Category: Qld
Binnowee Bush Camp, near Bundaberg
We’re on the road for hours, road noise, traffic and radio static from ever receding radio stations, as we turn into the driveway Gilda runs welcoming from the shed. We follow her little blue Suzuki down through the paddocks to … Continue reading Binnowee Bush Camp, near Bundaberg
The General Gordon Hotel
It is bucketing down with record breaking winter rain in the Mackay area. The General Gordon Hotel near Homebush is surrounded by hectares of sugar cane and big muddy puddles. The GG was built in 1886 and this Sunday afternoon … Continue reading The General Gordon Hotel
What a Cracker
While we’re staying in Charters Towers the Outback Oasis Caravan Park puts on a cracking evening. Nathan ‘Whippy’ Griggs is the World Champion whipcracker for the most whip cracks per minute. And his record stands at 530 cracks in a minute. Nathan is quite a character and he put on a breathtaking show for us certainly like nothing we had ever seen before. Continue reading What a Cracker
The Toilets are Behind the Gym
Home Hill RV Comfort Stop
The people of Home Hill in Queensland allow RV’s to park for free for 48 hours on the street parallel to the highway and right in the heart of town. Is it any wonder that this town can still support three pubs, there are 67 RV’s in for the night when we visit. On the Main Street there are two supermarkets and on our street a laundromat, the Information Centre and the new amenities block which provides toilets, hot showers, a camp kitchen and tables and chairs. As we’re camped directly behind Jaycar electronics, Woody decides to buy a new aerial … Continue reading Home Hill RV Comfort Stop
Jabiru fishing at sunrise
Little Crystal Creek
Little Crystal Creek in the Paluma Range National Park. An oh so pretty picnic spot where the original wooden bridge was replaced by a sturdy stone bridge in the 1930’s as a depression era work project. A tiny ribbon of … Continue reading Little Crystal Creek
It’s Winter Here You Know
It’s a mid July morning in the low twenties (Celsius) when we stop for supplies in Proserpine, Qld. Two older ladies in cardigans move aside for us in the supermarket aisle. As usual we’re wearing T shirts and shorts and one lady taps me on the arm and asks “aren’t you cold?” “No” says Woody “we’re from Melbourne.” That left them giggling. Continue reading It’s Winter Here You Know
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