Out of the Outback, and through the gem fields, we continued on our way into Central Queensland. Once you turn off the main 'Inland Highway' there is a further 40km drive into the Carnarvon National Park containing one of Queensland's natural gems, Carnarvon Gorge. On the drive into the National Park you slowly, but surely, sense that you are driving towards somewhere a bit special. Large escarpments and white sandstone cliffs dominate the skyline. Driving alon...

Well, this could be a mammoth blog as we've been so busy that I haven't done one for a while! So, although this was meant to be all about our trip away to Toowoomba there are some other things that have to be mentioned, such as Bob's rescheduled surfing lesson! He was lucky as there were only 2 of them so almost personal tuition. I sat on the beach, armed with camera, ready to catch 'the' moment when Bob managed to stand. He punched the air with delight and was b...