Thierings on Tour

This morning the whole girl gang went for a walk through the area to explore a bit more and to most importantly hunt for coffee!

The road out of Cobbold Gorge was very dusty and rather rough, so it took a long time to get back on the Savannah way. We decided to stop in Georgetown to grab a bit of food and to refuel. At the moment we are doing so many kms that we are having to refuel every couple of days… 

There was also a gem collection at the information centre, with 8 rooms of precious stones of all categories. The big girls loved seeing them, meanwhile Scarly just wanted to play with a doll and other toys at the information centre and kept running out of the exhibition 😂

We then hit the road for another 3 hours travelling through Croydon and Normanton. The roads varied in quality, from single lane bitumen (even though you are travelling against head on traffic and sometimes road trains) to gravel and dirt. Needless to say, the need to concentrate and be 100% vigilant on the road for Chris is constant and it’s exhausting.

We also experienced all emotional states in the car, from sleepy and calm to fighting to having a good time. I don’t know when we will nail the travel part but I hope it’s soon!

The only thing that kept us going was that there was a fun evening ahead with our new friends and a sunset bar. When we pulled into Karumba we were racing against time to set up before the sunset and all the girls chipped in. I’ve literally never seen the whole family work so well together and a set up so quick. 

We walked up to the Sunset Tavern and enjoyed some drinks and dinner. It’s great to be back in seafood haven! The girls had their own table playing games and catching up, while the adults also enjoyed a relaxing evening.

The sunset was gorgeous and the evening sky just kept bringing the goods with changing colours and beautiful patterns in the clouds.

Meanwhile the girls found a tree to climb in the pub and loved being active after so long in the car. It turns out there was even a young Tawny Frog Mouth watching them from the branches above, curious. 

Kms travelled – 458