Camping, photography and other ramblings
Let me start this post by giving a shout out to my mate Brendan who strongly recommended we spend some time in Millaa Millaa. Whilst planning our trip, I’d seen it on the map and knew that it had some Read More …
Queensland, and much of the East Coast, is covered in gem bearing areas and we took the opportunity to avail ourselves of the local Lava Plains field to fossick for Sapphires and the Mt Gibson field to fossick for Topaz. Read More …
A planned experience for our trip was a tour of the Undara Lava Tubes. By recommendation of Nadine at Pinnarendi, we opted for the full day tour with Bedrock Tours, where we got to do the Kalkani Volcano Crater Rim Read More …
Another 650kms today (21st Aug), this time Boulia to Porcupine National Park. At least all of today’s driving was on sealed roads, albeit single lane sealed roads, which mean every time another car approaches both cars have to peel off Read More …
Gemtree, a small caravan park literally in the middle of Australia! From Alice Springs, head north up the Stuart Highway to the Plenty Highway, turn right towards Queensland and Gemtree is on your right, a bit down the road, approximately Read More …
You might ask why we’re feeling blue…. Is it because something has gone wrong? No. Is it because we’re travelling with Rod? No. Is it because we’re missing the girls? No. Nah, it’s because we’ve seen nothing but clear blue Read More …
Trip 20 is going to be a doozy. Over 58 days, we’ll drive more than 14,000 km, crossing five of our nation’s states and territories, through desert and rain forest, with a side trip to the worlds largest coral reef. Read More …