Allan and Connie - wandering about in a caravan - Winter 2018

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Whether you have been here before or not.. WELCOME! I'm not much of a photographer but I enjoy taking photos that [to me] seem unusual or interesting. Sometimes I think they are funny, sometimes strange and sometimes R rated. In any case you are encouraged to put comments in the visitors book. I hope I can make you smile or even giggle a bit.

Townsville is BIG compared to some of the towns we have stopped at. Every time we come here we have to go to Mount Stuart for the view. This wasn't the clearest of days but size of the city can only be appreciated when you look down from the mountain.

The view at night is even more spectacular. If I could have kept the camera still this would have been a better photo, but when you mix different types of alcohol it can be a problem.

Then again, if the clouds have settled over Mount Stuart it doesn't really matter how bad you are at photography.

I agree that this kind of rubbish should be disposed of thoughtfully - and I thought they meant EATEN!

There's not really much of a choice. The shop on the left caters for Trim Taught Terrific young girls, and the one on the right appears to cater for their grandmothers.

This Trim Taught Terrific young girl crossed the Flinders River at "Connie's Crossing" near Hughenden in July 2018. The council didn't erect a plaque but Allan erected something instead.

The toilet blocks around Hughenden seem to get a lot of attention. Anybody like to guess how much this mural may have cost?

In any case, maybe the artist should spend some time in Sydney.

The Flinders river appears to have been been dry for a long time (note vegetation growing in the river bed). It is Queensland's longest river extending 840km and "flowing?" into the Gulf of Carpentaria. It was named after Matthew Flinders by Liuetenant Stokes of HMS Beagle in 1841 - I believed it, so maybe you will too.

Now here is a solution to our electricity costs. Put this in your back yard and with a little engineering you could completely eliminate your electricity bills. It's 38 feet across.

The thing on the wall is a representation of an ammonite fossil (made from windmill parts). The ammonites appeared on Earth a little before humans - about 208 million years before us. Could an ammonite that size really have digested a modern human being?

In 1861 (that's 157 years ago) on October 22nd this Coolabah tree was blazed by Frederick Walker on his trek North from Rockhampton to the Gulf of Carpentaria. "Camp 23 F.W. Oct 22 1861". It was also blazed by Sir William Landsborough while searching for Burke and Wills. It is only a few hundred meters from the [very dry] Flinders River. I found a very old rusty penknife near the tree and being a very responsible person I disposed of it thoughtfully in a bin.

Allan & Connie stayed at the Hughenden Showgrounds for a couple of days. We found the only site with a patch of green grass and our own little garden. Even luckier, we were upwind of the dust - all free.