And we are off...Cape York here we come!

Well the times has flown by and today we started our journey north.  We left a little on the late side but that is nothing new. 

Here is a picture of Charlie and Ernie, in their final preparation.

The boys were immediately into the car activity packs as well as the lunch boxes even though it was only 9.30am. Just on the other side of Canberra, Andi pipes up with "when do we pick up Uncle Chris?" (Groan by Mum and Dad!)

Making good time throughout the day we had breaks in Molong and Coonabarabran to give the kids and Dad a bit of stretch time. The weather was less than favourable with rain most of the day. We put on an audio book - The Witches by Roald Dahl, which was enjoyed by all - although by the end probably by Mum and Dad the most!

One of our favourite sites across the day was at the Carnowindra "Milk Bar" where instead of the standard outdoor setting was a lovely brown lounge chair, complete with a local sitting comfortablely reading the newspaper.

The best sign for the day was at Dubbo. While waiting for an accident to clear we noticed that the local nursery sign read: "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is NOW!"

Other sites we enjoyed were a plane on the back of a truck and six massive tyres on a truck.

We had a few issues trying to find a nice place to stop somewhere north of Narrabri.  Most of the sites were busy or a little too close to the roadside for comfort. Finally we settled about 40kms south of Goondiwindi.  A bit further than planned but it means less for the run tomorrow.  Mr google estimates it at approx 4:30 hours.

We stopped at approx 9ish and had set up, fed and were in bed by 10pm.

A view of the camp site this am, Sunday 29 June.

Our Average fuel, 163.9, filling up at Molong and Narrabri.