Our second night was spent camped at a great free camp in Winton, on the banks of a waterhole. First stop the next day was the roadhouse in Kynuna for the best bacon and egg rolls! We then called into the Walkabout Creek Hotel in McKinlay. The pub was built in 1900, but this place is famous as it was in the first Crocodile Dundee movie. We’d visited years ago so was nice to go back and have a look around and grab a beer. Had a great chat with Frank, the owner and publican, such a nice down to earth guy ..read more

Early start yesterday for the first day of our trip to Arnhem Land. We had about 850km to cover so left early to ensure we had plenty of time for stops along the way. Anyone who follows us knows that we have been ticking off our visits to the painted silos and water tanks across Australia. First up today was this beauty at Gunnedah, of Dorothea Mackellar who was probably most well know for her poem “My Country”. We got a great run, although plenty of roadwork and a lot of wide loads to deal with. Next silos were located in a small Queensland town called Thallon. Painted back in 2017, these ..read more

Who has visited Farina in South Australia? As you drive along the dirt roads of outback South Australia, you see many ruins along the roadside and scattered throughout properties, some in remarkable condition and some basically a pile of rubble. But one of the most complete is when you visit the town of Farina. This was our second visit to this amazing place which, in the 1890s, had about 600 people living there, but now it’s nothing like it would have been back then. Although it is slowly being transformed by an amazing group of volunteers, from ruins to a town that once was. Back in the day ..read more

OK, so it’s not all just about George, he’s not the only radio star around here! We hadn’t mentioned anything about this so far to many people, but whilst we were away Shelly recorded a segment for the Big Bash Podcast, which was published on 5th July. This is a hugely popular podcast which takes an inside look at 2 of Australia’s largest music festivals, The Big Red Bash at Birdsville & The Mundi Mundi Bash at Broken Hill. Each episode is different and unique and covers interesting interviews with artists and volunteers, behind the scenes stories, updates and so much more. If you enjoy th ..read more

We’ve briefly mentioned this, and those who follow our social media pages would have seen photos, but this year we participated in the Nutbush World Record Attempt. We got so many messages and were tagged in many posts about it being on the news back home too, so you may have even seen us on there! Both of us, and Jacquie, all went in it, but Duck was recording his radio show so missed out (that worked out well for him, can’t say he was disappointed in missing it ) The previous record was 2,878 and we smashed it with 4,084 dancers!! We all lined up in rows (we were in row 4) on the arena a ..read more

Whilst the concerts don’t generally start until around 12 or 1pm each day, there is still plenty to do. And this event isn’t just about music, it also raises alot of money for the Royal Flying Doctors Service. Entry into the drag race and nutbush alone raise a significant amount of money for this amazing and much needed organisation. We hope we will never require their assistance, but we do regularly donate and take comfort in the knowledge that they will be there to help if ever needed in our remote travels. The Bashville Drags are hilarious, men (and some woman and kids) dress up in drag an ..read more

For everyone who has been asking, here is the link to George’s segment on the Camping & Off Road Radio show from last week. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-camping-off-road-radio-show-podcast/id1444695895?i=1000568397162 This was recorded from a free camp in Eulo as we all sat by the campfire watching and listening and for his first radio segment we think he did great! What do you think ..read more

Our stay at the Betoota Pub was great, camped out the back with the most amazing outback sunset that was constantly changing, the colours were like nothing you see in the city. None of us had been to the pub before and whilst we are glad we visited, we didn’t even step foot inside! The line was so long with people wanting to get inside that we took our photos and had a look around outside, but will visit again down the track when it’s not so busy ..read more

After a night camped at Eulo we left to start the drive to Windorah, our home for the night. An easy drive of about 500 km on mainly sealed roads, but the landscape is so green. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen it so green out here. Areas that were bone dry and rich red dirt during our last trip out this way are now covered in differing colours of green grasses and shrubs. Plenty more traffic heading our way today too and everyone you speak to is heading to the bash. Every conversation starts with ‘where you headed?’ or ‘off to the bash?’ Arrived in Windorah late yesterday afternoon and ..read more

So it’s finally arrived and we are off to the Big Red Bash! An early start to day as we headed out to North Richmond to meet the first of our travelling companions for the next week or so, then off over the mountain to meet another just out of Lithgow. That first night we pulled in to the little pub in Byrock called the Mulga Creek Pub and camped out the back. Of course you can’t stay at a great country pub without having a beer or two, so we headed over for dinner and drinks. Great food, great service, friendly staff and locals and a great little pub all round. Day two we continued our jour ..read more