We tend to forget that all this started off, in April 2017, with a housesit in Sheen as our house had been rented out. Then we were off on our tour through Vietnam and Cambodia. What an adventure that was! I can vividly remember walking round the lake in Hanoi at 6am, due to our early flight arrival, watching the locals do their Tai Chi. We were dripping with sweat, not understanding even the most basic of menus, and wondering what on earth we were doing?! Howe...

Well, after the wonder of Carnarvon Gorge we were on the homeward leg, visiting Roma and the delightful Toowoomba on the way back to Bill's on the Gold Coast. We had decided to take Winnie back, for our last night in her, to the first site we had ever stayed on with her - Scarborough, where we had played in a tennis tournament in June last year. We checked in and ended up on site 48 - last time it was 49! We set up in about 10 minutes, remembering our anguish 1...

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, we have to admit that initially the vast distances between places, some with no phone signal, scared us. The drive from Katherine to Alice Springs was a prime example. What if we broke down? What if we had another puncture? However, there is a spirit of helpfulness in the Outback not found in the major cities. If you stop on the side of a road, even for a cuppa, someone will stop, or slow down, to see if you're ok, so we sort of relaxed into the Outback w...

Another "boy's" blog from Bob, although I have to say I loved the whole rodeo experience too!! Heading back across the A2 from the Northern Territories into Queensland you still remain in the 'Outback'. Miles and miles of empty plains with vast cattle 'Stations' (as they are called here) and little or no sign of any homestead! In these pastoral lands much of the stock has changed over the past decades, cattle have replaced sheep. It is useful when we are drivi...