We were back on the road by 6:15am to continue our drive to Carnarvon Gorge. We arrived at Carnarvon Gorge around 9:30am to see the memorial and plane wreckage from Rogers grandfathers plane. We were lucky enough that the farmers from Rewan property (43,000 acre cattle farm) were working near the memorial so Roger went over to talk to them and they invited us up to their house. We drove up and they gave Roger a small part of the plane as a keepsake and they sho...

315 kms / 8 ¼ hrs Dauringa - Rockhampton - Moura We were on the road by 8:00am this morning for the 100 km drive to Rockhampton. We crossed over the Tropic of Capricorn and continued to the North Rockhampton Cemetery to see Roger's grandfathers grave. Roy Abbott was killed in WWII when he was returning home from Darwin to Brisbane on leave. His plane crashed on the 16th November 1943 in Carnarvon Gorge due to an electrical storm and there were no survivor...

472kms / 8 ¾ hrs Today marks week 9 and we have done 16,000 kms We were on the road by 6:30am and it was a bit chilly at 13 degrees. It's the first time in ages that I have had to put a jumper on. We saw some great wildlife including lot's of kangaroo's bouncing along the road and also across the road (no close calls as they stayed away from the car). The kids loved seeing them bouncing along. We saw about 12 camels which I was very excited about (no phot...

Winton - Longreach - Barcaldine 306 kms / 5 hrs We left the North Gregory Hotel around 7:30am and our first stop was the Musical Fence (it's a wire fence that can be played as a musical instrument and is the first permanent musical fence installation in the world. There are also other percussion instruments to play including a bush drum kit, a tank swing set and hub caps and gas bottles). We stayed for close to an hour and the kids and I had lots of fun pl...

95 kms / 1 ½ hrs Wanora Downs Rest Area - Winton We left the campsite at 8:15am and drove the short distance to Winton arriving at 9:45am. We are staying at the North Gregory Hotel which was made famous by Banjo Paterson (who wrote Waltzing Matilda in 1895 whilst visiting Dagworth Station) where he performed Waltzing Matilda for the first time in public on the 6th April, 1985. Winton is also famous for being the birthplace of Qantas which registered as...