Day 15 Depart Carnarvon Gorge National Park ~9am arrive St George ~4pm About 420kms Yet again, I have typed the daily blog up only to lose it into cyber space. I'm blaming these huge winds we're having, so sorry - but you just get the summarised version. * rained overnight -packed up went tent * didn't rain enough for the creeks to rise - so I guess this is a good or bad thing, depending on how you look at it * rain cleared as we headed south * lunch in R...

Day 13 & 14 Carnarvon Gorge National Park There is no phone reception in the national park, and when wifi costs $12/hr, well - you know - its just a good opportunity to switch off from the outside world for a few days. We met up with Uncle Fred at 8am at the National Parks office, with the intention being to undertake the 14km round trip hike to the "Art Gallery" - an area in one of the side canyons rich with aboriginal artwork, including ochre stencils. ...

Day 12 Depart Emerald ~ 10am Arrive Carnarvon Gorge National Park ~3.30pm 250kms Stops - Rolleston for fuel and lunch After a lazy start to the morning, including stocking up on supplies in Emerald, a coffee and filling up with fuel, we turned south towards Carnarvon, after many kms of heading west the day before. What I failed to mention in yesterday's post was how much the landscape changed as we did head west. The day had started in the Outback - the br...

Day 11 ?? (I think) Depart Winton 8.30am Arrive Emerald 5pm 595 kms (biggest day yet) Stops - Longreach for supplies only to find everything was closed because it was Sunday, but we did get fuel - Barcaldine for lunch - Alpha for fuel We started the day aiming to cover about 430 kms from Winton to Alpha, having allowed time to stop in Longreach for supplies. But Longreach was closed, so we pushed on and stopped for lunch at Barcaldine. We found a picnic ...

Day 10 Winton Today we got up and going and were on the road by 8am to drive the 110kms out to Lark Quarry - the home of the dinosaur stampede (fossilised dinosaur footprints), and one of the prime reasons we have headed this far north. We made it out there in time for the 10am tour, which explained the background to how the footprints were found, and what sort of dinosaurs they think were responsible for the tracks. After the tour, we took a short hike aroun...