Went to the Presbyterian church in Charleville this morning, had morning tea with them after, a nice bunch of people. Headed on down this afternoon camping on the road near the New South Wales border. There has been just so many Kangaroos dead along the road, it would be very silly to travel after dark in this area.

Friday morning we got up and drove into Mt Isa and spoilt ourselves with a McDonalds breakfast. Had a bit of a look around, it's really busy with a lot of country folk and aborigines, we worked out it was the start of a 3 day rodeo in town a big event. Fueled up and drove on stopping at Cloncurry for lunch in a nice park. Then checked out a museum, lots of history on the rocks and mining in the area. Drove on to about 60kms before Winton where we stopped for the ...

Wednesday morning we had a good look around the old hospital site at Birdum. There are actually big areas of concrete still there, we think the buildings were actually tents on the concrete. Went into Daly Waters, it's really a set up for tourists now, worth a look though. We checked out the old aerodrome, nobody about but you can walk through the old buildings and read all about it. We're surprised how big a part these air fields played in the old days and espec...

Went out into the hills for a night, found a nice free camp and went for a good walk Friday morning. Spent Saturday night in a caravan park to the noth of Perth. Went to a huge AOG church in Wanneroo, as it was Mothers day Rose got very special treatment, was walked in on a red carpet by a big black bloke and given a present. The service was a huge production, half a dozen ladies spoke of the trials of motherhood and the strength given them by God through the scr...