Day 47: Hughenden After a few days of constant driving an easy morning was the order of the day. So we got up after waking up naturally. Darren had a restful nights sleep last night which means I did too. The plan was to visit Flinders Discovery Centre and Porcupine Gorge, so after doing a load of washing and having breakfast we set off on our way. First stop was the discovery centre which houses the dinosaur museum and the information centre. We armed our...

Days 45 & 46. Tennant Creek to Mt Isa'ish to Hughenden It was bound to happen eventually, and there's no guarantee it won't happen again! Yesterday we encountered our first hurdle of the trip which was quite scary and intimidating but all turned out alright. Let me start from the beginning: as anticipated we managed an early departure from Tennant Creek yesterday. Due to leaving the van hooked up to the car we were able to leave by 7.30am, ready to embar...