Category Archives: 2016 07 Camping Eastern Australian Adventures in the caravan

Australia  The East Bit   Day 18   Atherton Tablelands Qld 23 July 2016

We had a fabulous day today, the sky was blue and the sun was shining.  🙂 We skirted around the Atherton Tablelands on our way into Innisfail and it felt wrong not to be visiting.   A few days ago Glenys … Continue reading

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Australia The East Bit Days 16 and 17 Mount Surprise to Innisfail and Innisfail Qld 21 and 22 July 2016

Day 16 21 July 2016  Mount Surprise to Innisfail Qld  252km We set out around 8am, the day looked promising, with only a little rain forecast. We drove through Mount Garnet and then onto the top of the Atherton Tablelands … Continue reading

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Australia The East Bit Day 15 Mount Surprise Qld 20 July 2016

Hello, Deb here, can’t believe it is day 15.    I feel really relaxed.    I always remember when I am away camping how relaxing it is.    It is like I forget the rest of the time!   🙂 We haven’t been … Continue reading

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Australia  The East Bit   Days 11 12 13 and 14 Four Ways to Karumba,  Karumba and then Karumba to Mount Surprise 16 17 18 and 19 July 2016 

Hi all, I have a bit of catching up to do. Who would have thought I wouldn’t get time to do our blog. After all, it’s not as though we are holidaying or anything. 🙂 Number of Views :1806

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Australia  The East Bit   Days 9 and 10 Mount Isa then Mount Isa  to Bourke and Wills Roadhouse Four Ways via Cloncurry 14 & 15 July 2016 

Day 9 Mount Isa. 14 July 2016 The good news is, the NSW Blues won the third NRL State of Origin game last night, preventing a Queensland 3-0 Series win. The good folk of Mount Isa didn’t seem too happy … Continue reading

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Australia  The East Bit   Days 7 and 8 Barrow Creek to Barkly Homestead and Mount Isa 12 & 13 July 2016 

As a general observation traveling through this part of northern Australia is that the locals are truly crazy! All the way from Erldunda to Mount Isa there are termite mounds, dotted at an increasing frequency along the road side. At … Continue reading

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Day 6 Yulara to Barrow Creek 11 July 2016 Including the Field of Light

Australia  The East Bit Palya!   (Hello) Before I get onto today, let’s step back a day. As promised here is our “Field of Light – Uluru” Experience Number of Views :2054

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Australia – The East Bit – Day 5 Yalara / Uluru / Kata Tjuta 10 July 2016 

  We had an easy day. Breakfast in the resort breakfast area was so busy, but the staff  were very efficient and the food was fresh and very good. It rained about 13mm overnight and the grounds were wet with … Continue reading

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Australia – The East Bit Day 4 Erldunda to Yalara/Uluru 9 July 2016  242km

  We eased our way into today. I filled the car up with fuel and we packed the van up as much as possible before locking it all up and leaving it in Erldunda while we headed off to Uluru … Continue reading

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Australia – The East Bit – Days 1 2 & 3 Adelaide to Erldunda

Day 1 Adelaide to Port Augusta  6 July 2016   312km The day has finally arrived. We have been talking about doing this holiday since we did the Western Loop about 5 years ago. (Read back in our blog if you … Continue reading

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