We continued North to the Tip. We stayed 14km from the Tip at Punsand Bay. We have a campsite right on the beachfront. We had a swim, obviously not in the sea because the water is full of salt water crocodiles. I didn’t want to get gobbled up. We went in the small swimming pool instead. For tea, I invented a triple decker hamburger and called it the Big Al. It had bread, cheese, meat, onion, Toad in the hole (which is an egg cooked in a hole in a piece of bread), bacon, onion, tomato sauce, bbq sauce and cracked pepper. It is so yummy. In the morning we got up early and drove to the Tip before anyone else got there and while it was still low tide. Otherwise we mightn’t have reached the ... read more

When we got to Weipa we found the camping ground, and set up. I got to unravel the power lead. We had a look at the car. We noticed we have done the front left strut on the shock absorber. So we can’t go anywhere until we get it fixed. Go in to town and looked for the mechanic. Mum and Dad went in and arranged for the replacement strut to be ordered. It won’t leave Cairns until Tuesday and arrive Wednesday night. Car will be fixed Thursday and then we can leave. For lunch we had a snack at the bakery. We went to the newsagents to have a look around. We had to buy a new phone that is Next G. This is the only service available in Cape York. Later we went in ... read more

We drove to Kingfisher Camp and on the way, it seemed like we had to open and close about a 1000 gates. We set up camp, and had a look around. I found the boat ramp and there were 4 boats and 1 canoe there. Mum did our washing and Dad helped to hang it out to dry. I found a piece of string and a rock and tied them together. I had fun playing with my pet rock, until I found the cows. Kate & I followed them around all afternoon. They were ramming heads with each other. Dad said “They were headbangers”. Later on that night they came around the campsite to eat the grass. They bellowed really loud. Passed through Burketown on the way to our next camp spot at Leichhardt Falls. We ... read more

On the way to Longreach we did a tyre. We made it Longreach without busting another tyre. We looked around for a replacement tyre. Lucky us, we found a tyre dealer straight away, so Dad ran in and asked if they could fix it. They came out to have a look and said “Sorry it can’t be fixed”. So we found the Information Centre and got a map of the time and asked about the caravan park. We found the caravan park we were after, so we went and booked in. We set up and made lots of phone calls to try to replace the tyre. The earliest we could get one was next week. We had to spend 5 days in Longreach, much more than we planned to. So we did one thing per day ... read more

The road out of Broken Hill was boring and bumpy on the way to Cameron’s Corner it was very outbacky. Cameron’s Corner is where 3 states meet - New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland. Then we hit the road again and headed to Innamincka. Had a look around and filled the car with fuel. I got a hat pin to add to my collection. Then we were on the road to Burke’s Grave. Burke’s Grave is where Burke died, he was a famous explorer together with his sidekick Wills. Wills died on the other side of town, but also on Cooper Creek. We then headed to the Dig Tree which is where Burke & Wills had set up camp to head North to the Gulf of Carpentaria. When they weren’t back by a certain date ... read more