Oh! Yes, We are interested CG. Want to be kept informed every step of the way. Good luck with your trip and may it go smoothly. Happy travels!

Hey Cruisin Granny

Fantastic to see you on the road again.

As I said in earlier posts , I read the forum a lot, but don't participate all that much.

However I have been watching your posts, basically since you have been in Cairns....so  good on ya...."on the road again," what a great feeling no doubt.

Yep keep up the posts, as we just love reading about every bodies adventures, even more so, as we are in Mackay till at least January, running a motel.

Why not put together a travel blog?....all in all good fun.

Best of luck to you and look forwards to your further postings.

Cheers & beers

vkgreenie

Yep. Back where you belong "on the road again"
I can see your big smile and feel your renewed enthusiasm in your posts.
Keep letting us know where you are. Some of us will catch up with you somewhere out there.



Johnw

good for you love - we hope all your roads are smooth and not too potholed....

Hey Happy and safe travelling make the most of every day Helena.

You go girl, jolly nice news Chris.

I've changed my itinerary already. I'm heading to Townsville tomorrow to catch up with a girlfriend from Pt. Lincoln who's also a nomad.
She's upgrading from a campervan to a motorhome, in spite of being worried about driving the "big vehicle" when she set out. She also sold her unit, in spite of being worried about "having a base".
That's travel for you.

I checked out Taylor's Beach yesterday, but I don't think I'll get to Forrest, but I've heard nice things. This is an interesting little patch of Oz. Low lying flood plain, covered in sugar cane, and at the moment, a lot of water. It's very swampy and the mozzies are in mozzy heaven.
Most of the houses are uninhabited this time of the year.

And she hasn't even met me folks.
Well spotted FF. That's travel and the advantage of having wheels under you.
You can't do that in a jet as you fly over the country from point A to point B.
Just love it!

Come to Maggie is. if you get the chance.I have a house here. Its a bit too expensive to bring the car and van, but a day trip is worthwhile. Contact me if you want. Bill

HI Chris, hope you enjoy Lucinda. We were married there on the beach front 34 years ago and it was a beautiful place then. The caravan park was right on the beach but now it has moved back up to the top. We used to sit on the jetty and catch some great fish and catch with all the locals. And some of them had some great fishing tales to tell. Enjoy yourself and keep well...... Pauline and Ian

Update: 3 nights in Charters Towers after a quick 2-day, unplanned stopover in Townsville.
Caught up with a Pt. Lincoln girlfriend heading north, as I was heading west.
Great to catch up again.
I had to fix my door catch today. What a crap job! I had springs, screws and sprockets popping out everwhere. I finally worked out how it fitted back together, complete with grease, and it works like a charm.
I was about 2 hands short to hold it all together while I put it back on the door.
Note to self: The next time you pull the catch off, hold it tight at all times or the thing will explode all over the ground in front of you. Then the jigsaw starts all over again.

Fan-plurry-tastic, Chris.

Buon Viaggi.

Happy to hear you're on the road again.

Safe travelling
Jon & Hylda

After all those kms I have travelled, I towed through the rain today for the first time.
It's not the first time the van had seen rain after 5 wet seasons on either side of the country, but it was the first real time I'd towed through heavy rain, and it happened between Hughenden and Richmond.
The country is green, the wattles are almost finished flowering, the gums are flowering, and it's beautiful out there.
I'm in Richmond until Friday when I'm moving on toward the "Isa".
The road out there is sealed but very undulating and uneven. The water lay in the wheel ruts almost turning the van into a boat.
When I pulled up, the van step was wet and my bed was wet from a little leak, if there is such a thing, from the pressure vent. It dried out by bed time.
It was weird being cold, although the humidity was 80% and the temp 15deg.
Richmond has a great little, new park overlooking the man-made lake and parklands, with a descriptive native plant garden, explaining the plants and all their uses.
To cap off a great day the sunset was brilliant. Red, orange, gold, grey to purple as the sun caused the storm clouds to literally glow. I took a photo with my phone, but I don't know if it did it justice.
I left my phone in a mate's car in Townsville, so he's sent it to a relative in the Isa where I'll collect it.
I met a fellow solo female nomad in Charters who's also heading west. She is in Richmond too, with her dog, so we walked around the lake which is set up to count the "steps" of exercise, an exercise area to do chin-ups, a climbing wall and other facilities for exercise, and a brilliant water feature and kid's playground.
It's all a credit to a very small, outback community.
If you're passing this way, check it out.
It's run by a couple who have done 3 years of van travel and really know their stuff.