Muttaburra is the geographical center of Queensland and the road in is long and dusty. The towns other claim to fame is that it has a dinosaur named after it, after the remains of a previously undocumented specimen were discovered nearby. We spent the night in Muttaburra's free camp site, situated in the main street and went down to the pub for a meal, this resulted in us staying to stumps and in being given a lift back to our camp by one of the locals!.

Our first engagement in Cairns was to catch up with Heathers eldest brother Dean and spouse Judy at Ravenshoe in the Atherton tablelands and to help them celebrate the marriage of their youngest daughter Jenny. The wedding went off without a hitch and we had a great time catching up with family. It was then down to Cairns to prepare for our trip to Cape York. Unfortunately word was received that Heathers Dad back in Adelaide had taken very ill so a quick change i...

 Hervey Bay was our next stop to check out our friend's,(Mick Sillcock) new house. New is right, we arrived as Mick was just moving in and actually stayed for the first night of occupation.  Unfortunately it also poured down with rain, making for a very muddy building site. Given that things were rather hectic and not yet organised, we had good excuses for eating out. Mick was a great host and we enjoyed our time in and around Hervey Bay. With a bit of bad...

Tara is home to Heather's 2nd eldest sister who runs the Post Office, obviously we were co-opted into mail sorting, but were not very good at it!Other than visiting family the other highlight of Tara was the "roo box". (short for Kangaroo) .This is a chiller unit set up out of town where roo shooters bring in the nights shoot to be tallied. We went out at 6am where the chiller operator (who wore his silk PJ's) worked. We were fortunate enough to watch sev...

Dubbo, is home to an amazing Zoo and it is well worth a visit. It's main claim to fame is its extensive breeding program bringing wild animals of the world further away from extinction. The zoo is also spacious making it very comfortable for resident animals and visiting humans alike!.