Blogs from Windorah, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Before leaving Windorah we thought we had better find out whether the road to Innamincka was open. The Tourist Information lady wasn't sure and the policeman wasn't there, presumably manning a radar trap down at the roadworks. Although it was worth noting that there was a policeman in Windorah which has a population of 80 which means that more that more than 1% of the population is employed by the police. On Imparja (some kind of TV channel) they are advertising for more police so this percentage could increase. Anyway I decided that the servo was our best bet plus it was the local cafe. The lady there told me that yesterday the road was open (we would have missed out on Windorah if we thought it was) but apparently there had been a dispute between ... read more

So pleased that our readers were interested in the performance data, so please read on and I will give more details for those hungry for that sort of info. Almost instantly things seemed to get better as we headed away from the coast; the number of sandfly bites keeping Geoff awake did not increase – well you become grateful for small mercies when being devoured by sandflies and the heat and humidity were also gone. Due to our late departure from Townsville, we pulled into a camp about 20 kms west of Charters Towers. We had already spent some time in Charters Towers on a previous trip and saw no reason to stop there, although Marg was keen to go to a camp on a river to the north, but that will have to wait for ... read more

Jamen Jeanette blev da inviteret med til bryllup saa det kunne jeg jo ikke sige nej til! :) Det var bare det smukkeste bryllyp og den sjoveste Roadtrip EVER! - 1125 km sammen med Kathryn og Midi (hendes dejlige hund) i en Ute uden airconditon...men med god musik, en enkel udskiftning af vandpumpe og 2 daek jamen saa gik det jo som en droem :) he he... ... read more

So here are the rest of the photos that didn't have chance to put on there!!!!! Great fun but hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... read more

Yabbi races and where car got broken down first.... read more