Blogs from Karumba, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Georgetown is wicked! The Rodeo was in town & we spent Sunday there from around 9am. We initially looked at skipping Georgetown so we could spend an extra day in this area (Karumba) but I am so glad we didn’t. I had the time of my life, grabbing photos of riders, talking to locals & indulging in 20 VB cans or so. Due to the lack of good beer up here & my reduced budget I have moved over to VB as everything else in the cheap skate price range has no taste. We saw all of the event types & the kids & us had the greatest time. In the arvo the girls took the kids to the local pool & the boys stayed to watch the arvo card which was barrel racing & the ... read more

Boulia used to be a major town in the days of sheep, but is fading away as the area has dried out and shifted to cattle. Cattle are much less labour intensive and the advent of the huge stock trucks (capacity of 120 animals) means that there is no infrastructure need, either. 3 May 2011 First we played 9 holes of golf, artificial tees, sand greens and fairways. The fairways were only cracked red mud and bindy grass. Then we loaded up and headed to Mt Isa. This was 301km, our longest tow to date. We had thought of stopping at Dajarra, but were advised not to! When we got there, a local advised there were 200 people living there, 10 of them white. The area looked like it with piles of rubbish everywhere. When ... read more

Day 110 - Chasing the sunset at Karumba Just a quick birthday shout out to Sarah (Kowalik) at Tradeteam. Hope you have a great day chick. Thanks for the facebook message, great to hear from you. We both slept pretty well last night, one spate of dog barking but that was it. At first light Dar went off for a shower and I buried my head back in the blogs trying to catch up! When we’re doing so much in the day and early evening there’s obviously less time to write it all but we want to keep doing it so we don’t forget what we’ve seen on this amazing adventure. The fact that anyone else is reading it is rewarding and uplifting bonus so do please carry on! In fact, whilst we’re out here if ... read more

Hi everyone We are back in communication again! after Sapphire we headed west. We had an overnight stop at Barcaldine Show grounds (over 200 powered sites ), then stopped at Ilfracombe and walked and looked at the Machinery Mile - lots of old graders, tractors, trucks and other machinery. Graeme and Rick would have loved it!! Then on to Longreach, where we stayed for 3 nights. We did the tourist attractions there, including the sunset cruise on the River Thomson (reminded us of the cruise at Inaminka), Qantas Museum, Stockman's hall of Fame and even a Cobb and Co stagecoach ride out into the countryside. We also visited the School of the Air. From Longreach we drove on, north west to Winton, where we were entertained in the campground to a great country singer who had ... read more

Hello Again Well we have moved out of the Outback now and have moved to the coast. We both commented that we are really water people. We have loved the outback experience and it got better as we moved along although Cloncurry still rates very poorly on our list. We have covered close to 6000 km now and are doing between 300 km and 500 km on our 'transfers'. A very manageable thing. Rhonda is going well with her 'disability'. The pins protrude from the skin so they catch easily and that gives her 'larry doo'! What I haven't mentioned is that she hurt her ribs an the right side. They give her a lot of grief and it seems that perhaps there is a crack in there. Still, she's a soldier and keeps taking up ... read more