Monday
18th June 2012
Arrived in Cann (Cann River) this morning, the last town in Vic, then on to Eden in NSW. Sunshine at last and no rain. Eden is a large town that overlooks a large bay and a fishing boat harbour. We took some photos and headed for Yellow Pinch Dam for the night.
Arrived in Cann (Cann River) this morning, the last town in Vic, then on to Eden in NSW. Sunshine at last and no rain. Eden is a large town that overlooks a large bay and a fishing boat harbour. We took some photos and headed for Yellow Pinch Dam for the night.
Eden Bay Harbour NSW 2012
Tuesday
19th June 2012Today we travelled through Bega,
Narooma, Dalmeny, Moraya, Waldron’s Swamp, Batemans Bay and Milton. We spent the night in the Bodalla Park
camping area.
Wednesday 20th June 2012
Left this morning and went up to Nowra and Berry we are staying at the Wirriwin rest area in the Kiama area tonight.
Thursday 21st June 2012
Drove up to Wollongong and Cronulla and on to Sydney to stay with Cathy tonight.
Friday 22nd June 2012
Left Cathy’s this morning and drove (in the pouring rain) to Katoomba, Lithgow, Bathurst (Mt Panorama) where we did a slow lap around the track. Pam had never been around before. We then drove to the Macquarie Woods camp site in the Victoria State forest.
Saturday 23rd June 2012
Stayed at the Macquarie Camp waiting for the road to dry out so that we could leave.
Sunday 24th June 2012
Managed to drive out this morning I made sure that we were the first to leave before the road was dug up. We passed through Orange, Molong, Wellington and Dubbo and on to Terramungamine where we camped.
Monday 25th June 2012
Stayed at Terramungamine today.
Tuesday 26th June 2012
Off to Dubbo to do some shopping this morning then on to Dunedoo, Uarbry and Cassilis to camp tonight.
Wednesday
27th June 2012
Very overcast this morning but not so
cold. Drove to Merriwa, Scone, and
Murrurundi then on to Wallabadah where we camped at the Quirindi Creek Park. The park has some display boards outlining
the landing of the first and second fleets to land in Australia. The pink head stones have on them the names
of the settlers and crew that came out in the first fleet. The yellow head stones have on them the names
of the settlers and crew that came out in the second fleet. There is also a large wraparound sign board
that contains the names of the convicts that were sent to Australia. The sails represent the sails of a ship.
Wednesday 20th June 2012
Left this morning and went up to Nowra and Berry we are staying at the Wirriwin rest area in the Kiama area tonight.
Thursday 21st June 2012
Drove up to Wollongong and Cronulla and on to Sydney to stay with Cathy tonight.
Friday 22nd June 2012
Left Cathy’s this morning and drove (in the pouring rain) to Katoomba, Lithgow, Bathurst (Mt Panorama) where we did a slow lap around the track. Pam had never been around before. We then drove to the Macquarie Woods camp site in the Victoria State forest.
Saturday 23rd June 2012
Stayed at the Macquarie Camp waiting for the road to dry out so that we could leave.
Sunday 24th June 2012
Managed to drive out this morning I made sure that we were the first to leave before the road was dug up. We passed through Orange, Molong, Wellington and Dubbo and on to Terramungamine where we camped.
Monday 25th June 2012
Stayed at Terramungamine today.
Tuesday 26th June 2012
Off to Dubbo to do some shopping this morning then on to Dunedoo, Uarbry and Cassilis to camp tonight.
Wallabadah
Quirindi Creek Park NSW 2012
Thursday
28th June 2012
Drove into Tamworth this morning, it has changed a lot since we were here in 1989. We went to Manilla and had lunch and headed for Barraba Lions Park to camp.The road from Scone to Tamworth crosses some of the rugged ranges that we have crossed. Some of the rock formations are hundreds of metres high.
Friday 29th June 2012
We are heading for the Qld boarder today and will pass through Bingara, Warialda, North Star, and Wearne in NSW and on to Goondiwindi in Qld. I Qld we drove through Pittsworth. After lunch we drove to the Millmerran camping ground (near Drayton) to spend the night. Off to Anne’s tomorrow.
Drove into Tamworth this morning, it has changed a lot since we were here in 1989. We went to Manilla and had lunch and headed for Barraba Lions Park to camp.The road from Scone to Tamworth crosses some of the rugged ranges that we have crossed. Some of the rock formations are hundreds of metres high.
Friday 29th June 2012
We are heading for the Qld boarder today and will pass through Bingara, Warialda, North Star, and Wearne in NSW and on to Goondiwindi in Qld. I Qld we drove through Pittsworth. After lunch we drove to the Millmerran camping ground (near Drayton) to spend the night. Off to Anne’s tomorrow.
QUEENSLAND
Saturday
30th June 2012
Arrived at Anne’s house this morning
in time for lunch. John took me out to
the airport to see his plane. We were
shouted tea at the golf club for tea by John and Anne. The caravan was not able to go up their drive
so John let us park it in the car park of one of his offices and we slept
there.
Sunday 1st
July 2012
Went flying this morning while Pam and
Anne went shopping and had coffee. John
cooked a BBQ lunch for us. About 3pm we
returned to the Millmerran camping park to spend the night.
Monday 2nd
July 2012
Left Drayton to drive to Bowenville to
camp at the Oakley Creek Reserve. A very
nice camping ground but very cold and windy.
Tuesday
3rd July 2012
Bloody cold this morning ice on the
car and caravan. Went up to Dalby and on
to Kumbia to camp. Kumbia is just outside
Kingaroy the home of Joh Bjelke Petersen.
THE BJELKE-PETERSEN DAM QLD 2012
Wednesday
4th July 2012
Freezing cold again this morning but
still went for my walk wearing beany and gloves. We decided to head for the Kinbombi Falls
camp site via Kingaroy, Murgon and Goomeri.
The Bjelke-Petersen Dam is a nice area for a picnic but no camping
allowed only Caravan Park. The Kinbombi
Falls although not large but are worth stopping for a look. The camp site is a lot higher than the river
and it requires the decent of a lot of steps to view the falls.
KINBOMBI
FALLS QLD 2012
Thursday
5TH July 2012
Stayed at the Kinbombi Falls today and
did a bit of exploring.
Friday
6th July 2012
Nice weather this morning Decided to
move up to the Claude Wharton Weir to spend the night. On the way we passed through Kilkivan, Ban
Ban Springs and Gayndah.
Saturday
7th July 2012
The locals come here on the weekends
to go boating and water skiing so we headed for Mundubbera and Ceratodus rest
area beside the Burnett River. Nice
toilets and BBQ areas here.
Sunday 8th July 2012
Sunday 8th July 2012
Stayed over today to do the washing we
will probably move tomorrow.
Monday
9th July 2012
Moved to Wuruma Dam and camped beside
the lake, a great spot. A pity that the banks of the weir are so uneven it is a
great place to stay. To get the caravan
level I dug a trench on the right hand side and backed it into it
Tuesday
10th July 2012
Stayed at the Wuruma Dam today.
Photo
Wuruma Dam Qld before sunrise 2012
Wednesday
11th July 2012
Have to travel through Bildela,
Jambin, Rannes and Baralaba to get to the Neville Hewitt Weir camp site. Not a
very good spot most people give it the thumbs up but it is a piddle little weir
and very muddy.
Thursday
12th July 2012
Left for Duaringa this morning a day earlier
than planned because of the mud. There
were 2 roads shown on the map to get there so we chose the shortest which
turned out to be about 90K. After about
30K of bitumen we struck gavel and a lot of mud. The muddy road (track) was pretty hairy but
the Toyota handled it pretty well. The
main worry was sliding of the track that now been reduced to about 2.4m
wide. Toward the end we were going
through flood ways that very steep in and out, but with Pammy’s prayers we were
ok. When we were near the end I had to
drive around a road block sign so I stopped to read it and it said road closed
LOL.
Friday
13th July 2012
Stayed at the Duaringa today.
Saturday
14th July 2012Rain again today as we headed to
Julies place in Gracemere. Arrived about
lunch time.
Sunday
15th July 2012
Still at Julies
Monday
16th July 2012
Still at Julies
Tuesday
17th July 2012
Still at Julies
Wednesday
18th July 2012
Still at Julies
Thursday
19th July 2012
Still at Julies
Friday
20th July 2012
Still at Julies
July 2012
Still at Julies
Sunday
22nd July 2012
Julie and Darryl took us out for
breakfast in Rockhampton after which we drove to Duaringa to camp for the
night.
Monday
23rd July 2012
Left Duaringa and headed for Sapphire
this morning. We travelled through
Blackwater and Emerald on the way. We
plan on staying here for at least another day.
Tuesday 24th July 2012
Tuesday 24th July 2012
Got up this morning to find a herd of
cattle walking through the town. The
same thing this evening as they were on the way back to where they came
from. I think that Emerald is within the
cattle station.
Wednesday 25th July 2012
This morning we drove to Rubyvale for a look around, it has not changed since we were there last year. We had to go back through Sapphire to get to the main highway, when we arrived there were about a dozen horses grazing in the town. We passed through Drummond on our way to the Redbank Park camp site alongside the Jordon River in Jericho where we camped last year.
Wednesday 25th July 2012
This morning we drove to Rubyvale for a look around, it has not changed since we were there last year. We had to go back through Sapphire to get to the main highway, when we arrived there were about a dozen horses grazing in the town. We passed through Drummond on our way to the Redbank Park camp site alongside the Jordon River in Jericho where we camped last year.
Thursday
26th July 2012
Stayed bat the Redbank Park camp site
alongside the Jordon River today we were lucky and got a good spot. About 50 vans spent the night here last
night
Friday
27th July 2012
Stayed at the Redbank Park camp site
today.
Saturday
28th July 2012
On the way to Longreach this morning
but we are planning 2 stops before we arrive there. Parked at the Lloyd Jones Weir campsite 13k
outside of Barcaldine
Sunday
29th July 2012
My camera has spat the dummy and
refuses to take photos. Stayed Lloyd
Jones Weir campsite and did some washing today day.
Monday
30th July 2012
Decided to stay another day.
Tuesday
31st July 2012
Left the Lloyd Jones Weir campsite and
drove up through Ilfracombe and on to Longreach this morning. After shopping we parked at the Longreach
Waterhole 4k outside Longreach.
Wednesday
1st July 2012
Stayed at Longreach today along with
about 100 others.
Thursday
2nd August 2012
Drove to Winton for a look around and
parked (free) at the rear of the Gregory hotel.
Friday 3nd
August 2012
Had a walk around Winton and drove out
to the musical fence, what a flop. Left
and headed to the North Fullarton River stopover. On the way we passed through McKinlay where
part of Crocodile Dundee was made.
Saturday
4th August 2012
On to Cloncurry today and to the Clem
Walter camp at the Corella Dam about 68k from Cloncurry. A bit of bad luck when we arrived the caravan
slid of the gravel road and became stuck against a tree. A couple of campers helped me get it free by
pulling the tree sideways enough to back the caravan of.
Sunday
5th August 2012
Stayed at the Dam today it is a
beautiful spot amongst the large rock formations. Apparently there is a resident crock but I
did not see it.
CLEM
WALTER CAMP AT THE CORELLA DAM QLD 2012
Monday
6th August 2012
Drove into Mt Isa to fuel up and to go
grocery shopping, while we were there the instrument panel on the Prado lit up
telling me that nothing was working although the engine, steering and the
breaks were ok. I drove around to the
Toyota workshop to get them to take a look but they said that they were booked
out and to come back on the 29th of August. I rang the RAC and waited 3 hours for him but
he was no good so I went to a local auto electrician. After stuffing around his young bloke
discovered a blown fuse LOL. Parked
tonight at a disused WW11 aerodrome on the Barkley Hwy.
Tuesday
7th August 2012
Arrived in Camooweal and parked next
to the Georgina River which is just about dry.
There is still a lot of bird life here and it is very peaceful.
Wednesday
8th August 2012
Stayed another day next to the
Georgina River.
Thursday
9th August 2012
Staying another day next to the
Georgina River, we will be leaving tomorrow for the Northern Territory.
