15th July We finally got on the road around11am (we never start early) with our first stop being the rock slides at Big Crystal Creek.There was a small rock slide that led into a beautiful rock pool.It was warming up and the rock pool was too inviting for Matt so he stripped down to his undies and jumped in! Next stop was little Crystal Creek where we had lunch and then walked down to the waterfall and rock pools which were too cold for a swim as they didn't ge...

8th July 2010 We left Rocky today and began our trek to Northern Queensland.We spent the night at Hydeway Bay which is on the coast between Airlie Beach and Bowen. 9th July 2010 It's warm today - yay! We packed up and drove to Bowen for a quick drive-by tour.Bowen has some really beautiful beaches with some great caravan parks right on the water - we should have stayed here last night!We continued the drive to Townsville with a lunch stop in Ayr at Del Santos...

2nd July 2010 After 6 wonderful days at Wycombe we dragged ourselves away and hit the road to Carnarvon Gorge National Park.We arrived at the park mid afternoon and checked in to Takaraka Bush Camp for a few days. 3rd July 2010 We had a bit of sleep in before doing a bit of hiking around the park.Overall we did about 10km's of hiking for the day.We started with the hike up to Boolimba Bluff for views over the area, then we hiked to Mickey Creek Gorge - a very ...

25th June 2010 Packed up camp and jumped on a tour bus for a 3 hour tour around Lightning Ridge.It's quite an interesting town with lots of quirky people and things to look at.The tour gave info on opal mining in the area as well as general info about the town.We went down an old opal mine, had a look at a few of the unique buildings in town and then went to an opal shop to see an opal cutting and polishing demonstration.After the tour we had a quick look in an ...

22nd June 2010 Finally we are packed and on the road again!We paid a quick visit to Nan Delaney on our way out of town and then we hit the highway to Yarrawonga where we planned to spend the night camped on the Murray River.We found a lovely free camp site on the river between Yarrawonga and Cobram where we set up camp.Matt threw in a line; we cooked dinner and then watched a DVD on the river bank sitting beside the fire. 23rd June 2010 Packed up camp and head...