Cape York had been on our bucket list for over 10 years. When our friends The Friends (Tom, Jacki, Oliver & Flethcer) decided to join us for this part of our trip, it was made all the more awesome. Here is a snippet of the first part of our adventure, on the way up to…Continue Reading “On the way to Cape York”
Cairns was an opportunity to spend some time in one place and Ellis Beach was the pick. We set up only meters from the beach and didn’t have to pack up for 6 nights. After spending weeks of one-nighters and endless hours of travel this was a welcome luxury and opportunity to rest and recharge….Continue Reading “Cairns and Ellis Beach”
Coming out of Townsville, passing cane field after cane field, we stop at Etty Bay on our way up the coast. A beautiful secluded tropical beach with palm trees, white sand and Cassowarys. It felt soooo good to be amongst some greenery, some trees and some ocean after the dry, dusty, barren yellow scrub of…Continue Reading “Etty Bay”
Townsville and Cairns were our “civilisation” stops. After 3 weeks of dust and vast empty outbackness, a city change was welcome. Townsville was first on the list and it was nice to catch up with old friends; have a jaunt around town and the hill; eat a lunch that didn’t involve ham and cheese; and…Continue Reading “Townsville”
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 Karina. It was a Saturday afternoon when we rolled into Winton. The sun was hot; the earth was cracked; the shadows were long; the water smelled of sulphur and the pub was full by 5pm. We set up on our small patch of grass out the back of the Pelican Fuel stop. We were…Continue Reading “Dinosaur Trail: Winton to Richmond.”
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”
The first overnight stop that truly felt like freedom: heading west along the road to Winton. Sundown, an unmarked track after long empty roads, vast monotonous plains and a free camp called Dingo Creek Downs. Big skies, road trains, real trains and finally a sleepy desert town with character and intrigue…….
By Karina. We were heading westward. Into the dust and the wide open spaces. If it weren’t for Jonah and his dinosaur interest we probably would have kept going north, up the coast, but Winton has been on his bucket list for 25 years, apparently, so there we were, heading west. But before the dinosaurs…Continue Reading “Sapphires in the rough.”
It was a bright morning when we were finally ready to roll out of our driveway. It just happened to be June 1st and the first day of winter, which felt a bit ominous, and I wanted to make a whole range of Game of Thrones jokes, but seeing “winter is coming” was already redundant,…Continue Reading “Chapter 1: Sunshine Coast to Capricorn Caves”