Another year, another beach holiday. Not very far from the last one, in fact in the same Yuragyir National Park as Pebbly Beach. But this time a bit more north, a bit more accessible and just a tiny bit more civilised (there is a tap for fresh water about 5 minutes drive away, and a…Continue Reading “Minnie Waters, Illaroo”
Monday was both a very lucky and very sad day for us. Lucky that we all came out completely unscathed, but sad that Rex will never drive again. I thought it would be a fun end to Jonah’s sleepover with his best mate Isaac with a 4WD trip around the Glasshouse Mountains. Jonah & Ahvie…Continue Reading “Rex’s last drive.”
Summer sun, surf and camping on the beach. Happy days.We spent two weeks out at Yuraygir National Park in northern NSW while our house was on AirBnB.We stayed a night at Station Creek campground, waiting for the tide so we could cross into Pebbly Beach. Then we spent 11 salty days on the beachfront; swimming,…Continue Reading “New Years at Pebbly Beach”
Queensland.com is the official travel site for Tourism and Events in Queensland. I was asked to write a blog post about taking kids up to the tip of Cape York and feature a few of our photographs. Click here to go to the blog post.
By Neil Heading south from the tip was gonna be an adventure. We knew that. It started with a two hour wait in line for the ferry to cross the Jardine River….. Yay. But we knew we had to give the OTT (The Old Telegraph Track) a go, at least part of it. Its a…Continue Reading “Leaving the Cape and the O.T.T.”
Jacky is one of The Friends that we travelled with on the Cape. How could we miss going to Jacky Jacky Creek? Generally this creek is full of crocs waiting to feed on you. But this little swimming hole proved to be a gem. Thanks Jacky. Jacky.
Another day’s tripping to where the Jardine meets the Arafura ….. A fun drive through the soft sand (BYO recovery gear) and a beautiful beach to play on and fish from. But swimming….. er, no thanks!
Do you have a menu?”, I asked. “Were having Crumbed steak, chips ‘n salad tonight”, said the publican. “Excuse me?”, I said. “Crumbed steak, chips ‘n salad”, he said again. “But you will have to wait for the next sitting. We are about to serve the first.” The Prairie Hotel, is the only pub…Continue Reading “Little Hotel on the Prairie”
By Neil. The long dusty drive in the desert can only be appreciated if you are there, in it. More so if you can see more than just what is in front of your windscreen. We needed a drone for our trip, of course. Here is the first bit of footage we took, the…Continue Reading “Desert Highway”
Water water everywhere, and about 180 litres in our setup. The amount of water we carry will of course determine how long we can stay away from civilization, unless of course there is clean fresh stuff available. Birdie has an 80 litre tank underneath, good for about 2-3 days. We also have two 20 litre…Continue Reading “Water water, everywhere.”