From CNP I travelled north to Emerald, where I turned east towards the coast. This inland area is full of open cut coal mines, so you get lots of very long trains, and a couple of big power stations. Travelling through Rockhampton to the coast of Yeppoon. Here I stayed for 5 days just to relax and clean up. The caravan park is opposite Causeway Lake, but just walk around to corner and you are on the beach, all be it black sand and hundreds of tiny crabs. ...

When I said the wide open spaces, I didn't think it would be so wide. There is nothing between Broken Hill and Charleville, so it has been three days of just driving. Mind you I think I could ride any bucking horse now after the state of the roads and swerving it miss all the road kill. The route I took was Broken Hill to Bourke. Yes it is the back of the back, mind you it didn't help that everything was shut as there was a big funeral in town. Continued nor...