Brisbane - Airlie & Chrimbo The time came for the Camper to go back, (with an extra 8000 miles on the clock) after a two night stay in a Brisbane camp site, clean tidy, resident possums, and screeching birds (0430 start each morning!), and fruit bats in the trees and bushes. Van went back, explored Brisbane, South Bank was good, weird walking around xmas markets in boardies and shades, eating german sausages & waffle / ice creams. Nice place. Had a gr...

Outback to Cairns, 25-27th Nov. Last leg of the outback, from the Northern Territory, 2 days driving to hit the Queensland coast, including the mandatory pit stops every 10 mins for the Sheilas. Two overnight stops were the only thing between us and the sea, one of which we wont be forgetting in a hurry. The artifical horse on the roof of the hotel/saloon should've prepared us for what was inside... fully made up mannequins sat at the bar, completed with feather...