And Away They Go....

After many dress rehearsals and fine tuning, the time finally came for them to pack up their camp at NQ RDA and head out. First stop was Mt Ruby Station and then it was off to Wild River...

Camp at NQ RDA was all packed up. You can see where the tents once were.




















Coralie and Anni's horses settle in at Mt Ruby Station as others get broken in.

On day 3 they camped at Wild River, making a fire to keep warm as winter slowly sets in.

Take 217....

Dress Rehersal #2 was not so successful as a big truck cam speeding along the road and the last horse bucked all the packs off. So they reloaded and went on. They have redesigned their tie downs and all is looking good again.

Insert right: Anni riding Q with Survivor packing

Left: Photo taken by Coralie riding Con Man

Forever Learning

Survivor on the left and Aussie on the right

Coralie and Anni met with Tim Daniel and his donkeys. Tim is very experienced in trekking and has packet up to 90kg on his donkeys at times trekking 68km in a day. Anni and Coralie received some welcome packing tips along with a great deal of very sound advice, including mapping out better ways to access the trail. Hope you enjoy these pics.

Tim Daniel's Donkeys

Like any good performance, dress rehersals are a must. Looking good boys (and ladies)

Heading North

On Monday 31st May 2010 the horses were loaded up onto the Darling Downs Horse Transport truck, gear was loaded into Coralie's little ute along with Coralie, Anni and we can't forget Dave, and everyone headed north. Monday night they spend in Rockhampton where the horses were rested before continuing their journey. Tuesday night they spend at Day Dawn Hotel (aka 'The Pub With No Beer') now known as Lee's Hotel in Ingham. If you want to know more about this famous pub you can find info at http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/locations/apubwithnobeer.htm. All is going well so far and we hope it continues to got well for the remainder of Coralie and Anni's adventure.

Dave helps out whenever and wherever needed. And his assistance is always appreciated :)