We got to take the barge across the Jardine River. You can’t drive across because it is too deep and there are too many crocodiles in it. We set up camp at Punsand Bay. Our campsite is right on the beachfront. The waves are really noisy at night. The water goes out very, very far at low tide. In the morning, we got up really early and went to the “Tip”. When we got there it started to rain. We got soaked. We had to walk back a long way to the car, but we dried off on the way. Now I have to go to the Eastern most point of Australia to have done all 4 points. ... read more

At Weipa we went to the Caravan Park and booked in. I met some friends in the pool at the caravan park. On Tuesday we went on a mine tour. I thought it was not very much fun because you could not get off the bus. I got to sit next to my friends, Emily and Lillie. I got to swim in the pool every day. There were cane toads at the water tap right near our camp, but they only came out at night. One jumped on my toe. I followed a bird around the campground trying to take his photo. Mum told me it was a Jabiru, so I called him Mr. Jabiru. ... read more

At Leichhardt Falls I walked on rocks, big rocks; sometimes I had to jump when I went for a walk with my Dad and my brother. We walked around the falls and found clay. Leichhardt Falls is just east of Burketown, on the way to Normanton.... read more

Longreach is where Qantas started. We went to the Qantas Founders Museum. They had little model airplanes going around the ceiling. One was the first plane that was used to start Qantas. It was an Avro. We did a tour around the museum and original Qantas hanger from 70 years ago. We also did a “Secrets of the Boeing 747” tour. The last service it operated was 9th November, 2002 from Perth to Sydney. This plane brought home the Bali Bombing survivors before being retired (decommissioned). It was delivered to Longreach on 17th November, 2002. I got to sit in first class, right near the front of the plane. Qantas stands for Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services. ... read more

On the way to Birdsville we went through Cameron’s Corner where I sat on a post which meant I was in 3 states at once - New South Wales, Queensland & South Australia. There were lots and lots and lots of big sand dune hills which were like roller coasters, the way Dad drove. When I had my head down or was looking somewhere else, and we went over a sand dune hill, I felt like I was flying!!! At Tibooburra petrol station there was a Corella which could talk and he said hello to me. The Corella said “give me a scratch” to my dad. My dad said, “I’m not scratching you, because the sign says you bite!!” The Corella kept on saying “give me a scratch”. ... read more