Winton - Monday 15th September Winton Car Kilometers: 177,879 Distance Travelled: 186km Total Distance Travelled: 9628km Since we'd stayed on an extra day in Longreach to pick up the pump and pegs, we plan to stay just one night in Winton.It's not too far from Longreach, and despite leaving there at 10ish, we're in Winton by lunchtime.We head to the only campsite in town first, who assure us that there are plenty of pitches free and to come back later if we ...

Longreach - 13th September 2008 Longreach Car Kilometers: 177,693 Distance Travelled: 659km Total Distance Travelled: 9442km Mount Isa to Longreach was a long drive of around 650kms, and if anyone is following the route on the map it may seem a little off route as by this time we were heading over towards the east coast. It did in fact add around 200kms onto the trip east but I feel under the circumstances this was well worth it. The circumstances I am ref...