Gidday all,

Heading up through southwest QLD and thinking we won’t hang too long, back in the heat and it’s knocking us around already. The temps are going to get up to 40 around here in the next week or so.

Will head up to Emerald and over to Rocky, the roads will be OK by then after the cyclone, and the temps a bit better. Can call in to catch up with friends on the way home from there. Katie is getting close to delivery date too.

Gidday all,

Met up with our friend in Loxton and caught up on the years since we last saw each other. Then on towards Renmark where we found a nice campsite by the Murray and stayed for a couple of days.

Then on a miner little dirt road and over the border into NSW. Decided to head to Broken Hill and up into Queensland from there. Today went from Wilcania to Bourke up the dirt road along the Darling river. All was good till about an hour in when it started to rain. For the next 250k the road turned to mush. We spent the next 7hrs crawling along in 4wd, most of the time sideways. Now in Bourke, having a nice rest. The truck wouldn’t give up, a few hairy moments but it kept on going. Had to scrape about a ton of mud off at the other end. Up to Cunamulla from here and into QLD.

                                                            South Australian sunset

                                                      a bit of rain turned the road to mush

                                                                    caked on

  

                                                                 took a while to get off

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gidday all,

Back on the mainland and heading northwest. Had a rather smooth and uneventful crossing, Din didn’t spew once.

A quiet Sunday morning through Melbourne then north towards Bendigo. Reported temps of 44 in the region we were headed to made us slow down a bit more than usual, which is quite slow already, and we found a campsite near a dry creek.

Today will see us crossing the S.A. border and meet up with our friend in Loxton, hope the weather will be kind.

                                                             the next Winafarrgo?

                                           across the road from our campsite at Lockwood

                                                        artful farmer up the road

beautifull houses in Inglewood

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gidday all,

Well it had to come, and here we are, preparing for the trip back over Bass Strait. Had the last few days saying goodbye to the Loongana locals who have become friends. Last night will be at Forth again saying goodbye to friends. Tassie has become a special place for us, not only the spectacular country and pretty little towns but the welcoming down to earth people we have met. We will be back.

Will head northwest from Melbourne towards the Vic border with S.A. and look up a friend living there. Heard the weather report for up there and they are predicting temps in the late30s, so will have to acclimatise again. 

Gidday all,

Just one week left of our summertime in Tassie. Have spent the last week in a secluded spot away from everyone and everything in the mountains of Loongana, in the bush next to a lagoon.

Morning temps around eight degrees but warmer sunny days. Have seen evidence of wombats, rabbits, wallaby, and small trout in the lagoon, plenty of them too. Will hang about for a few more days then head up the road for the local bush fire brigade meeting on Sunday and catch up with some locals.

                                                                inspecting the evidence

                                                                 wombat mound

                                                             sunrise over the lagoon

                                                    the campsite at Loongana Lagoon

                                                         road in a bit rough but all good

                                                dinner cooking and the bath water heating

                                                                   trout in the lagoon

                                                              one of the Loongana locals