Blogs from Taroom, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

This stay in Taroom has resulted in our first exchange of details with other people…. I feel accepted into the nomad lifestyle… people want to keep in contact with us! Go team! Ryan had to hand out a business card, so I think I might get some cards done with our contact details… I think you can get free ones from Snap Printing, something else to put on my must be done list. When we arrived in Taroom this time there was a family camping under a big tree in the park. I happened to speak to the dad that night, as he wanted to warn us about a broken cattle grid on a local road, because it had blown a tyre on their trailer. I spoke to him and the rest of his family (wife ... read more

Wow, it's Friday already, how time flies when your relaxing with nothing to do. Wednesday I had my first go at the Hobie kayak. What great fun! Instead of paddling (which you can do if you choose) you peddle and the fins underneath the kayak push you along. I gave fishing a shot and while I didn't fall in, I did manage to jam the reel with the line and put an end to my fishing efforts after about 5 casts. After 4 days of enjoying the weir to ourselves, another caravan rocked up on Thursday afternoon. This has annoyed the dogs no end, as they are now confined to their pen unless on lead... even more annoying for them is that 2 dogs turned up with them. It has also put a stop to us ... read more

Another day of pack up and set up. This time our destination was the Glebe Weir. This place is lovely, about 26kms off the highway and at this point in time completely deserted. There is plenty of water in the weir, but no drinking water supply, so basically we're here until our water runs out. We're bathing in water from the weir and keeping the tank water for drinking and washing up dishes. Due to the seclusion and non-existent neighbours we're going to let the dogs pretty much do what they please during the day and pen them at night. They have been rather cooped up the last few weeks, so I think they'll enjoy the freedom! Noah has been exploring already and discovered a game of bush skittles, but I've decided that showing him how ... read more

Today to give Ryan some peace and quiet while he worked (something we are not getting tonight while trying to sleep thanks to the locals having a party involving a combo of loud techno and country music) I took Noah and the dogs for a short stroll down to the Dawson River, which is not far from the caravan park. After the dogs had a little splash in the creek, we headed back to the van to drop off the dogs (it is quite hot and a short walk was more than enough for them) and Noah and I continued into Taroom town centre via the river walk... fancy name for a dirt walking track :) There's quite a bit of history in Taroom and it was interesting reading the signs about Leichhardt and the region ... read more

It's hot. Ryan tells me it is only going to get hotter... which is fine if we're in places where we can hook into power and run the air con, but it's going to rather horrid if we're free camping. I didn't get to do any exploring of Wandoan. The mornings have been spent washing (finally finished it all today) and the middle of the day is far to hot to be wandering around in. We went on a trip yesterday to check out a campsite about 50kms north of Taroom (a town around 55kms north of Wandoan). After our effort in Bell, we wanted to be sure that there was internet coverage. It is a lovely lovely spot and we are moving on there next week... it is beside the Glebe Weir and for $7.00 ... read more