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We have travelled over 5000km during our first 6 weeks on the road so have done some huge distances. We thoroughly enjoyed our time at Mataranka which was our next stop. Mataranka has fantastic natural springs which flow at a lovely 34 degrees which were amazing to swim in. The caravan park also had daily Barramundi feeding (video attached) and a range of resident Peacocks and Wallabies. Roxy was eyeing a few of them up so we kept her on the lead otherwise we may have been evicted from the caravan park! We headed to Darwin next and decided to spend a week there as it was a fantastic place with lots to see. The main highlight being the jumping crocodiles on the Adelaide River. They are wild crocodiles that jump out of the water and ... read more

It was a great feeling to finally hit the road after planning the trip for over 6 months. We decided to head inland as we have done most of the Qld coast before. Our target was to head for Gold Rush country and try our luck at a bit of prospecting. After a quick stop off at Emerald to get some supplies we headed for the small town of Clermont. Lovely little town with lots of history of not only Gold but also one of the most devastating floods in Qld history with loss of life. After checking in at the caravan park we met with Clermont Prospectors who would give us the best chance of finding gold as we hired one of their state of the art metal detectors for 1/2 a day. We set ... read more