Camping At Lake Maraboon - Queensland

We then came to the city of Emerald were we finally stopped to sleep for more than simply overnight. We camped for two nights at Lake Maraboon, a man made lake.

A beautiful pelican.

There were probably 50 lorikeets flying around the camp area. They were quite beautiful however at times became a bit of a nuisance due to campers feeding them, promoting them to hover around the area expecting food.

Carnarvon National Park - Queensland

Not far from Roma was the majestic Carnarvon National Park, where we viewed Aboriginal rock paintings, took some photos under the cabbage palm trees in the rainforest and hiked to Mickeys Creek and Warrumbah Creek Gorge.

Check out the little rock wallabies.

Baloon cave where aboriginals used to dwell. "Baloon" is the aboriginal word for axe. The aboriginals possibly used the rock layer in the cave to make stone axes.

Aboriginal rock art: Stoneaxe stencils and some hands can be seen here.

Natalie in front of the rainforest and cabbage palm trees.

Greg's first little echidna. Unlike the porcupine the quills are not shot out.

Mickey Creek Gorge

Warrumbah Creek Gorge

The Largest Bottle Tree - Roma, Queensland

We camped at several National Parks until we finally got into Queensland and some proper warmth. We headed for Toowoomba, the largest inland city in Australia.

Continuing north we stopped at Kingaroy which is Australia's hub for growing peanuts. We bought some crazy flavoured peanuts including: Hot Chili, Smoked Hickery, Salt And Pepper and Garlic.

Roma was next. A very small town that boasted the largest bottle tree in the region.

Mount Kaputar Summit - Narrabri, New South Wales

Yes snow in Australia! Well you have to climb up a fair bit but it's there.

What a gorgeous view. Mount Kaputar, at 1510 metres above sea level is the highest peak between Australia and South Africia.

Another gorgeous view, including nice background scenery.

Panoramic view of the summit

Sawn Rocks at Mt. Kaputar - Narrabri, New South Wales

Starting from Moe here in Victoria we headed inland towards New South Wales and visited the Wellington Caves.

We then made our way to Dubbo and took in the Western Plains Zoo, where went on a behind the scenes tour which included the opportunity to fed a black rhino.

Next up was Narrabri, where we did some hiking and enjoyed the fantastic views from Mount Kaputar and checked out the Sawn Rocks.

A wonderful view of the mountain.

Greg in front of the Sawn Rocks. The "organ-piping" was created via reminance of lava flow.

A better view of the Sawn Rocks. Well at least the front ground image.

Up close to the organ-piping.

Miscellaneous Photos

Here are a couple miscellaneous photos from our trip.

There is the start to the drive through Black spur in Victoria. It was a beautiful winding road going up a moutain. Check out the huge eucalyptus trees!

Accomodation of champions! We slept the odd time in the back of the car, one day in a cabin and the rest camping where we could.

When you see the price we paid in New South Wales here you really can't complain much about paying a $1.00 per litre for gas can you? We just topped up the tank and it was $35.

41 Days On Australia's East Coast: Priceless

41 days
30 cities we stopped at
$1,157.50 petrol
10,364 kilometres
$60.00 ice
8 slabs of beer
7 bottles of wine1/2 bottle of Bundaberg Rum

Visiting the eastern coast of Australia: Priceless

Our 41 day trip is outlined in red. Travelling the east coast through Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.