So did I :-)

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Not to be outdone I bagged one as well. The red claw pots didn't do so well. All we caught in the pots were baby yellow belly and a couple of tiny shrimp. See what tonight yields. :-)

Tracey and the Yellow Belly.

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Trace did well to bag a Yellow Belly. She was stoked!!!

Fishing the Outback

Left Tambo this morning headed for a fishing hole that was talked about around the camp fire last night. The place is called Oma Water Hole just outside Isisford, about 15klm. Isisford lies west of Blackall. A fishing comp was held there last weekend.

The drive out there was great, apparently is plenty of red claw cray and yellow belly fish to be had there. Purchased a few cray pots in Blackall and asked a local what the fish were biting. Ended up getting a couple of spinner bait lures as well.

Got here just after lunch and set the cray pots and had a go at getting a Yellow Belly. No luck yet!! :-) Below is a link to my first Youtube posting, hope it works! It should show our camp at Oma Water Hole. You might have to cut and paste it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QRra4mjJlo&feature=youtube_gdata

Rain, Rain, go away!!

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We set off from Mitchell yesterday with the plan to head off westward to Quilpie on the way to Birdsville. Or designated stop at Cooladdi was as scheduled.

Upon stoping at a free camp there I discovered that one of the water pipe hose elbows had been fractured by a rock on the road. Spares were 90 k back in Charleville. Tried to do a road side fix and failed as this is the hose that supplies the sink, shower etc and the pressure from the pump was too much for the fix. First problem.

During the night it flogged down with rain and we had a small river running through our little camp spot. Got up in the morning and headed back to Charleville for spares and to check the weather over the net. Quilpie had 23mm of rain, Birdsville and Windorah were due to cop rain over the next few days. The roads out there would be impassable in those conditions. So we headed north up the Landsborough Highway toward Blackall and Barcaldine. Would not be surprised to see the Birdsville Development Track closed in the next day or two.

So Birdsville will have to wait. We are sitting in Tambo at the moment (above pic) recharging van batteries and doing a bit of washing in a caravan park.

Longreach here we come!! Wanted to go there anyway!!!!

Neil Turner Weir

We spent a couple of days at the weir and had a great time. The free camp is about 5 k from Mitchell, we set up right on the bank of the weir and watched the sunset over the water each night. There was plenty of firewood and a good opportunity to use the chainsaw. :-)

Almost a shame to leave as it was a beautiful site, easily the best free camp we have had so far.

Good to be on the road.

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Our first night on the road last night and we stopped at Warra. Warra is between Dalby and Chinchilla ( melon capital of Australia, in case you didn't know!). We ended up finding a free camp over the road from a great old pub. So we had a few Bundy's and got to know the locals. We had an excellent night!

On the road again today and we find ourselves camped at Muckadilla, this little town lies between Roma and Mitchell. The photo above is our spot.

Tomorrow is a short drive to Neil Turner Weir, just outside Mitchell. Last time we came through here we didn't have enough time to have a look at the weir. It's talked slot about on the traveling forums, so we are going to see what's there and stay for a couple of days.

Heading West Tomorrow

After sorting out the container fiasco Tracey and I are heading off from Woodford tomorrow.

We plan to head out to Birdsville then head north to find some work.

Things sent to try us!!

Tracey and I have spend a few days in Woodford with my father. During that time we have had a chance to look at the container that we purchased and had packed.

This is the first time I was able to have a look at the top. There was corrosion everywhere and we discovered the top of the door was corroded as well. There was no way this was going to be water tight!! We started to second guess on the weekend as to wether the container sold to us a an "A" grade " Premium" product was indeed that.

A quick email to the container mob first thing this morning with some accompanying photos confirmed that they had stuffed up the order. They offered to send the proper grade container to Woodford, but we had to once again pay for packers to transfer our gear to the new container. Another $800 !!!!

We have just had a call and the container mob have had a change of heart and offered to deal with the packing. Tracey and I are relieved!!!

Packing up......

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Everything Tracey and I own gets packed up into a shipping container.

Not too long now!

Last day at work was yesterday and Tracey and I had a blast. We were joined by our work colleagues for a few refreshing ales at a pub in the city. It was a wonderful sendoff.

The last piece of car preparation turned up on Friday, the roof rack. So today was spent fitting the rack and packing........ Again!! The container Tracey and I purchased arrived on the front lawn as well.

Monday will see the container packed up with all our belongings and shipped off to be stored at dads place. We will head of on Thursday!