Blogs from Blackall, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Tuesday 27th September – and today is our nephew, Neil’s birthday – our best wishes to you Neil. The traffic noise must have calmed dramatically as we both had a good night’s sleep although we were up and about before 7:00am. Blackall, our next destination is barely an hour’s drive away so we didn’t have to hurry ourselves. I took time to part process a blog, taking advantage of the free internet connection on the caravan park. Graham, meanwhile, mooched about chatting to neighbours and gradually putting stuff away ready to depart. Eventually we hit the road and had another steady journey – very little traffic means we can travel at our own pace although with such long and straight roads it’s often difficult to know if we’re holding anything up. We reached Blackall in good ... read more

Breaking new ground here! I’m actually typing this in the car with Chris at the helm doing all of her allowed 130 km/h. We are on the way to Mt Isa (in Qld) having spent the night at the delightful Safari Lodge Motel in Tennant Creek. I don’t need to report on either TC or the motel, since both were adequately covered on the way up. I do however owe you on Darwin. In summary, we loved Darwin. Magnificent in the morning and the evening - but you did need to be inside or swimming in the middle of the day. The car was a good refuge as required. Our stay at the Palms City Resort was excellent. Our cabin - we really had almost the best cabin for once in our lives, was excellent. Surrounded ... read more

great forest and huge trees at bunya national park good trekking too... read more

Last night was a real dream compared to the night before. We stopped at a little place called Cunnamulla about 200 km over the border into Queensland. Very clean, grass even !!! Can't remember when we last saw grass. All our washing and ironing up to date and we even found time to wander around town. For those country music fans there is a statue of the Cunnamulla Fella, imortalised in a song by Slim Dusty and written by Stan Coster. It depicts the young stockmen of the 50's and 60's who worked from sun-up until sun-down and relaxed around the campfire at night, sitting on their saddles or swags yarning about the days events. The statue in the centre of Cunnamulla is made of bronze and was sculpted by Archie St. Clair from drawings by ... read more