This was also the case with the Outback. While we did take it easy enough and had a few breaks (including a 3 day camp at the beautiful Leichardt Falls) we started to get tired of it all and there’s a lot to get tired of:
- Heat
- Flies flying on your eyes
- Drinking warm water all day
- Mosquitos
- Not having a proper wash
- Flies flying in your ears
- Conserving every drop of water
- The fact that everything gets dirty
- Flies in your food
- Red dust
- Marathon driving
- Having to take a shovel if you go for a number 2 and flies flying around your bum
- Shaken jaws and bleeding ears from driving on corrugations
- Being the only people around
- The constant worry that something on the car will give in to the punishment of the roads
I will probably write another rant about Van life itself in another post. But I think I’m right in saying that we were looking forward for a change.
The first change already came shortly after Normanton, which marked the end of the unsealed sections (less dust and no more shaking). It was also on this road where we met another group of Townace travellers: Lucy, Manu and Elena.
So another Konvoy was born. Together we travelled to another familiar, yet beautiful area: The
Atherton Table Lands. Less than 100kms east of Cairns, a plateau filled with waterfalls and rainforest. They are part of the Great Dividing Range which separates the green east coast from the dry outback.It’s one of our favorite areas in the country that offers everything one might want from a travel destination: enjoyable temperatures, beautiful landscapes and secluded spots that are still close enough to civilization. Especially the cooler temperatures were something we welcomed; the simple fact of not having to feel all grimy at the end of the day was a joy in itself.
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