Day 9 (I think - starting to lose track) Depart Longreach about 8.20am Arrive Winton about 1.30 pm 180 kms Stops: - Australian Age of Dinosaurs (15kms east of Winton) We got a good start from Longreach, and travelled more of the flat and straight Landsborough Highway towards Winton. The Australian Age of Dinosaurs exhibit is located about 10kms up a gravel road (which was in pretty good condition to be honest), with the turn off located about 12kms east of...

Day 8 Longreach - all day I blogged about Longreach, but you know - silly computers - it crashed and I lost it. It's getting late, so in summary - I tripped and fell on a badly designed footpath at the Stockmans Hall of Fame, and am fortunate to have only done some ligament damage to my hand, rather than dislocating my finger(s), which I initially thought I'd done. - the fridge seems to have stopped working which is rather unfortunate - a Brolga had a go at...

Day 7 Depart Charleville 8.30am Arrive Longreach 3.30pm 515kms Stops: - Tambo for fuel - several unscheduled toddler toilet stops - Barcaldine for lunch Today was a BIG day in the car. Probably at the upper limit of what we'd attempt again. We made a good start from Charleville, and we're on the road early enough. There was lots of long straight and somewhat bumpy road, with the occasional curve thrown in to keep you on your toes. There was a surprising...

Day 6: Charleville All day - no driving After another chilly evening (and needing to take kids to the toilet a couple of times during the night), we had a lazy start to the day. Kids slept in until after 7am, which can in part be attributed to the late night they'd had last night at the bilby sanctuary. This was a nice change from the pre 6am starts. After enjoying some down time around camp, we headed to the Charleville Royal Flying Doctor Base, where we took...

Day 5 Depart Roma 10am Arrive Charleville 2.30pm 268 kms Stops: - Roma for IGA quick whip around supermarket for supplies - Mitchell for fuel - a small town for toddler toilet stop - Morven for lunch The landscape changed again today, and somewhere along the Warrego Hwy we were "welcomed to the outback" by a road sign. The surrounds are scrubby, but still a surprising amount of green in with the browns of the dry grasses. These parts have had extraordin...