Thomson River, Longreach.

While we were on holidays we stayed at Longreach. We did a River Cruise on the historic Thompson Belle Paddlewheeler to see a magnificent sunset.  Back on shore  a bush-cooked meal was waiting and as we were sitting around the campfire a fella introduces himself. A shy sort of a fella known as Milton Taylor who is an internationally renowned bush poet who has recited his work throughout Australia and the United States. A great evening of bush heritage and bush humour. We finished the night with tea and damper with syrup. A wonderful time was had by all.

The Land of the Dinosaur !!!!!

We spent a night at Hughenden, out west from Townsville on our way to Winton. This is the land of the great Dinosaur.  We have been at Winton for 2 days at the Outback Festival.   Today we will visit another Dinosaur site at Lake Quarry Conservation Park. It is the worlds only recorded evidence of a Dinosaur stampede that is thought to have happened 95 million years ago. The footprints were the inspiration behind the stampede scene in the movie ' Jurassic Park'. You can just see our car and caravan in the background of the photo..
I haven't been able to update my site as my old laptop was not working properly. I now have a nice new one !!!!!

Holidays !!!!!

I am going on holidays for 2 weeks. I will have very limited internet service so I may not be able to stay in touch.  We are heading to Tieri today to see my son Jason his wife Teena and the Grands Matthew and Thomas. Tomorrow we go to Bowen to visit my daughter Tina,husband Rob and Grands Kellen,Nathan and Cooper. We will be there for Coopers 3rd Birthday.   We will also be in Bowen for the big fishing competition.  Next week we will be heading to Winton for the big outback festival. That should be great fun. I forgot to mention we have bought a caravan so that should be a lot of fun too.  I will catch up whenever I get a chance. I believe they have a lot of unusual activities at Winton.