Wednesday 16th Silence hung an orange curtain to celebrate the coming of the dawn, a butcher bird gave a melodious burst of song, cut short by the crows chant of doom. Then many other birds filled in the spaces and the morning orchestra gave a unique rendition of the Australian bush symphony. Sue snoozed on as the low rays of the sun lit the forest with it's warm glow. We slowly emerged from our respective camping digs and had breakfast. It was going to ...

Well today we are off to Blackdown Tableland. We pack in the extra firewood Bruce has cut, we fill up the water tank and Mal rings Col to discuss the change in our political landscape. They love to chat about such stuff even though they often disagree. Well Mal is late for breakfast and when he arrives there is a Magic Fruit Cake - well on the way North he got the most generous and tasty gift of a fruit cake from his favourite sister. Of course what did Mal ...

Some light showers had occurred throughout the night, however Vicki is so magical that she can be packed up without bother in such situations. By 9am we were hugging Col and saying a fond farewell, we are going to miss him. Till next time old friend. We head back into the hills to hop onto a road that skirts Mackay. The road winds and twists and turns but it does not manage to dodge the random showers of rain that gust upon the hills. We see our first Cattle Eg...

Sunday 13 September We need a locksmith, Mal chimed in for the nth time. Col had tried to get out of the camper and somehow caused the lock to jam and we could not get out of the camper. After trying a dozen times, Sue donned her cat burglar suit and climbed out the kitchen window. Mal and Col sang a modified version of the old Beatles song, "She went out through the kitchen window" Sue came around from the outside and unlocked the camper with the key and...

Friday 11th September Up early, Mal tweaked the last of his images and uploaded to Dropbox. Col and Sue were packing up and Mal was helping as he got sorted he also helped the job of packing up to depart Moresby. We left around 11am and had lunch in Cardwell - then drove on to Ingham - booked into the caravan park. Col drove us back to the wetlands (Tyto) where we wandered around till just before sunset. It is a lovely walk though it is dry at this tim...