249 kms / 3 hrs 147 kms / 2 hrs We left the caravan park around 9:30am and went to the School of the Air Mt Isa. It was really interesting watching a short DVD on how they run the school and we saw some of the kids from the largest property (which was 220,000,000 acres!). They teach approx. 160 children from a radius of 500km to the North, South, East & West. The children are on air with a teacher for 30 mins a day, 4 days per week with a maximum of 10 ...

330 kms / 5 ½ hrs NT/QLD border - Camooweal (fuel) - Mt Isa After a peaceful sleep last night we left the campsite at 7:30am. We crossed the NT/QLD border and saw 3 police vehicles and a lot of bikies (we think from the rebels). The police cars overtook us yesterday so it was nice to see them again today. Today was mainly a driving day. We spotted more police vehicles further on and another bikie gang (not sure if same club), a few wedged tail eagles ...