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Follow the adventure of myself,Chilli and Travis the transit van as we attempt the big lap around Oz.
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24/07/2024

A few days in lighting Ridge to explore this quirky town and then it was off to have a look at the opal fields and tour the pubs in the scrub before heading to Walgett( sadly the last of the hotsprings) and on to the small Town of Brewarrina.

18/07/2024

Making our way back into NSW. Stopped over in Surat a lovely little town with a lot of history. Next was the boarder town of Hebel and its quirky little pub! A side detour to Goodooga on a fellow travellers recommendation saw me enter NSW without realising it and then onto Lightning Ridge. The weather has been wet and cold with glimpses of sunshine. I have had lady luck on my side and have been missing the worst of it, may it continue !!!!

11/07/2024

Outback sunsets ... no Filters, photoshop or A.I needed . Goodooga NSW

09/07/2024

Been a very quiet couple weeks with not too much going on. The colder weather has insured the winter cold and flu season didn't miss me and I bunkered down in some great little camp spots to try and recharge stopping in Augathella, Charleville, Morven, Mitchell and Roma.

03/07/2024

The next leg of the journey saw us enjoying the stock man's hall of fame, the tree of knowledge, soaking in some amazing natural hotsprings, camping out the back of the quirky Wellshot Hotel, photo op with Black stump and attending the legendary chicken races at the Snitzel Stadium.!!! Longreach, Barcaldine, Lara wetlands, Ilfracombe, Blackall and Tambo.

28/06/2024

Thoroughly enjoyed Winton and the age of the Dinosaurs tour was amazing! Did a bit more exploring around town then decided to head out to Opalton to try my luck at opal fossicking hoping to find my retirement stone 🤣 !

24/06/2024

Heading east again towards a bit more civilisation and the town of Winton.The scenery is still amazing and we slowed a little to take it all in ... enjoying sunsets and sunrises in the remoteness all alone and then stopping at the historical Middleton pub to soak up a bit of history.

20/06/2024

Our outback Queensland adventure continued from Mt Isa to Boulia in search of the Minn Minn lights !

17/06/2024

Outback Queensland continued... this leg saw me travel from Cloncurry to Mt Isa with stops at Corrella dam and Old Mary Kathleen mine. The drive is just spectacular !

16/06/2024

South from Normanton on our way to Cloncurry QLD

14/06/2024

Off trying my luck as an opal hunter and before even making it out to the fossicking fields I'm already finding colour !

09/06/2024

Form Cobbold gorge our journey continued west on to Normanton and then up to Karumba to enjoy the views over the gulf of Carpentaria.

06/06/2024

Continuing west along the savanah way with a small looped detour to Einasleigh and Copperfield gorge and then onnto Forsyth and Cobbold gorge... I'd never heard of either of these places up until a couple of weeks ago and what little gems they are !!!!

05/06/2024

Marry Kathleen old uranium mine ! Wowzers

04/06/2024

The full day tour exploring the Undara lava tubes .... the tour picked up and dropped off at the mt Suprise discovery park and it was 8.5hrs long tour. It included morning tea, lunch and a arvo snack. What an extraordinary tour of a place I didn't know existed until recently. Definitely worth it if your travelling along the Savannah way QLD. For those of you following with dogs the Discovery park in Mt Suprise does doggy day care.

31/05/2024

Karumba "Where the sun meets the sea"!

29/05/2024

Drive down from cooktown back through the Atherton Tablelands and then heading west along the Savannah way heading towards Karumba.

27/05/2024

Well the savannah way keeps on giving and im only halfway along it!!! Definitely worth coming along this way!!! Next couple of stops on from Mt Suprise were Copperfield gorge in Einasleigh and Cobbold gorge outside of Forsayth both worth a visit.

25/05/2024

Did the Undara lava tubes day tour near Mt Suprise today. Can't recommend it more highly, just wow!!! Here is just the smallest snippet of what we saw today

24/05/2024

The last push north to Cooktown and where our northward journey will end, common sense prevailed and Travis will not be tackling the road up to the tip ( as tempting as it was)! It's taken us 4 months to travel through Vic, NSW and QLD, predominantly up the coastal regions. Now our focus turns to our return journey along the inland back country roads .... tune in for the next leg of The Big Australian Adventure 🚌 😎 👌 🐕 🌇

23/05/2024

Camping overnight at Paronella Park then onto Innesfail so Travis could get a well earned service. Next we headed up the windy wet roads to the Atherton Tablelands to enjoy the waterfalls and rainforests

21/05/2024

Up to Cardwell, Tully and then a bit of beach time at Kurrimine before heading out to Paranella Park

21/05/2024

Im so far behind on my posts .... this pics are from Little crystal Creek, Jourama falls, Ingham and Wallaman Falls, QLD . The weather was grey, wet and depressing but it only added a beautiful backdrop to these amazing places.

20/05/2024

Day 128 and I've reach my furtherest point north on this journey ( cooktown) and today I officially start my journey back south!

15/05/2024

From Bowen we headed up to Home Hill which has an amazing "comfort stop". Then on to townsville . I sampled a few of the local free camps and enjoyed some magical rock pool swimming!!!

06/05/2024

Time to swap my wheels for a sail boat and go exploring the whitsundays for 3 nights! The weather was not on our side but it was still an amazing experience !

06/05/2024

Emerald up through Clermont and Nebo on to Marian. Across to Mackay and up to Bowen. A real mix of scenery from the drier inland climate of Central qld to the mining towns and on to endless kms of sugar cane fields and then on to the beautiful great barrier reef coast.

01/05/2024

Day 2 exploring Canarvon Gorge. A steep hike up to the Bluff lookout then on to the rock pool to soak my tired feet in the refreshing water. Then to finish of the final hike in the gorge at mickeys Creek.

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And once all sold they must last 4 laps of the stadium ... The rules are simple..... the car does 4 laps the chickens can do as many or as few as they want but the 1st chook past the post after the car in the correct direction of travel is the winner! The money raised from the auction is halved with half going to the winning chickens owner and the other to a small charity called little windmills. On the night I attended each got $480

You get a brief bio and form guide for each chicken and then the chickens are auctioned off to the highest bidder who then owns the chicken for the duration of the race

And the chickens finally made their way into the stadium

But once it warmed up she was keen of a bit of a hike ...

Just so peaceful

At 4.30pm they have a communal fire, damper and live music so I timed my visit to the hotpool perfectly as I was the only one there

The trunk of the tree is the original and this huge wooden frame and floating pieces resemble its foliage

Some more sparkles found. .. but I am slowly coming to the realisation this is definitely harder than it looks !!!

Not much luck finding the mother load but I definitely collected some colourful stuff ... no idea what I'll do with it though 🤔

So for 3 days I fossicking away with colourful rocks catching my attention

Little miss Chilli not overy bothered with her stay in the kennels ...

Well she spent the next hour and a half thoroughly occupied like this till I dragged her away empty handed ...hahaha. Tomorrow we head out to explore the other ( BIG) thing Winton is famous for...