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Day 1 - Wed 24th Apr - Melbourne to Swan Hill, Vic - 386 kms.
Day 2 - Thu 25th Apr - Swan Hill to Mildura, Vic - 223 kms.
Day 3 - Fri 26th Apr - Day trip to Mungo National Park.
Day 4 - Sat 27th Apr - Mildura to Broken Hill, NSW - 303 kms.
Day 5 - Sun 28th Apr - Kyanite day at Radium Hill - 230kms round trip.
Day 6 - Mon 29th Apr - Garnets at Thackaringa - 57kms round trip.
Day 7 - Tue 30th Apr - Amethyst at Corona Station - 195kms round trip.
Day 8 - Wed 1st May - Rest day in Broken Hill.
Day 9 - Thu 2nd May - Broken Hill to White Cliffs, NSW - 292 kms.
Day 10 - Fri 3rd May - Sightseeing and Fossicking in White Cliffs.
Day 11 - Sat 4th May - White Cliffs to Cobar, NSW - 354 kms.
Day 12 - Sun 5th May - Sightseeing around Cobar.
Day 13 - Mon 6th May - Cobar to Bourke, NSW - 169 kms.
Day 14 - Tue 7th May - Bourke to Cunnamulla, Qld - 254 kms.
Day 15 - Wed 8th May - Cunnamulla to Yowah, Qld - 163 kms.
Day 16 - Thu 9th May - Fossicking in Yowah.
Day 17 - Fri 10th May - Fossicking in Yowah.
Day 18 - Sat 11th May - Yowah to Charleville, Qld - 366 kms.
Day 19 - Sun 12th May - Charleville to Blackall, Qld - 307 kms.
Day 20 - Mon 13th May - Blackall to Ilfracombe, Qld - 187 kms.
Day 21 - Tue 14th May - Ilfracombe to Winton, Qld - 205 kms.
Day 22 - Wed 15th May - Our fossicking day trip to Opalton.
Day 23 - Thu 16th May - Winton to Cloncurry, Qld - 348 kms.
Day 24 - Fri 17th May - Chillin' in 'The Curry'.
Day 25 - Sat 18th May - Fossicking at Amethyst Castle - 280kms round trip.
Day 26 - Sun 19th May - Fossicking at Sunset Mine - 138kms round trip.
Day 27 - Mon 20th May - Rest and pack up day in 'The Curry'.
Day 28 - Tue 21st May - Cloncurry to Normanton, Qld - 382 kms.
Day 29 - Wed 22nd May - Day trip to Karumba - 155kms round trip.
Day 30 - Thu 23rd May - Normanton to Croydon, Qld - 155 kms.
Day 31 - Fri 24th May - Chillin' in Croydon, Qld.
Day 32 - Sat 25th May - Croydon to Georgetown, Qld - 148 kms.
Day 33 - Sun 26th May - Day trip to Agate Creek - 244kms round trip.
Day 34 - Mon 27th May - Visited the Ted Elliott Mineral collection.
Day 35 - Tues 28th May - Georgetown to Mount Surprise, Qld - 94 kms.
Day 36 - Wed 29th May - Mt Surprise Gem's tag along to O'Briens Creek - 84kms round trip.
Day 37 - Thu 30th May - Fossicking at O'Briens Creek by oursleves - 84kms round trip.
Day 38 - Fri 31st May - 2nd day fossicking at O'Briens Creek by oursleves.
Day 39 - Sat 1st June - Mount Surprise to Innot Hot Springs, Qld - 138 kms.
Day 40 - Sun 2nd June - Fossicking at Mount Gibson - 12kms round trip.
Day 41 - Mon 3rd June - Innot Hot Springs to Atherton, Qld - 83 kms.
Day 42 - Tue 4th June - Visited The Crystal Caves in Atherton.
Day 43 - Wed 5th June - Atherton to Lake Placid, Cairns, Qld - 88 kms.
Day 44 - Thu 6th June - Chillin' in Cairns.
Day 45 - Fri 7th June - The day I met Paul Allen (co-founder of Microsoft), well nearly...
Day 46 - Sat 8th June - Another day of Chillin' in Cairns.
Day 47 - Sun 9th June - Cairns to Cardwell, Qld - 191 kms.
Day 48 - Mon 10th June - Chillin' in Cardwell.
Day 49 - Tue 11th June - Cardwell to Townsville, Qld - 163 kms.
Day 50 - Wed 12th June - Finding our feet in Townsville.
Day 51 - Thu 13th June - Trying to chill in Townsville.
Day 52 - Fri 14th June - Marg visits Jupiters Casino.
Day 53 - Sat 15th June - We tried to visit Mt Stuart.
Day 54 - Sun 16th June - Relaxing in Townsville.
Day 55 - Mon 17th June - Aquascene tour of Maggie Island.
Day 56 - Tue 18th June - Taking it easy in Townsville.
Day 57 - Wed 19th June - Touring Maggie island in a 'Pink Barbi car'.
Day 58 - Thu 20th June - Visiting the Billabong Sanctuary.
Day 59 - Fri 21st June - Marg went to Jupiters and I went riding.
Day 60 - Sat 22nd June - Relaxing in Townsville.
Day 61 - Sun 23rd June - Visiting Mt Stuart at 584m high.
Day 62 - Mon 24th June - last day in Townsville.
Day 63 - Tue 25th June - Townsville to Clermont,Qld - 509kms.
Day 64 - Wed 26th June - Clermont to Sapphire,Qld - 163kms.
Day 65 - Thu 27th June - Relaxing in Sapphire/Rubyvale - Day 1.
Day 66 - Fri 28th June - Relaxing in Sapphire/Rubyvale - Day 2.
Day 67 - Sat 29th June - Relaxing in Sapphire/Rubyvale - Day 3.
Day 68 - Sun 30th June - Visited Sapphire Market.
Day 69 - Mon 1st July - Relaxing in Sapphire/Rubyvale - Day 5.
Day 70 - Tue 2nd July - The day that Marg 'beat' Gunter.
Day 71 - Wed 3rd July - Sapphire to Rockhampton,Qld - 321kms.
Day 72 - Thu 4th July - Visited Mount Hay Thunder Egg park.
Day 73 - Fri 5th July - Rockhampton to Bundaberg,Qld - 320kms.
Day 74 - Sat 6th July - Bundaberg to Dicky Beach,Qld - 293kms.
Day 75 - Sun 7th July - Settling in at Dicky Beach.
Day 76/80 - Mon 8th - Fri 12th July - Enjoying ourselves in Dicky Beach - Week 1.
Day 81 - Sat 13th July - Caboolture Gem Fair.
Day 82/88 - Sun 14th - Sat 20th July - Enjoying ourselves in Dicky Beach - Week 2.
Day 89/95 - Sun 21st - Sat 27th July - Enjoying ourselves in Dicky Beach - Week 3.
Day 96 - Sun 28th July - Bribie Island Sunday Market.
Day 97 - Mon 29th July - Enjoying ourselves in Dicky Beach - Day 23.
Day 98 - Tue 30th July - Enjoying ourselves in Dicky Beach - Day 24.
Day 99 - Wed 31st July - Our last Bingo at Dicky Beach.
Day 100 - Thu 1st August - our 2nd last day in Dicky Beach - Day 26.
Day 101 - Fri 2nd August - our last day in Dicky Beach - Day 27.
Day 102 - Sat 3rd August - Dicky Beach to Southport - 169kms.
Day 103 - Sun 4th August - Jason's 32nd Birthday.
Day 104 - Mon 5th August - 1st Day of relaxing at Broadwater Tourist Park.
Day 105 - Tue 6th August - The day we watched George and his mates.
Day 106 - Wed 7th August - Enjoying ourselves on the Gold Coast.
Day 107 - Thu 8th August - Enjoying ourselves on the Gold Coast.
Day 108 - Fri 9th August - Bingo at the Southport Sharks.
Day 109 - Sat 10th August - Went to Mont's gymnastics class.
Day 110 - Sun 11th August - Mont and I made sandcastles.
Day 111 - Mon 12th August - Another relaxing day in paradise.
Day 112 - Tue 13th August - Bingo at the Southport Sharks.
Day 113 - Wed 14th August - Went to Robina SC looking for a wedding dress.
Day 114 - Thu 15th August - Fossicking at Sharyn's Hinterland Hideaway.
Day 115 - Fri 16th August - Cleaning day - Mighty Navara and inside the fiver.
Day 116 - Sat 17th August - Our 36th Anniversary.
Day 117 - Sun 18th August - Enjoying ourselves at Broadwater.
Day 118 - Mon 19th August - Enjoying ourselves at Broadwater.
Day 119 - Tue 20th August - 6 Bloody 6 that's all I needed.
Day 120 - Wed 21st August - Mont's 7th Birthday.
Day 121 - Thu 22nd August - Enjoying ourselves at Broadwater.
Day 122 - Fri 23rd August - Enjoying ourselves at Broadwater.
Day 123 - Sat 24th August - Enjoying ourselves at Broadwater.
Day 124 - Sun 25th August - Dad's 83rd Birthday.
Day 125 - Mon 26th August - Being Luke's chaffeur.
Day 126 - Tue 27th August - We are the Champions.
Day 127 - Wed 28th August - The mighty Navara's 120,000kms service.
Day 128 - Thu 29th August - Did the planets align, I bloody hope so.
Day 129 - Fri 30th August - Back to enjoying ourselves at Broadwater.
Day 130 - Sat 31st August - We went House hunting.
Day 131 - Sun 1st September - Father's day our boys visited us.
Day 132 - Mon 2nd September - Back to enjoying ourselves at Broadwater.
Day 133 - Tue 3rd September - Bingo at the Southport Sharks.
Day 134 - Wed 4th September - Visited Loganholme Hyperdome shopping centre.
Day 135 - Thu 5th September - Catching up with my mate, Johnno.
Day 136 - Fri 6th September - Riding to Sovereign Islands.
Day 137 - Sat 7th September - Visited Waterloo Bay Gem Show.
Day 138 - Sun 8th September - House hunting with Jay.
Day 139 - Mon 9th September - My skin cancer screening.
Day 140 - Tue 10th September - Bingo at the Southport Sharks.
Day 141 - Wed 11th September - Visited Harbourtown.
Day 142 - Thu 12th September - Happy Birthday to me.
Day 143 - Fri 13th September - Friday the 13th.
Day 144 - Sat 14th September - Relaxing at Broadwater.
Day 145 - Sun 15th September - Saw 'Jobs' the movie.
Day 146 - Mon 16th September - We visited Oz Fair for lunch.
Day 147 - Tue 17th September - Bingo at the Southport Sharks.
Day 148 - Wed 18th September - Relaxing at Broadwater.
Day 149 - Thu 19th September - Visited Cavill Mall.
Day 150 - Fri 20th September - Our 2nd last day and my last ride.
Day 151 - Sat 21st September - Our last day with our boys.
Day 152 - Sun 22nd September - Southport to Casino, NSW - 174kms.
Day 153 - Mon 23rd September - Fossicking for Lazza Rock (Labradorite).
Day 154 - Tue 24th September - Casino to Glen Innes - 220kms.
Day 155 - Wed 25th September - Fossicking for Tourmaline in Quartz.
Day 156 - Thu 26th September - relaxing in downtown Glen Innes.
Day 157 - Fri 27th September - Fossicking for Sapphire at Yarrow creek.
Day 158 - Sat 28th September - Fossicking for Topaz at Scrubby Creek, Torrington.
Day 159 - Sun 29th September - visited the Emmaville museum and packed up.
Day 160 - Mon 30th September - Glen Innes to Moree - 210kms.
Day 161 - Tue 1st October - Fossicking for Agate at Bellata, NSW.
Day 162 - Wed 2nd October - Moree to Peak Hill - 446kms.
Day 163 - Thu 3rd October - Peak Hill to Shepparton - 573kms.
Day 164 - Fri 4th October - Shepparton to Home - 227kms.

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