Home!

What a wonderful holiday we've had! But there is NO place like home!! The house looks huge after living in a caravan for three months. 

We've had an awesome time, such an adventure! The weather has been absolutely wonderful and the family time priceless. We wondered how we'd all cope living in each other's pockets 24/7 for three months, but we're glad to report that we've had very few cross moments and an incalculable number of wonderful experiences together.

Only the one issue with the car in Broken Hill, otherwise it performed beautifully, dragging the caravan 16,771 kms, using $4390 of fuel. Ford were onto such a good idea with the Territory!

We have learned to work together so well as a family team; this morning we'd got up and dressed leasurely, packed up the awning, lifted the stabilisers, rolled up the swags, dropped the roof and hit the road within 45 mins of rolling out of bed!

Gundagai, NSW, our last night!

Last wake-up of our trip! After months of wearing only a t-shirt, shorts and bare feet/thongs, we wake up to this! Talk about weather-shock, and we've got to go 500km further south! Strewth!

Port Macquarie, NSW

Called into Port Macquarie for a few days catching up with my sister Tara and Jeff, and Birthday Boy Jackson. This morning on our walk along the beach to Flagstaff Hill, we spotted a whale and calf swimming south off the beach. We have been blessed with so many special moments on this trip!

Lillydale Bridge, Clarence River, near Winegrove, NSW

Stopped here for an overnight stay,  but wished we could have stayed longer. Rode down the river with pool noodles, cooked dinner over a camp fire and walked across the bridge and up the river. I've pinned the sight in my GPS for a return visit!

Tin Can Bay, Fraser Island, QLD

Heather and I visited Fraser Island whilst on our honeymoon and we'd been looking forward to visiting it again.  In the end this time it looked like it might be a bit too much of a challenge in our vehicle and just not worth the risk. We'll come back another time! We stayed at Tin Can Bay, opposite the southern end of the island instead.

Apart from enjoying the beautiful scenery and views of the island, we were able to feed wild dolphins in the bay,  as well as explore the area. We drove the 11km up the beach from Rainbow Beach to Inskip Point, where you get the barge to Fraser Island. The Territory had absolutely no problems with sand, even crossing the soft sand at the beach access point without incident. We also drove part of the way south down the beach towards Noosa to view the coloured sand cliffs. You can actually drive all the way from Rainbow Beach to North Noosa on the beach, but not advisable towing a caravan! Heaps of fun!

1770 - Seventeen Seventy, QLD

We'd heard from Heather's brother John and Sue that 1770 was a beautiful place to stay, so we gave it a try - they were right! We camped adjacent on the beach and enjoyed a few lovely days playing beach cricket, walking along the beach and exploring the area. 

Captain Cook landed on the point, just up the beach from where we camped,  in 1770.  In the bicentennial year, the local town renamed itself 1770 in honour of the occasion. Interesting history, very beautiful and relaxing place to stay. Loved it!

Yeppoon, QLD

A couple of days just doing nothing! Matt and Tim have made some friends and have been playing around the park/pool/water slides and hooning around on pedal cars. Heth and I have been exploring the beaches and sights nearby. Eddie the emu visited a few times too!