Well what to tell about our night out at Daly Waters Pub... food was great!!!!! but we were almost alone in the pub, so no live band or ambiance ...so we played a game of cards...life can be though in the Northern Outback... Back on Stuart HGW up North we have a coffee break at the Pink Panther Larriman Pub, as they say for themselves...one of the top 10 bush pubs in Australia...well perhaps the beers are better, but coffee was poor and pink is the theme color... Next stop for refueling and some shopping at Katherine, situated on the Katherine River and the 4th largest settlement in the Northern Territory, it has some gold mining industry and is also a tourism gateway to the Nitmiluk National Park, particularly Katherine Gorge and its many ancient rock paintings. During the wet season the region is known for heavy flooding... As we arrived at the Katherine Gorge , I spoke with a local, because the river was muddy and he said 3 days ago our friend cyclone Nathan passed by and they had heaps of rain and the water level had raised with 4 m , so swimming was prohibited because crocodiles had been seen in the area...we took an 1 hour walk to the highest lookout point Jawoyn with a nice view over the River and the Gorge... Next visit to the Edith Falls...same story, upper basin closed for swimming ,crocodile danger... We end our road in Pine Creek, the gateway at the Kakadu National Park...something for tomorrow...
This caravan park Barlow Creek was as far now the worst one we had and it was so dirty that I cancelled my shower this morning...so remind this about Barlow Creek...great special pub, but do not stay over for the night.... Back on the track on Stuart HGW for another 650 km up North direction Darwin...as further we go North outside temperatures raise again and it doesn't take long to reach temperatures above 35 degrees again... Desert landscapes start to get greener and greener and more bushes make their appearance again as we get closer to Daly Waters with it's historic Pub, our campspot for the night and yes ...clean showers!!!!!!! Saturday night = pub night, so we have a great meal and a few drinks ....
Today is a real road day, we would like to get at Daly Waters with it's historical pub on Saturday evening, so 1475 km to drive in 2 days...no time to waste , so right after breaking up camp we hit the road again on Stuart HGW, also known as the Explorer Way... Well , as there is no alternative sealed road we have to drive it again ...After 826 km , tired and hungry there is no other choice as to stop at Barlow Creek Roadhouse , as night starts to fall... till now , the cheapest night ( 7,5 AUD) all together ...but as soon we get to seethe toilets and showers we do understand why...it is disgusting!!!!!!! but on the other hand an amazing pub where the owner , as soon we tell him we're from Belgium, he pull's out a box filled with Belgian item's left by Belgian tourists...so I left a business card to fill up his box...lol... Time to hit the sack as tomorrow we have another long road day...
Kulgera Roadhouse - Coober Pedy- Cadney Roadhouse 580 km
Well, as we didn't make it to Cooktown, because of cyclone "Nathan" we have some days left, so we decided to drive back to Southern Australia to visit Coober Pedy , an old Opal mining town, also known as The Opal town of Australia and probably in the world... It only take's 20 km to cross the South Australian Border and off we are for +/_ 450 km to Coober Pedy driving most of the time through desert... Approaching Coober Pedy you can't miss it, they are digging for Opal everywhere... Opal was first found in 1915, since then it has been the major supplier of gem quality Opal. Today Coober Pedy relies as much on tourism as the Opal Mining Industry and with a population of 3500 and over 45 different nationality's it has become a cosmopolitan town and perhaps one of the most unique places in Australia... Most of the people still live in a dug out, a house digged out the sandstone rocks where it is summer/winter 23 degrees, nice and cool in summer and nice and comfy in winter, as 46 degrees can be called a normal summer day, I can't understand why people choose to live there and I must say, you can't compare it no longer with what it was in the early twentiers, the dug out today is nice and comfortable place to live... After a visit at the Opal Mine, very interesting to see how men tried everything and lived and worked in hard times to find Opal to provide them a better life, only a few succeeded....but still a lot are working for that same dream... Back on the track we drive back up North to stop for the night at Cadney Roadhouse.
At 06h35 we are present to watch the sunrise at Ayers Rock and The Olga's....it wasn't perfect but worth to see as it was a bit cloudy... After brekkie we take a drive around the Rock an a walk, to end with a very interesting visit at the ULURU-Kata Tjuta Culturel Centre , all about Aborigine arts and habits. Ayers Rock known by the Aborigines as Uluru and The Olga's as Kata Tjuta are very important to them...Anangu are the traditional owners of Uluru and Kata Tjuta and the surrounding land...For thousands of years Anangu people have cared for this land and to the this has always been a special place, it isn't just a rock, it is a living place... Lot's of tourist took away a piece of the Rock to remember their trip , but Anangu people have asked through the years to respect the Rock and no longer take away pieces of it and even asked people that did so in the past to bring them back to the Rock, which a lot off people did and still do , even from overseas...they are called 'the sorrow stones' We have to keep on moving and it's time to take a last look at the Rock before we get back on Lasseter HGW to Erldunda where we have to find back our toaster that Luc accidentally threw away in the garbage bin...guess what, we were lucky as we found it back ...We take a right down South direction Coober Pedy, an old historic Opal Mine with a overnight stop at the last and first Roadhouse pub in the Northern Territory , Kulgera Roadhouse...Goodnight blokes and shiela's .....
9h30 we have to say goodbye to our homie "Coco" and welcome our new , baptized "Coco II'...it takes some time to change all our things and while Luc, Martin and Dorine are taking care of this , I drive into town to buy a new laptop ...after some really good advice I decide to make the switch to Apple and I get out the shop with a MacBook Air...now comes the hardest part for a computer dummy as me...installing it and get it to work...but these are worries for this evening, first we have to drive to Yulara ,sitting at the feet of Ayers Rock or Uluru. We get back on Stuart HGW with a first stop at the Cannonball Memorial for the competitors that lost their live during the Cannonball Race... Driving between the Seymour Range and Charlotte Range brings us to Erldunda for a fuel stop and out of nowhere some Aborigines try to sell us some paintings for a few dollars and beer...they are not allowed to buy alcohol and this is the way they try to get hand on alcohol...but they are not at all aggressive , rather friendly... In Erldunda we get on the Lasseter HGW that leads us to Yulara and the Red Center of Australia, red sanded desert as far you can see... Arrived at Yulara, there is only one big camping so no choice here and we hurry to see the sunset on Ayers Rock and The Olga's...not perfect as clouds came in late afternoon but tomorrow morning they forecast clear sky for the sunrise... Time to struggle with MacBook...it works after some time but if someone can tell me how to resize pictures in iphoto i would be welcome as I can't find it...help...if you can please email me kris.meeze@gmail.com
A lot to do today, the 2 girls need big maintenance, oil change and tyre change , a real luxury day for them we've booked at Desert Edge Motorcycles...
Next job on the list is our precious "Coco",she needs to be look after aswell,so we bring her to the Kea Branch in Alice and get a 4x4 for the day..."Jessie"...let's try her out on the dirt roads, but first I've got to drop off my laptop to see if it can be fixed...Getting off the sealed roads on to a little gravel road that takes us to an old settlement Undoolya, followed by a fun drive to Ross River through the stunning Macdonnell Ranges, they say millions of yesrs ago they were as high as the Himalaya...well I can tell, they shrunked quite a bit, some stops and stroll's at Emily and Jessie(yes indeed...lol...)Gap , Corroboree Rock and Trephins Gorge...awesome!!!!
We have lunch at the Ross River bar,where the owner told us that 2 years ago they had a big bushfire that caused a lot of dammage , but she still had the good spirit and all busy to rebuild things again...the Australian way I guess...
Back at the Branch to pick up "Coco", bad news, they can't repair the problem...no spare parts...so we have to say goodbye to "Coco" tomorrow...so long, you've been good to us and a pleasure to travel...snif
Time to pick up the ladies , all cleaned up and ready to rock and roll...
Some more bad news, hard disk fron my laptop crashed, probably loss if all my data and pictures😢😢
We've got to pack this evening ...
I hope "Coco" keeps on running and the rear tyres of both bikes are going to make it to Alice Springs...
Leaving Tennant Creek, Northern Territory's fifth largest town, the hub of the Barkly Tableland,elevsted plaind of black soil with golden Mitchell grass, roughly the same size as New Zealand and it has also some of the world largest cattle stations...on the Stuart Highway.
First stop at "the Devils Marbles" a collection of huge,round,red colored boulders...the Aborigines know them as "Karlukarlu" and for them it is still a spiritually and at the same time a scared site...
Back on Stuart HGW next fuel stop at Wycliffe Well, the Ufo center if Australia, owned by a Dutch mam, Mr Vanderzand.
Along our road we get to see more and more Aborigines hanging out in the streets.
We buy some homemade mango icecream...yummie...and sweet mango wine at a local mangofarm and in Aileron we meet " the Anmatjere man" or "the big man walking" a huge statue of an Aboriginal man with his spear on the top of a mountain and below his wife,daughter and their pet the lizard...Aboriginal Art.
We now arrive in Alice Springs, popularly known as "Alice", the heart of Central Australia with stunning gorges, boundless deserts, landscapes and remote Aboriginal communities.
We hurry to Anzac hill to witness the sunset ovet "Alice" ...great!!!!!
Dorine and Martin are popping out for dinner an me and Luc are cooking Spaghetti Bolognese...
Night fall's over " Alice"
A lot to do today...we're awaiting a phone call from the motorhome branch at Alice Springs if it's ok we drive on to them with some spare cool liquid in case....10h30 we get the go signal and off we are to Tennant Creek.
Meanwhile since yesterday my laptop doesn't work anymore...so sorry for this but I can't upload no more pictures ....
The main street between Mount Isa
and Camoowealis with it's 188km officialy the longest main street in the world!!!
We leave Queensland behind us and are entering the North territory on the Barkly Highway , also known as the Overlander's way...nothing else but desert desert and desert for more than 550km till we arrive at the Three Ways Roadhouse,fuel up and left on to the Stuart Highway to Tennant Creek, our stop for the night...
Tomorrow further down South to Alice Springs.
A refreshing swim in the pool cool's us down after another hot hot day...
Luckely for us we had airco in the motorhome as temperature only dropped to 34...normally I like warm weather but this...way to hot for me...not to mention the fliesthey are everywhere!!!!Back on Flinder's Highway we meet desert again,first stop at Julia Creek,the gateway to the Gulf and it was named after the niece of Donald McItyre, the first European settler in the area. It's also a major stock trucking and cattle sales centre and there is some mining industry...while me and Martin are enjoying a cup of coffee we receive a message from Luc and Dorine they runned out of diesel 55 ks before Julia Creek but Luc got a lift to Julia Creek...Martin brings him back to the motorhome while I'm waiting for them at the fuel station...
Once we're all back on the road we drive on to Mount Isa,one of world's great mining cities and one of Australia's largest coppermine...and temperature is rising to 44...need to drink lot's of water...but trouble come's along again...the motorhome's cooling system fails and ig over heated twice , so once arrived in Mount Isa we call the rental company what to do...we end up in a local workshop where they find a leak in a hose,we have to look out for a caravan park cfor the night and tomorrow the rental company will get back to us whatprocedure we have to follow...
Today we've got only one thing in mind...get as far away as possible from the North east coast, as Cyclone Nathan enforced to category 4 and is going to strike Cairns tomorrow....just to give an idea, from category 3 on they start to evacuate people out their houses...so I guess we took the right decision to go West inland...
Once out of Townsville we quickly get on Flinders Highway and once past Charters Towers the A6 becomes a long long long straight road ....
We have lunch at the White Mountains National Park +/- 600 m above sea level and i t is bloody hot ...43°
The landscape changes from green fields and bushes with cattle to a complete dried out desert and it only starts.
We stop at Richmond for the night, it's most famous for its marine fossils and its world renowed museum Kronosaurus Korner.
It has a man made lake known as the Lake Fred Tritton named after the former mayor Fred Tritton, we wanted to take a dive to cool down after a very hot day but there's so much weed into the lake that it is not possible to swim so our eyes fall upon a kid's water fall center and that's just fine for us....
We left Airlie Beach this morning to drive at Townsville where Malcolm and Sylvie are so nice to take us out at sea with their boat"Champagne" for a twilight sail.
Malcolm is Jamie's brother , husband of my niece Tanja...
On our road we have a stop at the Big Mango in Bowman, and at lookout Mt Inkerman.
Around 12h00 we have lunch at the Billabong Sanctuary near to Townsville for a crocodile feeding, very interesting , especially what to espect with crocodiles in wildlife...it's better to stay far away from them...they're so fast!!!!!!
We find a lovely camparea at Rowes Bay and after a refreshing shower we drive to the Marina Yachtclub where we meet Malcolm, Sylvie and the crew ....for a social race.
It was a lovely sail during sunset , thanks Malcolm and Sylvie....Back in the yachtclub we had a nice dinner all together ...
I discussed with them about the cyclone and all of them advised to stop our journey up North and we'd better go West, so exactly what we're going to do tomorrow,Mt Isa here we come...
Oh Boy...what a day!!!!! could write a whole blog on the Whitsundays...
There's no limit to the wonder of the Whitsundays, lying in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef in the warm water of the Coral Sea.
74 tropical islands all together, a true paradise where you can expect the unexpected and feel the freedom we're all searching at, whether it's about relaxation, action or adventure...you got it all in one place.
Most of the islands are deserted islands, but 8 of them have holiday resorts with coral reefs and the Great Barrier Reef at their doorstep...some of them Hamilton Island, the one and only one Hayman Island, Daydream Island...what a name !!!!!, Long Island etc.....
We sailed away from Abel Point Harbour at Airlie Beach with Ocean Rafting's "Thunderstorm" to Hook Island's Maureen's Cove rafting with high speed on the big waves...awesome!!!! arrivin at Maureen's Cove we get things organised , put a stingersuit ,masks and paddles and off we go for our first snorkel in the coral reef...what can I say, hard to find words to describe this feeling....45 minutes in a big aquarium.
We move on to Mantaray Bay for another snorkel....this is paradise or very close to it.
Time for another waverafting experience to the Hill inlet of Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island, where we get off the boat for a bushwalk to a lookout point over the inlet...no comment....and around the corner I find heaven , Whitehaven Beach, sand as white and pure never seen it before....
I'm confused by it's beauty and it doesn't take very long before I start daydreaming...what a lovely spot and even better we had lunch on that virgin sand....Our most friendly guides Brooke and Tim have most difficulties to get everybody back on board to sail back to Abel Point ...
This was as Aussies would say an awesome day!!!! some time left to dream on....
Thunderstorm, our boat for the day
Rocky formation's at Daydream Island
The crew!!!!
Impression
Let's go
Lookout point Whitehaven Hill Inlet
Whitehaven Hill Inlet
Paradise
After a lovely lunch at Whitehaven Beach boarding again
It's going to be a beautiful day today...not a cloud ...and at 7h00 yet 26°...
Do some stretching on the beach, a last view at Clairview beach and off we go further North...
Latest news about Cyclone Nathan he probably can make a turn and hit the coast around Townsville on thursday... Nathan is classified as a category 3...so when we spoke about it with local people where and how we can find shelter for the motorhome, bikes and ourselves they advise us to turn around and drive as far South as we can or inland...Tomorrow we will take a final decision.
We follow the A1 Highway to Mackay, quite boring and all we get to see is fields of sugar canne,sugar canne and sugar canne...
Mackay is Whitsundays region largest city and one of the fastest growing population center of Queensland.
Just to the west are massive mining ventures that export minerals worldwide, further there is a lot of agriculture(sugar canne) and beef .
It's also a jumping off point for the Whitsunday Islands that lie just offshore.
We have a look at Dolphin Heads and Sunset Bay before driving to our end destination Airlie Beach... where all different kinds of cruises, watertaxi's etc... start at the Whitsunday Islands.
We start looking for a camping and get ourselves organised to find the right cruise for tomorrow...once this is all done , some time left for a game of tennis...a lovely swim in the pool and a good shower...Looking forwards at the excursion tomorrow....
Sugar canne
Sunset Bay
Arrival@Airlie Beach
Airlie Beach and the Whitsunday Islands in the back
While having breakfast a Kookobarra drops by to say hello...after breaking up camp we continue driving further up North to Gladstone, well known for it's aluminium industry but further nothing to see...all I can tell it is getting hotter and hotter...we reached 37° today...
Arriving by the A1 at Rockhampton with it's impressive Fitzroy River we go back to the coast towards Emu Park and Yeppoon where we have lunch at a lovely spot with a nice view on the Great Keppel Island but also witnessed what the latest cyclone caused here...hard to tell what dammage nature can cause...
A little bit further we stop at The Coves, originally found by Mr Olsen a Norwegian and kept hidden until he was able to buy the land ...later on he opened the Coves for public and late 1980 his family sold it to another private person that still is running the business...weddings are very popular in the Cathedral cove where we had an amazing sound and lightshow...great!!!!!!!
With another 170 ks left to go, we'd better get on the road again...the road between Rockhampton and Mackay is rather straight and boring but arriving at Clearview and it's beach we do forget that boring part .
We now have reached the Great Barrier Reef and today I'm the cook and I've got a green curry chicken in mind...
Awakening this morning, first job...check the latest reports on Cyclone Nathan...it still looks well so we continue our road up North...
First stop at Bundaberg and a little further, more specific at Mon Repos Turtle Sanctuary where it is actually the hatching season, but the turtle bay's only make their run to the ocean in the evening.....so we only could take a stroll on the turtle beach where the first snake crawled in front of me....gosh I don't like them...
We get on the bikes again and drive to Miriam Vale with a stop at a Oldtimer gathering...found a new van, and a coffee stop at Rosedale at the tiny tea pot...great coffee.
Arriving in Miriam Vale we see there is an Australian Football weekend going on, so we stop for lunch and buy some tickets to see the game..what a hard game it is, no protection and full contact...no wonder there are so much chiropracter's in Australia...lol...
The day end's in Tannum Sands at a camp area at the border of the Ocean, so a swim can't be denied ...a strong current and probably our last swim as we're entering Crocodile and Marine Stinger area...
First camping with a tennis court , so I challenge Martin for a game..well the game itself was good...but my muscles warned me it's been a long time...
After a good shower our Mastercooks of the day Luc and Dorine cooked us a lovely meal and we end the day with a game of cards, as usual won by Luc and me...lol...
Tomorrow we'll cross the Tropical of Capricorn that runs through Rockhampton...
Big day today...breakfast at 05h30...got to catch the Ferry "Fraser Down" at 6h45 to Fraser Island, the largest sand island in the world, named after shipwreck victim Eliza Frazer...This subtropical island has different kinds of natural wonders as beautiful rainforests, percher lakes,endless surfer beaches, big sandblows, cliffs of coloured sands, stretches of mangroves ....The island is 125 km long.
On time at Riverhead to board the Ferry for a cross sail of 45 minutes...arriving at Fraser Island we hurry to the Aussie 4x4 rental shop where we hire "Helga" a Toyota four runner for the day. We start at Kingsfisher Bay and after 500m we get on the sand roads theat leads us to the East Coast of the island where we get to play with our boy toy...lol...75 miles of sand beaches...we change nearly every 1/2 hour so everyone get's to drive in different conditions...lot's of fun...to give an idea, we have driven the complete Belgian Coast 65 km on the beach and another 100 km on the sandy roads of the island to bring us to some mystical places...
On the beach filled with creeks of fresh water streaming in the Ocean we stopped at the Mahono Shipwreck, the Pinnacles, Stonstool sandblow and Eli Creek...we had lunch at Eurong Beach resort and left inland to the Lakes.
Frazer Island has an amazing number of freshwater lakes and creeks...over 40...Hard to imagine Lakes clearer than those on Fraser Island...
A wonder that the water doesn't drain away as Fraser Island is made up nearly completely out of sand...they are called perched lakes because their bottom consists out of sand rendered impermeable by very slowly rotting humus...quite interesting...and the freshwater is so pure.
We stopped at Lake Boomangin , the biggest perched Lake in the world, Lake Birrabeen and top of the bill a lovely swim at Lake McKenzie...what a spot...On our way to the lakes we found some German youngsters who got stocked with their 4x4...we had to use all our intelligence and know how to free them ...which we did and all back on the track a few km further another problem, a tree on the road...but with joined forces w e get rid of this as well...all i can say today was awesome and everyone that considers coming to Australia should put it high on his list...I can tell you will not regret it..Time to drop off "Helga" and with another 3h left before we sail back to main land we treat ourselves with a nice dinner at the Mahono Resort.
At 20h30 we get on the Ferry and it looks it's been a long day...everyone take's a nap...Around 22h00 we're back in the caravanpark...catch up some sleep
Fraser Down
Luc and Martin with "Helga" on the beach
4x4 on the beach
The Pinnacles
Shipwreck Mahono
Nature
Lake Boomangin largest perched Lake in the world
Pulling away a tree on the road Helping out the Germans Nice end of the day with a lovely swim in the magnificent Lake McKenzie...a real beauty
We start our day with a couple of eggs ...today's goal is to get at Hervey's Bay .
Fill up drinkable water, empty grey water and we're all set to go...Martin and me on the bikes taking a first left to The Glasslookout point at The Glass Mountains...Martin was hot today , so he did a little burnout on the park spot...lol...
Next stop at the Australian Zoo in Landsborough home of Crocodile Steve Irwin.
Back on the road to the coast, Mudjimba, Coolum Beach, Peregian Beach, and Noosa Heads, best known as the Sunshine Coast....
For the moment no appartment buildings but I noticed a lot of boards voting against buildings , locals prefer to keep it as it is and I sure can understand why...but I think they'll loose the battle against the dollars that project developers will bring along...a shame, mankind keeps on ruining nature...
Next stop at Tin Can Bay a nature ecologic reserve that's very important for the region ...a shelter for lo'ts of birds,dolphins, turtles....
Arriving at our destination Hervey Bay , we go straight to the information desk to rent a 4x4 and get tickets for the ferry at Fraser Island.
When all is fixed we look out for a campervan park for the night....
Tomorrow we have an appointment with the Ferry Fraser Down at 6h45 to bring us to Fraser Island, so time to get some sleep...
Oohps... forgot to tell we're entering Crocodile territory...but good news about Cyclone Nathan, it moved up to a 100 km above Cooktown and is going West so normally no longer a problem for us.
It was hot last night in the Motorhome...temperature at night are rising as further we go North and it gets more and more humid ...soon we'll have to start using the airco ...
Today we all split up...Martin and Dorine went to see a Koala sanctuary in Fig Tree near Brisbane, Luc suffered with tooth pain yesterday and look's for a dentist and I drive with the Motorhome at the Kea Branch in Brisbane for some small repairs .
It takes a while at the Kea Branch and apparently Martin and Dorine got lost in Brisbane and arrived at noon in at the Koala Sanctuary, Luc found a dentist and he's back with us.
They meet in Brisbane @Victoria Bridge while I'm a little fed up with the jammed traffic in Brisbane so I decide to drive ahead to find a camp site for tonight, Beachmere Beach it is at Deception Bay North of Brisbane.
While I'm waiting time for some laundry and a lovely swim in the Ocean....I heard on the radio that there is a cyclone coming so we have to try to avoid it, otherways we're stucked for some days...this really will keep us busy the following days...
Normally tomorrow we should head for Hervey Bay to take a Ferry to Fraser Island...
Well what to tell about our night out at Daly Waters Pub... food was great!!!!! but we were almost alone in the pub, so no live band or ambiance ...so we played a game of cards...life can be though in the Northern Outback...
This caravan park Barlow Creek was as far now the worst one we had and it was so dirty that I cancelled my shower this morning...so remind this about Barlow Creek...great special pub, but do not stay over for the night....
Today is a real road day, we would like to get at Daly Waters with it's historical pub on Saturday evening, so 1475 km to drive in 2 days...no time to waste , so right after breaking up camp we hit the road again on Stuart HGW, also known as the Explorer Way...
Well, as we didn't make it to Cooktown, because of cyclone "Nathan" we have some days left, so we decided to drive back to Southern Australia to visit Coober Pedy , an old Opal mining town, also known as The Opal town of Australia and probably in the world...
At 06h35 we are present to watch the sunrise at Ayers Rock and The Olga's....it wasn't perfect but worth to see as it was a bit cloudy...
9h30 we have to say goodbye to our homie "Coco" and welcome our new , baptized "Coco II'...it takes some time to change all our things and while Luc, Martin and Dorine are taking care of this , I drive into town to buy a new laptop ...after some really good advice I decide to make the switch to Apple and I get out the shop with a MacBook Air...now comes the hardest part for a computer dummy as me...installing it and get it to work...but these are worries for this evening, first we have to drive to Yulara ,sitting at the feet of Ayers Rock or Uluru.
A lot to do today, the 2 girls need big maintenance, oil change and tyre change , a real luxury day for them we've booked at Desert Edge Motorcycles...
I hope "Coco" keeps on running and the rear tyres of both bikes are going to make it to Alice Springs...
White Mountains National Park
Where to go???????
Pentland
Windmill
Hughenden
Lost
Tourists on a bike
Lake Fred Tritton
having fun!!!!!!!!
The Big Mango
Crocodile feeding time
Lookout Mt Inkerman
I'm in trouble!!!!!!!!!!!!
Malcolm and Sylvie on "Champagne"
Lovely sail
Twilight sail with sunset Magnetic Island
The Crew
Thunderstorm, our boat for the day
Rocky formation's at Daydream Island
The crew!!!!
Impression 
Let's go 
Lookout point Whitehaven Hill Inlet
Whitehaven Hill Inlet
Paradise
After a lovely lunch at Whitehaven Beach boarding again
Sugar canne
Sunset Bay
Arrival@Airlie Beach
Airlie Beach and the Whitsunday Islands in the back
Airlie Beach
Marina Airlie Beach
Luc en Martin having a game of tennis
what a ball
My little buddy 
Emu Park
Welcome at Yeppoon
Oups
Keppel Islands
Zig Zag passage @The Caves
Luc, Martin and Dorine coming out of the Caves
Sunset Marlborough
Mon Repos
I really don't like them...
Coffee@The Tiny Tea Pot Rosedale
Australian Football Miriam Vale
What do you think about my new van?????
Old Honda CB500 meets New Honda CB500
It's getting more and more tricky
Martin and me @Tannum Sands
Full concentration
My opponent Martin
Mastercook's Luc and Dorine
Fraser Down
Luc and Martin with "Helga" on the beach
4x4 on the beach
The Pinnacles
Shipwreck Mahono
Nature
Lake Boomangin largest perched Lake in the world
Pulling away a tree on the road
Helping out the Germans
Nice end of the day with a lovely swim in the magnificent Lake McKenzie...a real beauty
Mt Beerwach Glass Mountains
Mt Coonowrin Glass Mountains
Mt Tibrogargan Glass Mountains
Martin's burnout@The Glasshouse lookout
Steve Irwin's Australian Zoo
Coolum Beach
Tin Can Bay
Martin needs some water
Traffic rules on Fraser Island
Entering Crocodile territory
Rare event...Luc try's out "Katrien"
Brisbane
Entrance to Brisbane
Brisbane riverside
Nice living@the River side
