Well I'm off!! I had a few things to do in Mount Isa - say good-bye to friends - lst minute packing and cleaning - handing back keys etc so it was a late start. Finally got everything's orated, furled up and hit the road about 14:00. Lerned a few things already: 1) It would be better if I strap down my fuel drums with the fillers at the front - siphoning fuel from them into the postir's tank will be a lot easier that way. 2) my camping mat also needs to be...

I must admit - I haven't really done as much preparation as a trip like this probably warrants. The way I see it is the worst thing that can happen is the little Postie just spits the dummy and refuses to start. (Yes, me with a broken leg/arm/neck on the side of the road would be worse but you can't plan for everything!!) If the Postie dies - then follow rule No: 1 of outback travel - STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE - sure the outback is a remote place - but the Birdsvi...

Mary Kathleen, is an old uranium mining town, about mid way between Mount Isa and Cloncurry. Clem Walton and Norm McConachy discovered uranium there in 1954, and named it after McConachy's wife. They onsold their mining rights, and in 1955 Rio Tinto Mining formed Mary Kathleen Uranium Ltd to start mining and build a service town. Mary Kathleen grew during 1956-58. The Mary Kathleen townsite itself was six km away from the open cut mine pit. It eventua...

Even a Postie Bike needs a bit of preparation for a trip like this. The Aussie Outback is some of the toughest, most inhospitable country in the world, and its not somewhere you want to get stuck - not that a Postie Bike makes a habit of breaking down mind you. But in the interests of avoiding a long, miserable, dehydrated death, I decided to make a few updates to the Postie. 1: New Tyres - a new set of on/off road tyres and heavy duty tubes to try and avoid ...