Our Final Schedule

Below is our final schedule after a few revisions. This trip that we are doing has some of the toughest four wheel driving in Australia. The Old Telegraph Track has a particular section in it called the "Gunshot" which looks a little like this:

That's right, we will be driving our car down this! I can imagine it now, Tegan in the back seat going "Daddy what are you doing, eeeeehhhhh hhheeeeehh....you are going to make the car flip over Daddy, stop it" I think i will have to be outside of the car with her taking the pictures and guiding Justin through this!! Kodie on the other hand will most likely be laughing her head off saying weeeeee yay!!

THE SCHEDULE

June 12th - June 14th - Lakefield National Park

June 14th - June 15th - Archer River Roadhouse

June 15th - June 19th - Chili Beach

June 19th - June 24th - Weipa

June 24th - June 25th - Dalhunty River (Telegraph Track)

June 25th - June 27th - Canal Creek (Telegraph Track)

June 27th - June 28th - Bamaga

June 28th - July 1st - Thursday Island

July 1st - July 5th - Loyalty Beach

July 5th - July 7th - Camping along the Old Telegraph Track

July 7th - July 9th - Lakefield National Park

July 9th - July 10th - Palmer River Gold Reserve

July 10th - COME HOME!!!!

Well, that is all for now, more to come as the time nears!

The Leadup

So as the time nears, we realized that we better get moving on planning this big trip. There is so much anticipation and excitement coming from Justin, myself and even our little Tegan! This is a trip that Justin has wanted to do his whole life, so for the dream to finally be happening it's a big deal.

The trip to the tip is one that is often travelled, sometimes as a yearly tradition and sometimes as a one off. This is something that we hope to make more of a yearly tradition. Queensland National Parks have so much beauty and untouched nature that to hold out and not explore these cast parks, and treat the kids to some of the best education they can come across would be just plain silly, especially with the fact that it is in our backyard and so easily accessible.

One thing that seems to continually be on my mind is that of Lakefield National Park. This is one of two Crocodile conservation parks in QLD, that's right...salties. The ones that are big with big teeth and they are everywhere here. We will be camping here for three nights. I am very excited as this will be such a new experience for all of us, but also very hesitant with the fact that we have two young kids and I am going to have to have a constant eye on all the surroundings of our camp. I understand being croc safe and that you should be sure to camp well back from the high tide mark and well back from the rivers but still, just a little bit timid about the crocodilly population and the fact that they are being conserved!!! They are at the top of the food chain!!! Anyway, this is one fear that I have to come to grips with, lets just hope that Kodie just sticks to the immediate camp site and doesn't get too restless and get her wandering legs on like she quite often does.

Well, that is all for now, please stay tuned as we keep you updated on this month long expedition!!