much ready as we prepared the night before, Marty just had to go park the van in the storage area. Mark drove us to the airport which was great of him and it saved us some cash too. The plane rode was short and on time, the girls now getting used to their travel means (boat, car, plane, whateve...

We made it to Boof and Nikki's in mid arvo having stopped off midway and camped the night at Warra rest area. We had a great night watching a storm travel around us which was awesome. We dropped the van off at one of Boof's friends place and then went back to his place to catch up. The next day was New Years Eve and Aunty Ninny had planned a surprise for the girls that night. We had brought a new dress for the girls and they just had to wear them!! We headed of...

Carnarvon Gorge has certainly lived up to expectations!! The drive from Emerald to Carnavon Gorge was beautiful with rolling hills then as we got closer the sandstone cliffs. We arrived at Takarakka Bush Resort at lunchtime which was great as it meant we had the rest of the day. The campgrounds were great, huge space and heaps of shade from all the gum trees, and so it should with how much it cost for a powered site at $44/night. A bit pricey but was well worth ...

Woke up to Boo screaming "Santa's been, he found us!!!". This was at 5:30am so we knew it was gonna be a long day. Was great though to wake up to Boo's excitement as to tell the truth wasn't looking forward to Christmas that much...reminds me of family and miss mates this time of year especially. Anyway we waited for Meg to wake up and then headed outside the caravan to the Christmas tree to all the pressies and handed them out. Boo was so excited when she unwra...

The last couple of days have been both relaxing and interesting. Have learnt my lesson when planning itinerary to look up population of towns as thought Longreach was bigger than it actually was, it only has 3124 people....can't believe they call it the capital of outback Queensland!! Anyway, first night went well, found out about the night life with vast number of bloody cane roads coming out when sun set....nearly stood on a few going to the toilet!!! The next...