Hi all, just back from a 5 day camping trip to a working outback station called Bogan Downs. It is a beautiful farm and had lots of activities. See the farm link below for a cottage that they rent out. We didn't rent this out but stayed on the edge of the creek and roughed it. No power, water or toilet facilities. It was a real test for the cape york trip. We found that the creek was a great place to cool down in the middle of the day and we travelled around the farm on our quad bikes in the cool of the morning and evening. Lots of fun had in the mud. The farm is just outside of a town called Coolabah which is 200km from Cobar. A thousand km from home. Took ... read more

OK Now I have had to re write this post. We were waiting for new Black Widow draws to turn up and this afternoon I found out that Black Widow have gone into liquidation and the draws I had ordered will not be made. Not happy. I got my deposit back from TJM which is great. I have now already ordered draws from ARB using "Outback" draws. Their draws are of the same quality. I get them in 3 weeks time (earlier than the original draws). New update on our route. The towns we are going through to get to Cairns (which is the real start to our adventure are Echuca, Hay, Cobar, Bourke, Cunnamulla, Charleville, Tambo, Blackall, Barcaldine, Hughenden, Conjuboy, Ravenshoe, Atherton and Mareeba. Basically we will be taking the most direct route to Cairns. ... read more

The first stage of upgrading the Troopy was to have the car converted into a pop top camper. This meant the car roof needed to be cut off and then replaced with a fibreglass roof that has an inbuilt tent system. This was a hard decision to make at the time but has proven to be very convenient and particularly for the upcoming trip to the Cape.... read more