I hear the cry resonating throughout....."were the bloody hell are you?" And the short answer is....in Townsville (for about the next two hours).
After our adventures in White Cliffs and thence through Cobar, Bourke and Cunnamulla we headed seriously 'outback', west to Thargomindah (and even further west to Noccundra) before making our way north via Yowah (like White Cliffs, an opal town with a real difference!) and the Channel Country.
Quilpie, Windorah, Jundah and Stonehenge are no longer just names on a map. And the highlight, for me at least..........I have finally crossed Cooper's Creek, that famous Australian watercourse, the name of which is still the subject of conjecture (apostrophe or not?). I'll give you the answer later.
We finally managed to actually 'see' Barcaldine rather than merely drive through and broke new highway ground with the trip east along the Capricorn Highway through Alpha to Emerald.
After an overnight stay at an old stamping ground in Capella, it was back to the Bruce Highway at Sarina, where again we propped for a few days rather than merely passing through. Four days at Airlie Beach (that was enough) was next on the agenda and we are now sitting in Townsville waiting for our favourite Dan Murphy's store to open in Garbutt.
With a week at Forrest Beach (where we shall be catching up with old friends) to precede our new arrival date into Kurrimine Beach (brought forward to 7 July), the under bed wine and liqueur store Chez Marshies is in dire need of replenishment. That is about to be rectified.
At this stage we do not plan leaving KB until at least the end of September, and with much of what we have done since leaving Barcaldine rating as 'old hat' in travelling terms, I am about to make a rash prediction....before we leave to make our way south to Caloundra for my next UN Forces reunion in late October, the real world and that of the Mobile Marshies' blog will be 'in sync'!
We can but hope (or should that be pray!).
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