We left Tony and Jenny's and drove in to the City to pick up our hire car. We had booked the smallest one going as it was the cheapest, a Hyundai Getz. We had a bit of luck and they had none left when we arrived so we managed to get a Mitsubishi Lancer we were really pleased to have more room, god knows how we would have fitted everything in to the smaller car. We drove North on the Bruce Highway and the traffic was really good, so we arrived about 1.30pm. We kne...

We managed painfully to get the van to a garage across the road from the campsite, we left it with them for diagnosis although it was obvious we would need a new clutch just our luck. We went back had a shower, looked around the shops for an hour and had lunch before returning. The bad news....the clutch was inevitable in addition 2 of the cylinder head valves had blown (which we had a vague idea of) a full service on top and the total was $2000! Ouch, but it nee...

On the Sunday we decided to move on up the coast as we were due to meet Scott and Kelly and start our search for more work together, the final destination Caboolture in Queensland to pick strawberries. We met them on the highway about 150km North of Sydney, we were going to have a few leisurely days making our way up the Northern New South Wales coast, but we made it quickly to Nelsons Bay although it was getting late, we had a look around and then could not find...

After leaving Rockhampton, Dad drove again further North, the scenery changed quickly and the area became barren and dry looking, there was not a lot on the way although we managed to stop at one town Sarina for a sandwich and to stretch our legs. We then came to Mackay another big town, but we carried on to Prosperine, here we turned off of the main highway towards the coast and the town of Airlie Beach the main gateway to the Whitsunday Islands. We parked up ...

We left Woody Point early, it had been very strange to go there but well worth it, it is just a shame that we did not know where my Family had lived it would have been good to look the place up. North on the Bruce Highway towards Australia Zoo, we went, home of the Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin. It took us about 45 minutes to get there and we didn't arrive long after the gates had opened. The first sight that greets you is a bronze statue of the Irwin Family acco...