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Cairns

Now that’s a novel title. Here we are in Cairns, having arrived on the 4th of July. The weather is terrible. Its just 25 degrees

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On a Mission

After leaving Ingham we searched for the sugar loading pier that we had heard about. Out to Halifax and Lucinda (just  north of Ingham)  

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Slowly upwardly mobile

Since leaving Townsville Thursday (it’s now Monday) we’ve travelled northward by about 150km. Actual distance covered has been a bit more as we zagged inland and

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Fly Buys, Byes, Boys

All of them. I’m sitting to write this some 10 days or more after the event. Well, 10 days since we hit Townsville. We actually

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Working our passage

iOM bought Civic Guides earlier this year. For those of you unfamiliar, Civic Guides looks like this….               and

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Woop Woop On

Upon departing Woop Woop the road nearly got better – still single lane blacktop but less bouncy jouncy, almost cruisin’. 85 was a reasonable speed but

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Charleville – Blackall

Almost a bustling metropolis, particularly after Quilpie, Eromanga, Thargomindah and Eulo. Even had difficulty parking there were so many locals in town and then found

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We went up a hill today

Yowah to Thargomindah to Noccundra to Eromanga. Along the way we went up a hill….             This was a highlight, 193 metres

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Yowah – no really!

Probably the most notable aspect of the Qld portion of the journey so far has been the FLAT. Also, maybe, has been the desolate nature

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