Saturday, 15 August 2026 This morning we woke up in Morgan, nearly 600 kilometres into our journey home. With another 800 kilometres to travel before we could wake up in our own bed tomorrow morning, we didn’t waste any time having another hot shower (we enjoyed the luxury of a shower before bed last night!) […]

Friday, 14 August 2026 This morning we woke to a heavy dew on the fly of our swag and a beautiful sunrise. We were also able to properly appreciate the campsite that we pulled into late yesterday. Although the campsite has toilets and showers we only made use of the toilets, choosing to use wet […]

Thursday, 13 August 2026 This morning we ate some fruit in our room before heading to Karrawa Wirinya Coffee again for breakfast. We didn’t have enough cereal to last until we get home, so we treated ourselves to a couple of purchased breakfasts. And sometimes if something is really good the first time you have […]

Wednesday, 12 August 2026 Today was spent in Birdsville. First known as Diamantina Crossing, Birdsville was founded in the late 1870s. In 1890 it had a population of around 400, three hotels and a customs post. Today its population is around a quarter of that and only one hotel remains in operation. We met the […]

Tuesday, 11 August 2026 I went to sleep last night with my beanie on. With my head lovely and warm all night I slept so much better than the night before. With all the bird life on the creek last night we thought that we would be woken at first light this morning with […]

Monday, 10 August 2026 It was cold, cold, COLD overnight! I ended up dragging my fleece beanie out of my puffer vest pocket in the middle of the night to keep my head warm. Fortunately, I was wearing my puffer vest and beanie when I went into the swag last night, so I had them […]