I had heard you can climb to the top of the gorge for sunrise. Sunrise is about 5.30 but I thought the sky would start turning colour about 5. I did multiple calculations to work out what time we had to get up. Walking with torches I thought it would take way longer to get… Read More Day 8 Carnarvon Gorge Sunrise Walk
Carnarvon Gorge is a popular National Park in Qld but I don’t think many Victorians know about it. I’ve been really looking forward to exploring it and it did not disappoint – stunning. Today was our big hiking day. We headed off with anticipation to the National Park, about a 7 minute drive from where… Read More Day 7 Hiking Carnarvon Gorge Main Trail
Being in central Queensland, it seems fitting that today was all about cows. The Roma Saleyards are the biggest cattle saleyards in the southern hemisphere. Tuesday is the main sale day, and they sell around 6000 heads of cattle a day. On a really busy day they auction 12,000. There is a free tour every… Read More Day 6 Roma to Carnarvon Gorge
I was woken this morning to “There’s something wrong with this van and it’s my wife!!!” It was cold last night. So cold Chris kept coming over my side and trying to steal my heat. I had turned the heater on to a low setting before I went to bed. Chris got up in the… Read More Day 5 Lightening Ridge to Roma
I set my alarm very early to see the sunrise. We lay in bed and watched the the giraffes silhouetted as the sky slowly changed colour. About 5.30 I rugged up, grabbed an instant coffee and went to sit outside. It was fun watching the animals around each other. The rhinos were not surprisingly the… Read More Day 4 Dubbo Zoo to Lightening Ridge
We did Parkrun this morning. I want to try and do one every Saturday if we can. My planter fasciitis has been coming back so I’ve had 8 days off exercise resting, stretching and icing. I warned Chris my running might not be great. But I didn’t really mean it – I was hoping to… Read More Day 3 Parkes to Dubbo Zoo
Today felt like a real road trip. Usually we are driving to a destination to stay there for a weekend or a week and then go back. It’s strange just… driving… lots of driving. Chris even let me stop at places on the way seeings it is a road trip. We had a concerning conversation… Read More Day 2 Newell Highway Finley to Parkes
Day 1 we made it to Finley. In my mind today would be a relaxing day doing the last minute packing, leaving about 2. In Chris’ mind, the departure time was 12. I worked this out at 10. We probably should have discussed this. I’d already done 90% of the packing and had what I… Read More Day 1 we are off
We are heading off tomorrow. I finished work today. My brain was fried after checking off my work to do list. As I walked in the door “what groceries do you want to take?” Chris is the shopper in the family, I’m the washer. I’ve got nothing so I say “I’ll come with you.” We… Read More We’re (almost) off
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