Today it was time to leave 'Colenso' and journey on to Sean's place in Rockhampton, but before leaving Angus' place I was determined to settle on a name for the van. The wee beast has officially been named "Clover". I know it might sound strange to some to name a vehicle but I've had a name for every car I've ever driven. A habit which started ...

Hello again, The weather is still a little better now and we have been making the most of it over the past few days. After i finished the last post at Byron bay we spent a little while up at an old lighthouse spotting whales before heading a little inland towards a mountain called Mt Warning, as named by Captain Cook. Its one of many old Volcani...

Aah...now that's more like it! We did a couple of the "must sees" in Australia in Rockhampton & about time too eh?! After a very long 10 hour drive down on the bus we arrived at the town of Rockhampton, which is the beef capital of Aus apparantly (music to Andy's ears!). Had one of the mardiest drivers in the world who we nicknamed "Socks" d...

We had now begun our trip in earnest. Molly was running well and we motored along the eventless Bruce Highway as far as Rockhampton and drove down to the sea to hole up for the night. The next day we got an early start and drove for most of the day. As night was falling and we were within 20km of our goal; Airlie Beach, Molly gave up the ghost a...

We are now on our way up to the Whitsundays, unfortunately, this requires a stop in the ghost town of Rockhampton, home of the mullet. There is no one on the street, the Plaza at whist we stayed at, left A LOT to be desired, and I mean a lot. However this was the night of the Croc Farm! Damn those suckers are huge! I would not want to meet one i...

On the way into Rockhampton is the marker denoting entry into the Tropic of Capricorn (the Tropics) so it should start getting hotter now. We've definitely noticed the onset of mossies recently too it's getting a bit more tropical already. Rockhampton is the Beef Capital of Queensland so we had a steak for dinner. To be honest mine was a bit che...