Another wallaby (just over a metre high)

We didn’t realise we had another adrenalin pumping experience to come. We picked Ben up and set off back home in the dark, which isn’t very enjoyable as I have mentioned before. We had enough petrol to get to the one petrol station that lies on the 200km stretch between Mackay and Moranbah in a place called Nebo. But as the petrol began to empty and we continued along darkened roads there was no sign of Nebo. Australians don’t see the need for trivialities like sign posts that tell you how far you are from somewhere on these roads. Finally, we had 25km of fuel left, not enough to get home and not enough to get to anywhere else! We decided to keep going and phone for help, but there was no reception! The next plan was to keep driving and then sleep in the car if necessary and flag someone down in the morning. This would have been far from ideal with none of us having eaten, and no water. Then, by some stroke of luck with 15km of petrol left, we sighted the wonderful lights of Nebo! We must learn to fill up with petrol before every journey because you just don’t know when there will be a petrol station in these remote areas, and I don’t want to go through that experience again!

We slept well that night.

(I still haven’t seen a kangaroo).