As we arrived into Alice Springs we learnt that the “Henley on Todd Regatta” is on. It was a bit of fun watching people carry homemade boats up the dry Todd River. It is the 57th Year that the regatta has been on only missing 1993 when there was actually water in the river meaning […]

Over the last couple of days we have travelled through and visited Wycliffe Well, apparently the UFO capital of Australia,  Barrow Creek, which is an old telegraph station, Ti Tree which is a small community, Aileron, which is home to Big Man Walk and a couple of awesome statues, it also has an art gallery […]

18/08/2018 Happy Birthday Zac First thought of the day is where we will next get signal to call Zac for his birthday, we know that he doesn’t like talking on the Satphone, so we need to get signal. Check out the photo below, you put your phone on the top of the red pole and […]

16/08/2018 Lots of people that you meet along the way will often speak of “Devils Marbles”, well now we can as well. When we arrived, it was hot, and we were both pretty tired so instead of exploring we declared an early happy hour and relaxed and enjoyed the afternoon. This is where we met […]

15/08/2018 The journey along the Barkley Highway was 465kms, of long straight road, the second half of the road was in better condition than the first. Last time we travelled this road we stopped at the Barkley Homestead for the night, this time though we stopped got fuel and kept going. We spent the night […]

14/08/2018 We have spent a couple of days at Corella Dam which is just outside Cloncurry, we visited the old abandoned Mary Kathleen township & mine, tried to find the elusive spring that fed the abandoned Ballara township in 1927, Franky got a flat tyre on this adventure, we did find the spring, it still […]

13/08/2019 In Julia Creek and stayed at the free camp just outside of town.  Unfortunately the wind really blew up overnight and the forecast had it hanging around for a few days. We would have loved to enjoy the funky bath houses that are fed directly from the Great Artesian Basin at 36°, but with […]

12/08/2019 We loved our time in Townsville but with a bit of excitement we left and are heading west to begin our journey towards the centre of Australia. Our first nights stop was at rest area west of Charters Towers. The nights are pitch black and the stars are awesome.

10/08/2018 We arrived back to Townsville and booked back into Rowes Bay Caravan Park, gotta say it was kinda nice when Karen from reception greeted us by our names and welcomed us back. Through our week staying in Townsville this time we managed to ride, walk, eat & drink heaps. Deb & Hap decided to […]

31/07/18 What a crazy last few days we have had, we decided to leave Mia & Frank in Townsville and fly back to Brisbane for Sandy’s 50+1 month birthday party. We planned to be home for just 5 nights. We managed to fit in Sandy’s Party, Visit Daz, Help Zac move some stuff to the […]