While staying with Ami's incredibly hospitable Aunt and Uncle, Lesley and Oscar we heard of Oscar's friend and employer Chris who was planning a trip across Australia.
The story was this: Chris was planing to buy a truck to drive across a famous 4x4 trail called 'The Canning Stock Route,' the problem was the Truck would be in Queensland and the trail starts in Western Australia 5000 or so k's away.
Although keen, Leslie and Oscar had too many responsibilities to be gone for the month or so it would take to get the truck across the country at a comfortable speed, who has that kind of free time you cry?
Much to our amazement people weren't lining up for the opportunity to pilot a new vehicle across Oz with enough time thrown in to see the sights.
Only bums such as ourselves had the ability to drop everything and meet Chris in Brisbane a few weeks later, bags packed and insurance payed up!
Only time will tell if we were wrong to throw aside our original nesting plans for something more adventurous but on paper this looks like a dream trip!
