Day seven saw us heading inland, from The Caves on the coast, through Emerald and up to Charters Towers. It was mainly a driving day, but we did find some roadkill along the way. We got some rooms at the Charters Towers pub and then headed out for a night drive.

Roadkilled lesser black whipsnake (Demansia [...]

Day six saw us heading from Girraween to the small township of The Caves, just north of Rockhampton. We camped at a campground there, where I discovered that the tent I had brought with me lacked any tent poles. Good work, Stewart.
In the morning we spent a few minutes poking around an area of limestone [...]

Note: if you’ve seen the 2009 ReptilesDownUnder.com calendar, you might recognise some pictures here.
We left The Warrumbungles in the morning and drove up to Girraween National Park, just across the border in Queensland. Despite it being quite close to my home town of Brisbane, and despite it being well known for its high reptile diversity, [...]

We left Mudgee and headed towards Warrumbungle National Park. Along the way we saw an eastern long-necked turtle on the side of the road.

Today I embarked on an Australian odyssey. I met a friend of mine, Richard Reams, at Sydney Airport and we headed off to pick up our rental car. After getting lost in Sydney for about an hour, we finally made it out of the city and into the Blue Mountains. It was quite an overcast [...]