After 8 days at Sapphire without sunshine we were more than excited when the sun pushed aside the clouds and dried us out again. We had a dry-out-day at Sapphire and did a bit of research into the state of the roads along our intended route. We found that the roads from Muttaburra to Hughenden that we wanted to travel were now closed because of the rain, so it was back to the original plan of heading through Clermont and on to Charters Towers. There was still som...

Well, we managed to escape the smelly house and returned to the caravan park for a few days, long enough to figure out where we want to go from here and spend a couple more days with Kathy's parents. As it happens, the day we departed the house it rained. Not too big of a deal, we thought. We parked next to Bob and Chris at the caravan park and set up the camper between showers, which it seems we are getting quite used to doing.... That was last Wednesday, a week...

There's not much to tell since our last entry, we're still in the gemfields of Queensland, but it's time for another update, so here goes. After a couple of unsuccessful attempts at finding some shiny rocks in the designated fossicking areas and in the river, we went with Kathy's parents to one of the many local fossicking businesses to at least try and find some form of sapphire or zircon, so we would know what it looked like when (if...) we came across it. We ...

After two weeks of sunshine and blue skies in Hervey Bay it was time to move off again. We headed inland a short distance to Cania Gorge National Park, where we intended to get out again for some bush walking. We drove into the park and up to the Cania Dam, hoping to find somewhere to free camp. Unfortunately there is no free camping to be had. So it was back out of the park and stop at the Cania Gorge Tourist Park. This is a quiet little caravan park right at t...

We just realised that is has been over two weeks since our last update... time gets away when you're so busy. Our first day at Inverell saw us drying out the camper tent, all of the annexe and everything else that was soaked due to the precipitation at Coffs Harbour. The day was grey and dull but it did not rain, so it was a success. The next couple of days we had similar conditions, grey skies, no sun and light wind. Then the rain caught up with us again.... I...