First problem, accessing the camp site We loved our time discovering Tasmania and wound up our tour with an action packed few days, including Wonder Woman saving our bus from tipping over and our two year old delaying the departure of the Spirit of Tasmania. We decided to spend the last two days before heading […]
How it all started. Out of the ashes of Victoria’s 2009 Black Saturday bushfires came an urgent need for fences to be rebuilt and communities restored. Kilmore East sheep farmers, Kevin and Rhonda Butler were among those who lost their fences. Needing to quickly secure their 1,500 sheep, they sought assistance from family, friends and […]
Stanley was definitely a highlight of our trip to Tasmania about 3 years ago, and we were reminded just how good it is by our “Two Old Chooks” who recently passed through it again and confirmed it as one of their favorite spots while travelling around Australia.. Stanley is a quaint little fishing village built […]
Here we are on our 9th month of The Big Lap!! 17,550 kms later and we’re still talking civilly to each other!! Still talking to each other. Seriously, having wondered, rationalised and dreamt about whether we could actually ‘do’ the Big Lap, we decided that time was running out and if we were to undertake […]
Whilst out west in Winton, we had the privilege of meeting Charlie Phillott at his property ‘Carisbrooke’. Unfortunately we didn’t get the chance to Help Charlie out on his farm, due to the fact that the ANZ Bank questionably foreclosed on it and forced Charlie and his family off the land they have worked so hard […]
Babinda is located on the Bruce Highway 59km South of Cairns or 33km north of Innisfail. It is a small sugar town in the heart of cane growing country. The scenery as you approach from either direction is stunning, with huge tree covered mountains ranges dominating the landscape. It is home to two of the […]
I am an oldie, well sort of, if I admit to being an oldie then I limit myself to what Oldies think that they can do….or can’t do! I am pushing 75 years and out on the road having a great time, with my car and this caravan that keeps following me wherever I want […]
After our stay at Charleville, we headed further north to Longreach. We had been warned as we left Charleville to expect the conditions up that way to be worse as far as the effects of the drought went. We could not imagine how, but soon reaslised what they meant. The country side was barren, with […]
The next stop on our outback adventure was at ‘Balmacarra’, 26,000 acres of cattle country, about 100km North West of Charleville. The drive out was once again on dirt road, this time black soil, which was a lovely contrast to the copious amount of red soil we already had from our trip to Mungallala. ‘Balmacarra’ […]
After spending a few days at our first farm stay for this trip at “Ups n Downs” in Roma, the kids had fallen in love with ‘Bently’ the pig and did not want to leave, but we convinced them we were off to new adventures. Bently & Henry Our next stop was ‘West Leinster’, a […]
