Day 1 of our adventure saw us drive a slow and steady 630kms to our first stop of many on our way to Melbourne, then an over night boat to Devonport, Tasmania. After a quick stop in the town of Goondiwindi to check some old QLD scratchies and lotto tickets (you never know), we turned off onto the “Border Rivers Tourist Drive” exit to make the 17km track to our bush camping spot for the night, Rainbow Reserve Camping Area. This spot is better than I ever expected our first free camp stop to be. A quiet little spot of dirt with a few gum trees spread around and no more than 20 meters directly parallel to the MacIntyre River  – perfect!!

Enjoying a beer by the river

Camper Set up!

After no more than 5 minutes, our camper sleeping compartment was up and 100% ready to sleep in – and NO arguments. YES Zane Feehely, only 5 minutes and ZERO arguments.

We had some good old laughs today, some ridiculous music and general talk of how to repack the car, roof and camper – ALREADY! There’s a bit of weight in the back third of the car and in the camper dragging us down, so the next week or so will be spent experimenting as we shift heavier items around the car.

Threw the line in during the afternoon – nothing! Not a worry though, lucky we had a few coldies in the esky with the ice packs out of Cleve’s freezer this morning, so we enjoyed them in the shade while getting ready to heat up our pre cooked curried sausages  & mash.

It wasn’t until we lay our heads down and turned all the lights off that we noticed the incredible view of the flickering stars in the black sky. There is nothing in this world that beats that views! Although, it does make you realise how quiet, alone and exposed that large patch of bush land around you is. Maybe I shouldn’t have been so resistant to Matt getting his gun license after-all.