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Day 35 – Saturday

On the road again, this time we stopped at Julia Creek. We arrived pretty early but by the time we’d set up camp and walked into the town the shops had shut for the weekend. The information centre wasn’t open either. So we took the boys to the playground and then just relaxed. We’d read that we could catch yabbies in the creek behind the caravan park but when we went and had a look there was no water… very very dry out there.

Day 36 – Sunday

We arrived in Mt Isa today and stopped in at the information centre to see if they could tell us if there were any camp sites instead of the caravan parks. Alas the only ones were 50km either side of Mt Isa! So we settled on Sunset Top caravan park as it had a pool and a playground. We were parked next to the same couple we were parked next to at Richmond. We took the boys to the Fun Park which they thoroughly enjoyed. Its a huge playground and water park – and its FREE!! Why don’t they have places like that in Sydney??

Day 36 – Monday

We took a drive out to Lake Moondarra to have a look and then went to the Underground Hospital. I really enjoyed looking at the museum which is pack full of old medical equipment. The Underground Hospital itself was interesting to see too.

We would have liked to have gone down the mine but unfortunately kids under 7 aren’t allowed.

Day 37 – Tuesday

Beast was booked in for a mini service today so we were without a car. Luca had a ball playing with a girl he befriended. I did the boring things like cleaning the caravan and catching up on the mountain of laundry that was accumulating outside the caravan. Just after lunch time Scott went to pick up Beast – it was only 100m down the road – and returned in an awful mood. $1000 just to change the oil, change the brake pads and replace some O rings in the ACSD. Scott then fixed a hose on the turbo and we were getting ready to take the boys to the Fun Park again. Scott suddenly had a horrified look on his face – 3 nuts were missing from the rear right wheel and the 3 that were still there were so loose he could unscrew them with his hand. The mechanic came round and he tried to blame the rattle gun when really he just didnt know what he was doing. Scott took it back around to them and sat over their shoulder as they replaced nuts and studs.  He was not a happy boy. He has vowed to fix/replace/change/tune anything else himself from now on – labour doesn’t cost $90 an hour and at least he knows its done right!

Day 38 – Wednesday

We are finishing off the last of Queensland today with one final stop at Camooweal Billabong. After this we’ll be heading into the northern territory. We have met so many wonderful people already –  and the odd occaisional nutcase – its great how everyone is so friendly.