The heading on the Satnav read Townsville. The original plan was to stay in some cheap place and do a day trip to Magnetic Island before returning to the mainland and hiding in our tent overnight. The plan changed after Fi chatted to one of the residents at Hideaway caravan park and we were now to take Meg and Mog over on the ferry and stay 2 nights there. This was a better option as it was only an extra $35 for us to do this and because we had the 4WD we coul...

Packing up without any dramas we hit the road again to travel a short distance North of Airlie Beach to a place we were recommended by Jenny, the very fit and skinny personal trainer we met at Cape Hillsborough. On the way there, as we sped past the fields of sugarcane with the picturesque mountains in the distance we stopped off at a lovely out of the way strawberry farm. The boys spent the time picking some delicious fresh strawberries whilst Fi and I enjoyed ...

It was Platypus duty on our final day at Takarraka and we decked the boys in camouflage gear and gave them strict instructions to be quiet and not move. We weren't disappointed and one of the little critters came out and gave us a great show right in front of where we were sitting. It was hard to explain to the boys how rare it is to see a Platypus but they are of the opinion now that they are as common as flies around a dropped lolly. In the car again and we ...

Onto the second day of the Strzelecki and the going was tough on Meg & Mog. While the tray on the Ute is waterproof, strangely it's not dust proof so there was a layer of very fine dust covering everything, and I mean everything!! First stop was Innaminka, which has nothing in it but a little shop attached to the service station and a hotel/pub. The lady behind the counter was from Kent who had been living there since 2002 and we had a good ol' chat about M...