22 September to September 2002 On our first morning back at Minnie Water, Susie wanted to relocate our camp. I was reluctant to do this, having grown tired of setting up and breaking camp for short stops. But we found a spot further away from the beach that was shady and secluded, being nestled in…
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Brisbane
21 September 2002 Judy Venn lent us her Brisbane street directory, so we had no trouble finding Robbie’s house in Chapel Hill. We also had her excellent directions to follow. The house was an impressive structure, “More an environment than a house”, as one of the proud owners observed, reciting the wisdom of a previous…
Kenilworth to The Big Pineapple
17 September—19 September 2002 We stayed in the Charlie Moorland Camping Area for the next three nights. The first day we were there, Susie went into Eumundi markets with Joan and Bruce. Ruby and Clare stayed back with me and we went on a long walk through Kenilworth State forest. We saw different types of…
Wongi to Coolum Beach
12 September 2002 On our second day at Wongi State Forest, we did some serious mooching around. I played the guitar by the river nearly all afternoon. I also helped Ruby photograph a model of a bird she had made from found objects, for one of her art projects. Susie had helped her put it…
Wongi State Forest
11 September 2002 The next morning we packed up and headed out along the main road out of Hervey Bay until we realised (not for the first time) that we had no idea where we were going. After some deliberation, we decided to aim for Wongi State Forest, so we returned to Hervey Bay for…
Fraser Island 1
8 September 2002 I got up at about 6.30 a.m., wiped the outside of the tent dry, and made 14 slices of toast while we all finalised preparations for our trip to Fraser Island. We left the trailer locked to the car in the caravan park at Hervey Bay and boarded a bus. Susie forgot…
Broken Hill to Moree
The next morning we headed back to the tourist centre in Broken Hill to see if we could get some more information about outback New South Wales. There wasn’t a lot to be found, so we decided to make up our minds about which way to drive to Queensland once we got to Cobar. First…
Broken Hill
29 August 2002 On our second day in Broken Hill, we had breakfast in the cabin and then headed into town. Our first stop was the visitor information centre. We then set off to the Delprats mine site where we booked ourselves in for a tour of the original BHP mine. The site was just…
Quorn to Broken Hill
28 August 2002 The rain in Quorn turned out to be nothing more than half a dozen heavy drops in the early hours of the morning. The drought is palpable here. We had breakfast in the camp kitchen, and packed up our gear and headed out of the caravan park, filling our green gas bottle…
Quorn via Hawker
27 August 2002 The next morning we packed up. The girls were extremely helpful, so for the last half hour we let them play in “Rockville”. As we crawled along the gravel road out of the national park, Clare pointed out that Ruby was crying. The poor kiddo had an earache. Susie and I went…
Flinders Ranges 2
26 August 2002 What a day! I was cold last night due to an ill-made bed. After beautiful clear days, the nights are freezing, just like Karajini. Tonight will be truly punishing, as there was hardly a wisp of cloud in the sky during the day. Anyway, Clare climbed into bed with Susan and I,…
Flinders Ranges 1
23 August—24 August 2002 On Friday morning we finished packing up our gear, said goodbye to Jane, and headed north out of Adelaide towards the Flinders Ranges. I drove the first 300 Km to Port Augusta where we got some information about the National Park, refuelled and bought a bit of firewood. We had lunch…
Wundercliffe 