Monthly Archives: July 2010

We left Taylor’s Creek about 10 am, it was 22C degrees.  The landscape changed the further we went, it got greener.  The shrubs are mainly low growing & a lot of them are in bloom – they are looking good. … Continue reading →

A late start this morning for some reason, perhaps a restless hot night (or just getting used to this easy life style).  It was so hot last night we spent most of the night without the cover, not at all … Continue reading →

Another early start to the day with a walk half an hour before sunrise down to the end of the Camooweal billabong & the old road bridge, again lovely as the birds woke up & started about their day.  We … Continue reading →

The cacophony of the birds woke us and the sun too, the screeching of hundreds of little corellas, the throaty booming of the brolgas – did we wake in paradise?   We witnessed a beautiful sun rise, a lovely moon set … Continue reading →

First thing this morning I whipped up another damper – not because I am so good but because we haven’t got any bread.  The embers from last night’s fire were still hot so while we went for our walk  the … Continue reading →

An early morning walk before sunrise, then a late breakfast & a swim, another great start to a lazy day.  Tereza wasn’t gold panning after breakfast either.  The only real effort today was the drive up to Gregory Downs with … Continue reading →

Again we Stayed in camp besides the Gregory River & did a few necessary things, like reading, swimming, collecting firewood, swimming, walking, swimming, bird watching.  We went for a walk this morning up to the Gregory Downs settlement & discovered … Continue reading →

We decided that we didn’t like Lawn Hill National Park camping ground the way we love it by the Gregory River, so we declared a rest day. Queen Muck had to come down to reality, last night’s dishes had to … Continue reading →

Today, besides being my birthday, was off to Lawn Hill National Park.  We left the Karavan at Gregory River & drove in the 100km, the first 11km was bitumen, the majority of the rest was good dirt road until the … Continue reading →

Last night we decided to back track 207 km to Burke and Wills Roadhouse rather than go through Burketown on a very rough and corrugated dirt road to Gregory Downs, it only added a few extra km.  Burke & Wills … Continue reading →