It would be fair to say that we were eager to return home and we left the caravan park at 8:00am. Traffic was relatively light and we were soon heading out of Tamworth through Goonoo Goonoo, “Have a Galah” (there must be somewhere with that name??) and finally Wallabadah where we stopped at the . . . → Read More: 4 August 2011 – Tamworth to Sydney NSW
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Eager to continue our trip home, we were on the road at 8:00am and found a service station (unfortunately in the wrong direction) and refuelled the motor home. We then headed south at a reasonable pace and stopped at Tenterfield for brunch. The bakery we chose for lunch . . . → Read More: 3 August 2011 –Toowoomba QLD to Tamworth NSW For the second consecutive day we said goodbye to our friends before continuing our trip south. We refuelled at Monto and spoke with our son and learnt that our Grandson was on the mend but still in hospital. We decided that Toowoomba would be our destination and we . . . → Read More: 2 August 2011 – Monto to Toowoomba QLD We’re home now and “He” is back at work. Due to having a dose of the “Dog’s disease”, we have also neglected posting on our web site and issues with our hosting of the site have also added major delays. Nevertheless, back to our trip. After receiving the . . . → Read More: 1 August 2011 – Rubyvale to Monto QLD We slept in. We planned it and we did it and we enjoyed the extra time asleep! We had chosen 10:00am as our departure time and close to that time we all jumped into our Suzuki and headed to Sapphire where the Sunday markets were running. We spent . . . → Read More: 31 July 2011 – Rubyvale QLD Once again our alarm went off early and we took our time in getting ready to depart. Our intended destination today was Rubyvale which is located in the centre of the Queensland gem fields. Whilst we finalized the hitching of our car, our friends left and we followed . . . → Read More: 30 July 2011 – Belyando Crossing to Rubyvale QLD Our alarm went off early but we took our time in getting ready to depart. It was only a short trip to Charters Towers where we stopped to purchase groceries and some liquid refreshment. We also had an early lunch at a café before refueling and then heading south again . . . → Read More: 29 July 2011 – Fletchers Creek to Belyando Crossing QLD It was bad enough saying our goodbyes in Mount Isa and we found we were doing the same thing again. One of our intended travelling companions for the trip home received an early morning telephone call which resulted in a decision being made to return to her home as quick . . . → Read More: 28 July 2011 – Undara to Fletchers Creek QLD The only activity booked today was a 3:30pm tour to the lava tubes followed by dinner in the local restaurant. We started our day with bacon and eggs (absolutely enjoyable and it started a trend with other campers) and then had a lazy morning talking with other members of our . . . → Read More: 27 July 2011 – Undara QLD With an almost four hour drive in front of us, we left the caravan park just after 8:00am and headed into the business centre of Innisfail to post a letter. That done, we stopped at a bakery and soon we were climbing into the hills to the west of Innisfail. . . . → Read More: 26 July 2011 – Innisfail to Undara QLD With the motorhome packed and ready for travel, we were back at Iveco when they opened at 8:00am and were informed that the freight normally arrived sometime between 10:00am and 10:30am. First job for the day was to refill a gas bottle (we did that and returned to Iveco and . . . → Read More: 25 July 2011 – Townsville to Innisfail QLD We were at Iveco when they opened at 8:00am. With the engine problem now consistently happening, we drove from the caravan park at half power but this was not a problem as we were part of the Townsville traffic peak. With fingers crossed, we left Iveco and headed to Harvey Norman where . . . → Read More: 22 – 24 July 2011 – Townsville QLD We decided to have breakfast early in the motorhome and at 8:00am, we said our goodbyes to our fellow safarities. Once again we have made new friends and it is very hard to say farewell. It was even harder knowing that the safari still had another 6 days to run and we . . . → Read More: 20 – 21 July 2011 – Mount Isa to Townsville QLD Today was our last full day with the safari group. We started with our usual community breakfast followed by the taking of a photograph of the entire group. With two friends,, we then headed into Mount Isa and visited the Underground Hospital. The hospital was built during WW2 after the . . . → Read More: 19 July 2011 – Mount Isa QLD We had a relaxing start to the day with our usual community breakfast. We were one of the early motorhomes to leave as we wanted to see if we could avoid the road trains that travel on the narrow road between Mount Isa and Boulia. We had our fingers crossed . . . → Read More: 18 July 2011 – Dajarra to Mount Isa QLD |
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