Well, this day was supposed to be as per the itinerary, Charleville to Alpha. It started off that way, scenery was as good as we have seen so far in Queensland, had to drive up through some more mountain ranges, saw the now usual Kangaroos, Eagles, Emus etc - some Emus were either stubborn or stupid, would not move out of our way until we were practically on top of them.
When we got to our destination of Alpha, we found it a small place with not a lot happening and no phone coverage, so we decided as it was around 3PM that we would move on and go to Emerald instead. Nothing much to note along the way.
Once there we managed to download some messages etc from McDonalds Car Park - decided not to eat there this time.
We received a phone call that we have been waiting on since our trip began - more on this coming up.
We hunted around for a place to stay - - if you don't know already, we are limited to Caravan Parks, and only those that accept Dogs. As we move nearer to the Coast and to the larger populated areas, this combo seems more limited.
We found only one Caravan Park that would accept dogs in Emerald (they wanted a Pet Bond for some reason, even though he's staying in our own Tent ?!) , they directed us to an area of the campsite the size of a postage stamp, we didnt like the place so changed our minds and made the decision to push on one more time in the hope of a decent place 100KMs away in Clermont.
A record for this trip 837 KMs from our Start of Charleville to Clermont, in the dark we finally managed to squeeze into a busy but excellent camp site, with nice owners and nice fellow campers/caravaners (Clermont Caravan Park funnily enough). Needless to say, we were knackered, so set up the Tent, had some dinner and went straight to bed on our still unrepaired airbed, we didn't care.
Now, back to that phone call. We have been trying since well before the trip began, to find somewhere in Cairns to rent, we intend to build our own home, but in the meantime.... We had up until today no success in finding a suitable place, we turned down maybe 3 or 4 that were offered, so were all this time travelling across to Cairns with no address to go to. Rachels mobile rang and it was that call, Ray White Real Estate Agents in Cairns found place, with 4 bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Air-Con and a Pool.
A little dearer than we were looking to pay, but seems worth it so we accepted and have a moving in date of 20th June. This means of course we still have 8 more days to play with now.
Tomorrow we have decided to abandon our current itinerary (although at this point we are 1 day ahead of schedule) and divert across to the coast and to MacKay. From there to Townsville and then Cairns. So far we have spent 1 night at each destination only. Over the coming days we may elect to stay longer, perhaps at Townsville, we'll let you know.
The tent did not take long to put up, but we didn't time it.
When we got to our destination of Alpha, we found it a small place with not a lot happening and no phone coverage, so we decided as it was around 3PM that we would move on and go to Emerald instead. Nothing much to note along the way.
Once there we managed to download some messages etc from McDonalds Car Park - decided not to eat there this time.
We received a phone call that we have been waiting on since our trip began - more on this coming up.
We hunted around for a place to stay - - if you don't know already, we are limited to Caravan Parks, and only those that accept Dogs. As we move nearer to the Coast and to the larger populated areas, this combo seems more limited.
We found only one Caravan Park that would accept dogs in Emerald (they wanted a Pet Bond for some reason, even though he's staying in our own Tent ?!) , they directed us to an area of the campsite the size of a postage stamp, we didnt like the place so changed our minds and made the decision to push on one more time in the hope of a decent place 100KMs away in Clermont.
A record for this trip 837 KMs from our Start of Charleville to Clermont, in the dark we finally managed to squeeze into a busy but excellent camp site, with nice owners and nice fellow campers/caravaners (Clermont Caravan Park funnily enough). Needless to say, we were knackered, so set up the Tent, had some dinner and went straight to bed on our still unrepaired airbed, we didn't care.
Now, back to that phone call. We have been trying since well before the trip began, to find somewhere in Cairns to rent, we intend to build our own home, but in the meantime.... We had up until today no success in finding a suitable place, we turned down maybe 3 or 4 that were offered, so were all this time travelling across to Cairns with no address to go to. Rachels mobile rang and it was that call, Ray White Real Estate Agents in Cairns found place, with 4 bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Air-Con and a Pool.
A little dearer than we were looking to pay, but seems worth it so we accepted and have a moving in date of 20th June. This means of course we still have 8 more days to play with now.
Tomorrow we have decided to abandon our current itinerary (although at this point we are 1 day ahead of schedule) and divert across to the coast and to MacKay. From there to Townsville and then Cairns. So far we have spent 1 night at each destination only. Over the coming days we may elect to stay longer, perhaps at Townsville, we'll let you know.
The tent did not take long to put up, but we didn't time it.
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