Day 58 Sean and I head out around 9:30 to check out the town and get some info on the desert, which is why we are here. And to my surprise its still closed due to flooding, dammit, all this way for nothing. The government site sadi it would be open in june but I guess not. It’s a big let down but we deal with it and make the best of a bad situation. We run back to camp and grab Jackie and head to the Working Museum, what a collection, everything from food tins to pumps that still work from the 1800's. The owners even gave a show of some of the working artifacts, like - a cardboard recordplayer for missionaries, water powered mixing bowl, and some WWI and 2 artifacts. It was a ... read more

Day 56 It must be everyones dream to camp behind a bar… LOL. The day starts off good, I have the truck up on jacks and am tearing into the other front brake that took about 2 hours after fighting with a stripped allen head bolt (note to self - we need a new one) it barely came out but we got lucky. Now we have new front rotors and pads and we are ready to take on the road. We then head to the road house for a burger, oh so good, a bit of spoiling ourselves for sure. We spend the rest of the day lounging in the sun relaxing. Followed by another beer in the pub a little later with some more conversation with Doreen, a Belgium girl on a work visa like ... read more

Day 54 Today started with me telling Jackie we will be back in 3 hours.. more like 6 hours. LOL. Sean and I sit around town till 4pm, we check out the highlights of town and relax at the look out till the parts store calls. Sweet!! We have parts. Back to camp we go. Jackie doesn’t look to impressed as we roll in. oops. We start pulling the brakes apart, god I hate 4wd’s for this part. The rotor is bolted to the hub with 6 rusted bolts. Luckily A fellow camper came over, Roy, a retired mechanic and gave us a hand by lending us a breaker bar and 14mm socket. With out those 2 vital parts we would not of finished. A life saver he was. LOL. We only do 1 side of ... read more

Day 52 And were off and running, Mt Isa here we come. We spend all morning on the highway and arrive at about 3:29pm with parts shops closing at 3:30, we order our brakes from autobarn to the tune of 114 a rotor and 70 for pads. A bit of a ding in the pocket book. They will be in Tuesday. Alrighty, its not dark out for once so we look for a caravan park to be in town so we don’t have to drive this beast anymore than needed as the brakes are a constant scream and the whole rotor is torn to bits.. shes been getting hot. Our first Stop Copper caravan park, We pay for 2 night and head to the tent area… tent area my ass… its packed with caravans with no ... read more

Day 50 Oh man! Have we really been here for 50 days?? Where does the time go? We pack up and restock the coolers with ice and are on the road around 10am, it sorta sucked leaving the small town, it sure was a blast. We make our way south through some mountain trails, averaging anywhere from a crawl to a whopping 40km/h the road was rough, but the views amazing, and hey! Were here to explore so why not. Jackie and Sean are making comments about my road choices… are they in for a surprise. Lol We make our way to Undara Volcanic national park to go look at lava tubes, but the cost goes from 42 dollars for a 2 hour trip to 100 for a day tour.. damn, why I can’t I look ... read more