Hit The Road Jack - Katy's roadtrip theme song!

Well, it wasn't without hiccup's but we finally hit the road. 
Lucky we were only aiming for Goomeri as our first destination as we had to stop at 2 mechanic's just in that short distance as the trailer brakes smelt like they were on fireand were red hot.

Apparently "nothing" was wrong so we continued very cautiously only to find the brakes lovely & cool by the time we made it to Goomeri!

Went for a thrid opinion on the brakes before our next stint. The mechanic at Goomeri (nick named "Crash") told it how it was and we were on our way north once again for the very long drive (thanks to a million toilet stops for Zavier!). We stopped at Eidsvold for lunch & nearly copped a parking fine for almost parking in a zone designated for horses or horse-drawn vehicles only.

 Arrived at Rockhampton late afternoon. It was great catching up with Kerry & Pete who kindly put us up for the night & shared their mechanical/vehicle wisdom.


We decided in all our wisdom (& toilet stops) we were really going to be pushing the pin to make it to Townsville for our next nights' stay so decided to turn into Airlie Beach & make like a backpacker for the night.

We found ourselves a campspot & finally got to use the camper trailer! Yay!!! We actually looked like we knew what we were doing putting it up for once too.

So, fish'n'chips for dinner at the beach light showers through the night and then the next day - beautiful weather.
















Heading north we experienced a heap of roadworks. Lunch was had at Bowen where it was blowing a gale but we found an awesome park on Queens Beach which we pretty much had to ourselves except the black cockatoos in the trees above.




Lunch @ Bowen

The scenery was really beginning to look as anticipated for North Qld - sugar cane growing on both sides of the road with beautiful green mountains in the distance but closing in on us.

And nothing says welcome to Nth Qld like ourfirst croc warning sign (Zavier needed yet another toilet stop on the side of the road - near a creek).

We arrived in Townsville with plenty of time to unpack & ready ourselves for a couple of days of being tourists.