15th   August    Moorinya national park and the old sheep station buildings with shearers quarters wool press and shearing yards  . We take the back road to Muttaburra dodging cattle sheep and bustard birds that’s what they call them when you run them over too .
16th       August     Muttaburra  hospital  and general store museums and Josie is reminiscing  with all the old cooking and washing items im actually feeling young today all before my time Yippee . On our way to Longreach and a movie is advertised on the radio so we buy tickets at the RSL  . We are eating and drinking all included in the ticket price and Josie says to me to look at the crowd and its all women suddenly it hits me it’s a chick flick CRAP . Now I understand why the woman at the information centre said have fun its about male strippers things go from bad to embarrassing  now my face is red and Josie is loving every bit of this . 
17th      August     Longreach caravan park and the owner is a real character we are both making jokes about his grandchildren  . He tells us of his operation on his brain where the doctors drilled a hole in his skull about an inch and a half in diameter gruesome stuff  . Ilfracombe for machinery mile ,bottle and gun collection war memorabilia and old kitchen wares .12 mile and it’s a stone pitched  overshot dam  wall  . Longreach rodeo and the first bull was a wild one and it took about 15 minutes to get him back in the pen he just wanted to charge everyone  .  The antics of the bulls after they had thrown their riders was more entertaining than the ride .
18th       August   Stonehenge rodeo yep another one we want to be country bumpkins some wild rides here and they have got it together in getting the bulls back in the pens .Some bruised bodies egos and some serious injuries I didnt feel any pain  . Bronco riding and the rider has to crack a whip whilst trying to hang on at the same time not many riders succeeded at this one . Music on after the sun went down and it was dancing in the dust .
19th       August        Paint branding of the calves womens barrell race and the comical commentary with the locals having digs at each other . Josie is drooling over the locals and telling me which ones are her favorites she really needs girl time or more icecream .
20th    August       Fuelled up at longreach BP and they still have driveway service all the way around Australia and this is the only one we came across so we got our windscreen cleaned as well and got the washer bottle filled that was weird . Idahlia national park and a look over the ruins and at the wave rock .
21st      August         Idahlia national park  rainbow gorge for its coloured sandstone bullock gorge and we see four yellow footed rock wallabies  Emmet lookout  for lunch and the escarpment walk  . On our way to Carnarvon national park we take a walk around blackall with its old buildings .
22nd      August     Long drive from Tambo to Carnarvon gorge  via Springsure and Rolleston here we stopped at the Rolleston pub and watched as a  charity drive came through town  with classic old cars and drivers .
23rd          August     Carnarvon  gorge and we are up at 5 30 am to get an early start on the walk we have the moss gorge amphitheatre and wards canyon  all to ourselves . The art gallery  and Cathedral cave with some interesting art work .  Booinda gorge with moss covered rock walls and the breeze is cool like air conditioning compared to the heat in the main gorge  .We covered about 20 km and then of to Mickey creek  and Josie has had enough so I go off on my own and explore mickey creek and  woorambah gorge
24th    August          Long drive from Carnarvon gorge to Brisbane and we are in a traffic jam or so it feels with road works and we are in a long line of traffic from injune to Brisbane  .The last few days my thoughts have been mixed with wanting to be back at work and with friends to continuing on travelling  .The thought of doing my tax return ,paying bills, finding a job the rush and speed of city life is enough to make me want to go back  into the bush  .We both receive a fantastic reception from our friends and I feel like im walking and every one else is running im finding it hard to keep up with  the pace of driving and conversation  it all seems a bit surreal but im sure ill get up to speed in a week ..The best thing is Josie and I are still great friends after 6 months of living out the back of a car and tenting all the way around Australia we had our moments but nothing to serious and still kept up the humour and smiles and the sharing of the work load  . Looking forward to telling tales of our journey and sharing the  laughs with friends  .