Day 14 - 17 March 2015 Well after 2 weeks on the road, we finally turned right at Sydney and started heading west. After topping up the diesel tanks with 200 odd litres of fuel (cost $1.21 per litre), we started our route down the Hume Highway before we headed into...
Day 6 - 9 March 2015 Left our camp this morning and took a walk up to the lookout that takes in the old Glen Davis shale oil extraction plant. From here we decided to take one more look at the main street of Glen Davis before we worked our way, ever so slowly, up the...
Day 5 - 8 March 2015 Woke this morning to grey skies and the cloud started to burn off. We set of in 4WD along our wheel lines in the grass we had laid done the previous day. It had been a wonderful sleep last night in the relative quiet of the bush. Before long we...
Day 1 - 4 March 2015 Left home at 9:30am and headed for Tamworth. No scenic trips down the back roads this time, straight down the New England Highway. Did have to do one detour around Glen Innes due to the highway being closed as a result of a School bus accident....
Justabout This was our 2015 exploration around Australia. the plans were simple, head west until we hit the coast, turn right and head for home. Things didn't quite go to plan, but that's half the fun when you are travelling.
20 December 2015 Today we ventured further into Torrington State Forest. After some satisfying 4Wdriving down some fire trails we ended up at another dead end, just 2 kms short from returning to the sealed road out. Don't you just love locked gates. Bush walking today...
19 December 2015 Light rain at times last night. Beautiful morning, clouds have all gone. Keen to hit the road today and head to Tenterfield. As we were back in civilisation again we had coffee before we paid a visit to the info centre. Whilst we were in the area we...
18 December 2015 2am this morning a thunder and lightning storm hit. We lost track of the number of lightning strikes and thunder claps. River was up a few inches this morning. A rest day was declared today which gave us plenty of time to sit and soak up the bush....
17 December 2014 Woke this morning to a beautiful day. I must have slept badly on my neck something, that has not bothered me since Sydney. So to help loosen up my neck a it, I headed off for a walk. As I climbed the cliff face next to the gorge I was rewarded...
16 December 2014 Woke this morning to find we are in the mist and fog. The night air had been filled with the sound of frogs from the local creek which assisted in producing a wonderful night's sleep. For some reason even the coffee smelt particularly good this...
15 December 2014 Off to a rough start. Yesterday the compressor was left on in the truck and normally this would not be an issue, but it decided to blow a pipe which switched it to run constantly. As the compressor draws 40-50 amps this has the ability to drain the...
Photos of and Around Cooktown