Childers, Australia

We stayed a couple of days at Childers to have a break from driving. Childers had the unfortunate tragedy of the backpackers burning down killing quite a few Aussie and overseas kids. The site now houses a very tasteful memorial to those who died. As we ...

Back in June I did a Jackeroo course to learn about outback life and work, and to get a job. I met some cool people, too...

... tomorrow was Sunday and we would not find work. We weren't looking for work which was unusual as he assumed everybody who stayed in Childers was there to pick fruit. Anyway, this hostel has a bit of a history: In 2000 it was burned to the ground and 15 ...

... where we were going!! The drive was pretty boring, nothing to see so we kept going and eventually did about 700k. I'd seen at Childers there were 2 campsites. The sun was going down when we arrived, about 5.30, and we drove into one of the sites East ...