Longreach, OZ

Well, we left Mackay three days ago, and have reached the lovely town of Longreach, birthplace of Qantas and home of the Stockman's Hall of Fame. I'm gonna pause here to note that any town with more than 6 people seems to have a museum here in OZ, it's a bit unnerving. Eva's right that it's probably their best attempt at tourism, but geez.

So far, so good on the road. The last few days have been nice, we drove from Mackay down to the Capricorn Highway, which runs roughly along the Tropic of Capricorn. I believe that Longreach is smack on the Tropic, so once we leave, we'll be back in the Tropics (we dipped below for a few hundred K). Our first day, we drove from Mackay to Clermont, a nice little town that Eva just loved. We had to find a town for the night as Eva had a phone interview for a job back in Germany, managing a Beer Garden. She had the interview and I passed out, waking briefly as we moved to the caravan park for the night.

From Clermont, we drove South, passing through the gemfields region of Queensland and maybe OZ. At any rate, while we missed Emerald, we did see Rubyvale and Saphire. We passed through Alpha and finally parked on the side of the road for the night, judging that there was nobody that'd give us a hassle. We were right, it was one of the nicest places we've camped so far. And one of the best nights.

I woke this morning for the sunrise (not sure how or why), which was stunning, colors of deep red. Eva woke briefly for it as well, took a look, grunted and rolled over for a few more hours of rest. I did the same after taking a piss and photos.

I'm not able to put up a link on my website to the latest photos, but here are some from the last two days, click here

So, that brings us about up to date. We're headed to Mt. Isa at the moment, and from there, we're not sure. We may go up to the Darwin area, or head South to Alice and Ayer's Rock. You'll have to wait and see.