Never Boring

We have been on the A1 Aussie Highway, but in some parts you would never know it, we have definitely seen better.

It gets worse... 

and in some parts even worse still

And share the road with these huge guys

Camped along the Norman River (just outside of Normanton) at a private campground, and look who was sunning himself on the bank, a 10’ fresh croc

Sunset on another birthday..(steak chips and beans..my favourite)

This Aussie Eagle almost was roadkill himself... it was leaving it a bit late. 

And a horse

He was on the road just under Saddle Hill in Cloncurry...no joke intended!

Lots of mining history along the way...Croydon

Cumberland Chimney....old remains of a gold mining town. For my northern English rellies, we crossed over Newcastle Range, then Durham Creek to get to Cumberland.

So many RV’s, we seem to be unwittingly in a convey. Our neighbour here in Mt Isa said in 21 years of caravanning he has never seen so many vans on the road, and he has come across from NT, (the direction we are heading) and said there is no where to park up each night.....they have had enough and are heading back to Northern NSW after starting out in February and went west via WA....what a short fast lap of Australia.

Final couple of pics from the tropics...white mouthed green frogs will sleep anywhere

This was a first.....sugarcane tracks seem to be a cycle hazard at this T-intersection

We’re on the move

After 8 months here in Cairns North Qld, it is time for us to leave and head back over to Western Australia (this time from the north to the south) whilst the cyclonic wet season has left the northern tropics and the short dry winter is now here. We have really enjoyed revisiting Cairns and region for a lengthy time, (we feel like locals again), spending heaps of time with Craig’s family, and catching up with my cousin and friends. It is always sad to leave.

Our plan over the next month is to get through Qld and Northern Territory, to the West Australian border.

We still have a water pump problem to fix so fingers crossed we are not off to slow a start.

It is cane cutting season...and the mills are now fired up

And the cane is flowering, just waiting to be cut

We are swapping the lush green coastal tropics with all its rainforests for harsh red dirt, treeless plains and savannah grass, the adventure continues...