We had a bit of a sleep in this morning which set the scene for a relatively lazy day. We went for a walk down to the local shops and captured the Howard Springs Post Office photo. We headed into town for a massage, which we found out later from Amanda was one of the places that got raided for being an illegal brothel. I can tell you that Peter and I only had a massage and nothing else and were none the wiser. We had a bit of a look around the city and then went to Amanda and Polat's for a lovely meal. Polat's parents also came over and I think between Peter and myself we pretty much chewed their ears off telling them all about our adventures around the country. The babies were ... read more

Today we set off with the intention of going about 500km to Barkley Homestead but we ended up going 1100 km to Mataranka in the NT. We had stayed in Mt Isa the night before and because we both felt fairly refreshed and it wasn't too hot outside and we had an early start we thought we may as well keep going. We went out for dinner in Mt Isa to The Buffs. Prior to that Peter had been having a bit of a whinge because he always buys a keno ticket whenever we go to a pub or club for dinner and he was saying that he wonders why he does because he never wins anything much. Whinge and win that's what I call him, yes you guessed it after his big whinge he had ... read more

Haven't even had time to blog you lucky people. It has been all go here. What with massages, eating, swimming in the pool, strolls along the beach, eating, checking out the lookouts, going to the omnimax theatre (one of the last as it is closing down on the 19 Dec), going to the markets and eating. We both really like Townsville. It has a good feel about it and the people are very friendly. Check out the photos.... read more

The weather is really starting to heat up. We got to 39 degrees today with about 50% humidity. We are loving the air-conditioner in the Eagle! We headed for Mackay today. We had a stop at the Capricorn Caves but decided not to go in as we had to wait about 40 mins for the next tour. We then went back into the town and Peter got himself a crab sanga (sandwich for all you non aussie Qld speaking people). It put him back $8.00 but he said it was well worth it. We then had another stop at Flaggy Rocks for Peter to get one of their famous homemade icecreams. Boy what an icecream! Note the theme here - Peter eats I just watch. We then stopped at Koumala Hotel for lunch. Peter had been ... read more

We had a early start to the day and went for a walk to see where Capt Cook first landed in Queensland back in May 1770 (hence the name of the town where we stayed). It was very pretty there but just a bit overcrowded with people, eventhough the caravan park owner told me that this was fairly quiet. We decided to pack up and drive onto Gladstone. We went to see where my nephew Thommo works. He takes ferries from Gladstone to an island where there is a mine being built. We then drove onto Rockhampton and had a quick look and then onto Emu Park where we have decided to stay for two nights. We are right next to the beach but unfortunately you can't see it from the caravan because of the growth ... read more