16.3.08.
9.05AM...AM I GONNA RELAX TODAY?CAN'T GO ANYWHERE...DON'T WANNA DO ANYMORE DAMAGE TO VAN.
9.25AM...KETTLE ON...GAZEBO STAYED ROOTED ALL NIGHT.
9.35AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.00AM...SHOWER.
10.15AM...ANOTHER CUPPA...BACON/TOMATO SANDWICH.
11.00AM...LISTENING TO RADIO...SOME STATION PLAYING TUNES FROM 1982.
12.10PM...ICE LOLLIES FROM CAMPSITE SHOP...HORRIBLE PRICE.
1.15PM...OH NO...BIT OF A GUST...GAZEBO ON MOVE!
1.30PM...JOHN...NEIGHBOUR...BRINGS OVER SOME LARGE METAL PEGS.
3.15PM...HIPPY DISH WITH SPUDS.
5.00PM...BEERS...WOW ITS A GREAT LIFE!
6.30PM...DISMANTLING GAZEBO...VAN GOTTA BE AT GARAGE AT 8.30AM...SO GONNA GET THINGS SORTED TONIGHT.
8.00PM...NU FINISHING BRANDY...I'M FINISHING THE WHISKEY...DID I GET TO RELAX TODAY?
17.3.08.
7.00AM...ALARM...DIDN'T NEED IT...ALREADY AWAKE.
7.20AM...SHOWER.
7.40AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
8.10AM...ORGANIZING VAN.
8.30AM...LEFT NU ON CAMP BY SWIMMING POOL.
8.40AM...DROPPED VAN OFF AT GARAGE.
9.05AM...HAVING WALKED BACK TO CAMP...DUMPED MYSELF ON COUCH IN TV ROOM...SWEAT OOZING.
9.10AM...INTERESTING NEWS...THEY'VE FOUND HMAS SYDNEY...12K OF PERTH...SUNK IN 1944...WHICH IS GOOD?...BUT BECAUSE OF THIS BREAKING NEWS!...THEY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE ENGLISH SPORTS SECTION!
10.10AM...WALKED TO CENTRE OF TOWN...ABOUT 2K.
10.55AM...LIBRARY...ITS COOL IN HERE...GOTTA PHONE GARAGE AT 1.00PM.
12.20PM...CAFE...NU HAD A CHICKEN YIROS...I HAD A LAMB YIROS[PITTA BREAD/SALAD/MEAT]...I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW THEY HAVE THE GAUL TO SELL SUCH RUBBISH!
1.05PM...PHONED TO SEE IF VAN READY.
1.10PM...LEFT NU WITH CUPPA TEA AT CAFE AND STARTED WALK TO COLLECT VAN.
1.45PM...PAID BILL...DON'T ASK.
1.55PM...PARKED VAN ON BIG W CARPARK.
2.10PM...BACK AT CAFE WITH MY BELOVED.
2.40PM...IN BIG W...RETURNING FRIDGE THAT DIDN'T COOL...MUTE WHISTLING KETTLE...ALSO EXTENTION CABLE THAT DIDN'T HAVE RIGHT CONNECTION ON IT...THEY LOVE US POMMES IN OZ!
3.50PM...WE ARE ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
5.00PM...PORT PIRIE.
5.25PM...WE ARE BEING BITTEN TO SHREDS...THIS PLACE IS INFESTED WITH SAND FLIES.
6.00PM...WE MOVE THE VAN OFF THE GRASS ON TO A TARMACED AREA.
6.30PM...WALKED INTO TOWN...FISH AND CHIPS...CHIPS UNDER DONE...FISH...TERRIBLE!
7.40PM...BACK AT OUR VAN...HEAT UNREPENTED.
9.00PM...HEAD ON PILLOW.
18.3.08.
6.45AM...I JUST WANNA GET OFF THIS PLACE...THIS IS WORSE THAN BALLADONIA...DON'T EVER COME TO PORT PIRIE.
7.10AM...CUPPA TEA.
7.30AM...SORTING VAN...YESTERDAY WHEN IT WAS AT THE GARAGE...THE CLENING BOX TUMBLED...WASHING POWDER EVERYWHERE.
7.55AM...SHOWER.
8.15AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES...GOTTA FINISH MILK...IT WON'T LAST THE JOURNEY IN THIS HEAT.
8.50AM...HERE WE GO...250K TO ADELAIDE.
11.00AM...STOPPED OFF IN TWO WELLS...NEED A FEW FOOD ITEMS...CHEESE/TOMATO FRENCH STICK TASTED GOOD.
12.20PM...ADELAIDE...NEWSAGENTS...GOT ENGLISH NEWSPAPER.
1.10PM...EVENTUALLY FOUND CAMPSITE.
2.00PM...SETTING UP CAMP.
2.25PM...GAZEBO IN PLACE.
4.00PM...WALKING BEACH...LOADSA SHELLS.
5.10PM...TI ME TO EAT...BACON/MUSHROOM SANDWICH...BACON SHRIVELED UP TO NOTHING!
6.40PM...BIT OF A CHILL IN THE AIR.
6.55PM...MOVING TABLE INTO VAN...GOT MY PAPER TO READ.
7.25PM...KINDA COMFORTABLE...NU READING ON BED...ME HAPPY AT TABLE.
7.50PM...FANCY A BRANDY DARLING?...YES PLEASE[I KNEW SHE'D SAY YES]...I'D BETTER HAVE A WHISKEY THEN.
8.00PM...PEANUTS/CRISPS.
8.15PM...SNAKES?...A CHEWY JELLY SWEET IN THE SHAPE OF A SNAKE...MANY FLAVOURS...NU AND I ADORE THEM...ALSO JELLY BEANS...NO NEED TO EXPLAIN THEM.
8.25PM...ANOTHER ROUND OF DRINKS...WE ARE WELL COSY IN OUR LITTLE VAN...AND I JUST WANNA SAY/WRITE...THER IS NO OTHER PERSON I WOULD WISH TO SPEND THIS EXPERIENCE WITH...SOMETHING TELLS ME I GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME.
9.05PM...ANOTHER BRANDY MY LOVELY?...YES PLEASE!
9.20PM...GOOD NIGHT!
19.3.08.
8.20AM...STILL TIRED...BUT GOTTA GET UP...WANNA TAKE 10.00AM BUS TO ADELAIDE CENTRE.
8.40AM...SHOWER.
9.00AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
9.15AM...NU DECIDES WE SHOULD DO CLOTHS WAS...GET IT ON THE LINE AND IT'LL BE DRY BY THE TIME WE RETURN.
9.25AM...CLOTHES IN...TWO LOADS.
9.45AM...WASHER FINISHED...OH...ONLY ONE WASHER AS COMPLETED ITS CYCLE.
10.10AM...EXPLAINED AT RECEPTION...THEY SAID THEY'D SEND SOMEONE OVER TO SORT IT.
10.20AM...MAINTENANCE MAN ARRIVES.
10.30AM...CLOTHES HALF WASHED ARE LUMPED INTO ANOTHER WASHER...WELL WE'VE MISSED THE 10.00AM BUS...DON'T THINK WE'LL MAKE IT FOR THE 11.00AM EITHER!...LOOKS LIKE THE MIDDAY BUS.
11.20AM...HANGING WASHING OUT.
11.40AM...UNSURE ABOUT TAKING NOON BUS...NEED A CUPPA TEA.
12.20PM...AFTER A LOTTA THOUGHT OVER A CUPPA WE DECIDE TO TAKE THE 1.00PM.
12.55PM...BUS STOP.
1.35PM...ADELAIDE CITY CENTRE...HUNGER AS CREPT UP ON US.
2.30PM...I ASKED FOR A STEAK SANDWICH/CHIPS...I GOT THE THE SMALLEST PIECE OF STEAK OUT WITH FRIED EGG/BACON AND TOMATO...OZ FOOD JUST GETS WORSE...NU HAD MEATBALLS IN SPAGHETTI...SHE LEFT IT AFTER THREE MOUTHFULS...THIS APPARENTLY IS MEANT TO BE A POSH UPMARKET RESTAURANT!
3.30PM...SEARCHING FOR THE MUSEUM OF ABORIGINAL ART.
3.55PM...MUSEUM OF ABORIGINAL ART...WELL WORTH A VISIT.
5.05PM...THE ELEPHANT...AN ENGLISH STYLE PUB...NEWCASTLE BROWN?...NOT REALLY!...IT HASN'T GOT THE TASTE...SOMETHINGS WRONG...TOLD BARTENDER...HE JUST SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS.
6.20PM...WAITING FOR BUS BACK TO CAMPSITE.
6.45PM...THE BUS TURNS UP AT LAST...THEY WANNA GET THERE TIMETABLES SORTED...SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE 20MINS AGO!
7.15PM...WOMAN BUS DRIVER EXPLAINS THAT WE CAN GET OFF IN GLENEGL FOR 25MINS...THEN SHE'LL COME BACK ROUND AND PICK US UP...WE THOUGHT GREAT.
7.20PM...WE DECIDE WE WANT A TAKE AWAY...NOODLE BOX.
7.45PM...GUESS WHAT...WE MISSED THE BUS...GOTTA WAIT ANOTHER HOUR...NOODLES TASTED GOOD THOUGH.
9.20PM...BACK AT CAMP
9.35PM...NU IRONING WASHING.
10.15PM...I'M REFLECTING IN ANOTHER WONDERFUL DAY?
20.3.08.
8.30AM...BLEARY EYED...NEED A CUPPA TEA.
8.45AM...CUPPA TEA...WEATHER NOT SO WARM TODAY.
9.05AM...SHOWER.
9.30AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
10.05AM...SORTING COOL BOX.
11.00AM...ON THE WAY TO CENTERE OF ADELAIDE...NU SAYS WE'LL MISS THE ABORIGINAL DANCERS...I PROMISE TO DANCE FOR HER LATER...I MEAN ANYONE CAN DANCE...YOU WANNA SEE ME IN THE MORNING SEARCHING FOR MY SPECS!
11.40AM...WALKING TO IMMAGRATION MUSEUM...GOT MY TROUSERS ON...FIRST TIME THIS YEAR...THE WEATHER AS COOLED.
2.30PM...WALKING OUTA IMMAGRATION MUSEUM...A MUSEUM WELL WORTH A VISIT...A THOROUGHLY INTERESTING PLACE...LOTTA FILMS...LOTTA ARTEFACTS.
3.00PM...THE ELEPHANT PUB...NEEDA PINT.
4.10PM...HAVING TWO KEYS CUT FOR VAN...THE ONE WE INHERITED IS ABOUT TO BREAK IN TWO...WAS GONNA GO TO CHOCALATE FACTORY...BUT ITS TO LATE NOW...CLOSES AT FIVE...BOUGHT NU A CURLIE WURLIE INSTEAD!
4.50PM...ON TRAM HEADING FOR GLENELG.
5.30PM...PUB...HAPPY HOUR.
6.45PM...STEAK/CHIPS/SALAD...BEST YET...AND THE CHEAPEST...GLENELG IS A SMALL VILLAGE/TOWN ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ADELAIDE...LOVELY PLACE...WELL WORTH A VISIT.
8.20PM...BUS BACK TO BASE.
8.40PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
9.00PM...SNUG IN OUR VAN.
21.3.08.
8.00AM...TIME TO GET UP...READY TO ROCK?...ER NO!...10.AM GOTTA BE OFF SITE...MOVING TO WALKERVILLE...OTHER SIDE OF ADELAIDE FOR FOUR NIGHTS.
8.20AM...SHOWER...NEED SHAVE...CAN'T BE BOTHERED.
8.45AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
9.20AM...PACKING GAZEBO UP...ACTUALLY WE'VE MODIFIED SO IT SITS QUITE NEAT AT THE BACK OF THE VAN.
9.50AM...READY TO ROLL...THE CAMPSITE WE ARE MOVING TOO IS ONLY 20MINS AWAY APPARENTLY?
10.40AM...LEVI CAMPSITE...WALKERVILLE.
11.05AM...BOOKED IN.
11.25AM...COOKING BACON/MUSHROOM/TOMATO...WONDERFUL.
12.10PM...BACK IN VAN...WE ARE OFF TO MOUNT LOFTY.
1.05PM...MOUNT LOFTY...THE HIGHEST POINT IN ADELAIDE...COLD UP HERE...NU HAPPILY SNAPPING!
1.50PM...MOUNT LOFTY WILDLIFE PARK...EMU'S...WOMBATS....KANGAROOS...DINGOES...EXOTIC BIRDS...I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY CALL THEM WILDLIFE PARKS BECAUSE ALL THE ANIMALS ARE TAME...YOU CAN WALK RIGHT UP TO THEM AND FEED THEM IF YOU WANT[I DIDN'T]...ITS A BIG PARK AND YOU CAN EASILY GET LOST...NU AND I ARE GOOD AT THAT...IT WAS WELL WORTH THE MONEY AND ITS PROBABLY THE BEST 'WILD' LIFE PARK I HAVE BEEN TO SO FAR.
4.40PM...BACK IN VAN.
5.10PM...TOOK WRONG TURN...ENDED UP ON WRONG SIDE OF ADELAIDE.
6.05PM...BACK AT OUR NEW CAMPSITE.
6.15PM...SETTING UP GAZEBO...ITS GETTING SIMPLER...BASICALLY NU AS REALISED ITS BEST TO LET ME SUPERVISE...SHE'S BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND A MAN KNOWS BEST!
7.05PM...BOUGHT A COUPLE PIECES OF STEAK EARLIER...SO I'VE DONNED MY PINNY.
7.40PM...STEAK/NEW SPUDS/SALAD...I THINK I'VE LOST MY TOUCH...IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN...THE TASTE WASN'T RIGHT.
8.30PM...NU HAVING SHOWER...I'M TIDING THE VAN.
9.30PM...GONE A BIT COOL...TIME TO GO INSIDE VAN.
11.15PM...WENT FOR A WEE...NU FOLLOWED ME ACROSS...SHE WADDLED BEHIND ME...SHE LOOKED EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED...SHE IS ALL I EVER WANTED...SHE IS WONDERFUL...SHE IS ALL...THANKS!
NO OFFERS AS YET FOR GAZEBO....
BYE FOR NOWZ.
Sunday, 23 March 2008
Sunday, 16 March 2008
AUSTRALIA...PART 4 OF MANY.
8.3.08.
8.30AM...AWAKE...NU REMINDS ME WE ARE OF TO SEE THE PINK LAKE.
9.00AM...CORNFLAKES/CUPPA TEA.
9.40AM...SHOWER.
10.15AM...WONDERING WHATS BEST TO DO WITH GAZEBO.
10.50AM...IN VAN...OFF FOR 35K DRIVE DOWN OCEON DRIVE...HOPEFULLY TAKING IN PINK LAKE AND OTHER DELIGHTS!
11.40AM...PINK LAKE...IT DOESN'T LOOK PINK TO ME!
12.10PM...CUPPA COFFEE FROM OUR FLASK...BIT WEAK.
1.00PM...HEADING BACK TO ESPERANCE CENTRE.
1.40PM...SUPERMARKET...NEED SOMETHING TO EAT...BOUGHT SOME BEER.
2.35PM...BACK ON CAMPSITE...COLD SLICES OF BEEF[IT WAS ON OFFER]...CARROTS/TINNED SPUDS...ENJOYED IT.
3.15PM...HAVING MANAGED TO MODIFY GAZEBO...KINDA HOOKED UP TO REAR OF VAN...MAKING A SHELTER FROM THE FLIES AND OTHER CRAWLIES...NO DOUBT THEY'LL STILL FIND A WAY IN!
4.30PM...BEER...READING NEWSPAPER.
5.30PM...ANOTHER BEER/CHEESE AND BISCUITS...RADIO PLAYING SOME WONDERFUL TUNES.
9.3.08.
7.30AM...ALARM...GOTTA DEPART CAMPSITE BY 10AM.
7.50AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
8.15AM...PACKING UP...HAVING A HARD TIME...TRYING TO KEEP THIS DAMN GAZEBO NEAT.
8.55AM...SHOWER.
9.15AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA.
9.55AM...ABOUT READY TO MOVE...EVERYTHING PACKED IN...IN A FASHION!
10.15AM...PETROL STATION...GOT A LONG DRIVE TODAY...HEADING DOWN THE NULLABOR...GOTTA FILL SPARE PETROL CAN UP.
11.20AM...SALMON GUMS...A SMALL PLACE...STOPPED FOR A BANANA...NU POSTED SOME LETTERS.
1.00PM...NORSEMAN...ANOTHER SMALL PLACE...DECIDED TO STOP FOR AN HOUR...LET THE VAN COOL DOWN...HAD A GAME OF POOL WITH OZ CHAP..I WON EASY...HE DIDN'T WANNA PLAY NO MORE...NU HAD A BEER.
2.05PM...ON THE NULLABOR ROAD...800K TO GO!
4.30PM...BALLADONIA...A SMALL SMALL PLACE...DECIDED WE WOULD STOP HERE FOR THE NIGHT...I THINK THE CAMPSITE IS THE WHOLE OF BALLADONIA.
5.15PM...TIOLETS/SHOWERS...COCKROACH INFESTED!
6.05PM...PHONED MOTHER AND PAULINE.
6.50PM...PASTA IN VEG/TOMATO SAUCE...NEVER AGAIBN...FLIES EVERYWHERE...MANAGED TO MODIFY GAZEBO AGAIN...SKIPPY[KANGAROO]BOUNCING AROUND OUTSIDE.
8.00PM...HAVING A WHISKEY.
10.3.08.
8.00AM...HAVE I SLEPT?...NOT SURE.
8.30AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
8.45AM...SHOWER.
9.15AM...PACKING UP.
9.40AM...NU FEEING SKIPPY GINGERNUT BISCUIT.
10.00AM...WE ARE ON OUR WAY.
11.15AM...MADURU...NEED PETROL...140 CENTS IN CITY...189 CENTS HERE!...HAD PIE AND CHIPS...AWFUL!...FEEL TIRED...NU GONNA DRIVE.
12.10PM...THIS IS A WELL BORING STRETCH OF ROAD...SWEAT DRIPPING...HEAT EXHAUSTING.
3.00PM...EUCLA...TIME TO SET UP CAMP AGAIN...CAMPSITE LOOKS CLEAN ENOUGH...AFTER THE LAST ONE...THIS CAN'T HELP BEING LIKE THE HILTON...NO COCKROACHES IN SIGHT.
4.00PM...BEER OR TWO.
5.00PM...HIPPY DISH...GOTTA USE ONION...NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE VEG OR FRUIT OVER BORDER.
8.00PM...WHISKEY...CAN'T GET A CLEAR STATION ON RADIO.
11.3.08.
7.00AM...UP WE GET...GONNA MAKE FOR CEDUNA TODAY...HAD ENOUGH OF NULLABOR AND FLIES...THERE ARE FLIES EVERYWHERE...BUT ON THE NULLABOR THEY ARE TENFOLD!
7.30AM...CUPPA TEA...DON'T FEEL HUNGRY.
8.00AM...SHOWER/SHAVE.
8.40AM...TRYING TO GET VAN SORTED...NOT IN MOOD.
9.10AM..LETS GO!
11.00AM...NUNDEROO...NEED PETROL...I'M GETTING SICK OF SPENDING MONEY ON PETROL...NU TAKES THE WHEEL.
12.40PM...PENONG...TIME TO CHANGE SEATS AGAIN...THIS NULLABOR IS NEVER ENDING...ALL YOU SEE IS TREES AND DRIED ORANGE EARTH...CROWS/EAGLES EATING ROADKILL...INSECTS SPLATTING YOUR WINDSCREEN...APPARENTLY THE NULLABOR IS THE UTOPIA FOR CAVE DIVERS...SO IF YOU ARE A CAVE DIVER I GUESS YOU WOULD FIND THIS THE MOST INTERESTING PLACE IN THE WORLD.
2.30PM...CEDUNA CHECKPOINT...ASKED IF WE HAD ANY VEG OR FRUIT...WE ANSWERED NO AND OFF WE DROVE...GOOD CHECKPOINT THAT...STILL IT KEEPS SOMEONE IN A JOB.
3.00PM...FOODLAND...NEED FOOD...ALSO GOT NEWSPAPER.
3.30PM...CAMPSITE.
4.15PM...SHOWER.
5.30PM...THERES A SAUSAGE SIZZLE NIGHT ON CAMPSITE...PAY 2 AND HALF DOLLARS...EAT AT MANY AS YOU LIKE...3 WAS ENOUGH...WELL NICE!
7.00PM...CUPPA TEA/READING NEWSPAPER.
8.15PM..DARKNESS CREEPING IN.
12.3.08.
9.00AM...HOPING TO DO DO SOME RELAXING TODAY...SOMETIMES ITS THE HARDEST TING TO DO...SO NO GREAT HURRY...GONNA TAKE IT STEADY.
9.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.30AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
10.50AM...ANOTHER CUPPA/BACON AND MUSHROOM SANDWICH.
11.05AM...READING NEWSPAPER.
12.30PM...FIRST BEER OF THE DAY.
2.20PM...STILL READING NEWSPAPER...NOT A VERY GOOD EDITION THIS WEEK...CROSSWORD WAS WELL EASY.
2.30PM...SPAGHETTI IN TOMATO AND CHEESE SAUCE...THINK THEY FORGOT THE CHEESE.
3.00PM...THE HEAT IS TO MUCH...APPARENTLY ITS EVEN TO HOT FOR THE LOCALS...PLUS THE INSECTS SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN A LIKING TO ME...I MEAN THEY'VE ALWAYS KINDA LIKED ME...BUT IT SEEMS EVEN MORE SO TODAY!
5.00PM...TIDING UP VAN...IN SUCH A CONFINED ITS HARD TO KEEP THINGS NEAT...WHATEVER YOU WANT IS ALLWAYS UNDER EVERYTHING ELSE.
5.30PM...GOING FOR MEAL AT LOCAL EATERIE.
6.00PM...PORK/NEW SPUDS/PUMPKIN AND BEST CARROTS I HAVE TASTED IN A LONG TIME/COUPLE OF BEERS.
6.40PM...NU ON GIN AND TONIC...COOPERS DARK FOR ME...THATS THE NEAREST THEY GOT TO BITTER.
8.00PM...BACK AT VAN.
13.3.08.
9.15AM...ANOTHER DAY OF RELAXING...WELL TRYING TOO...WITH THIS HEAT ITS HARD.
9.35AM...CUPPA TEA.
9.55AM...SHOWER.
10.30AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
12.05PM...CHEMIST...NU ENQUIRING ABOUT HER TABLETS...NEED DOCTORS PERSCRIPTION...OUCH...HAD NO PROBLEM GETTING THEM IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
1.00PM...SITTING IN GAZEBO...EXHAUSTED FROM DOING NOTHING.
4.00PM...BACON/MUSHROOM/SPUD...WENT DOWN A TREAT.
5.00PM...HAVING A BEER.
5.40PM...TIME FOR A YOGHURT...GOTTA EAT THEM BEFORE THEY GO OFF.
6.15PM...ONE THING I DO WANNA SAY ABOUT OZ...OK ITS GOT LOADS OF WONDERFUL LOOKING BEACHES...ENDLESS BLUE OCEON...BUT THERE IS AN AWFUL LOT OF SEA YOU CAN'T GO IN BECAUSE OF LURKING CREATURES...IT MIGHT LOOK PICTURE POSTCARD...BUT NOT ALL IS WHAT IT SEEMS!
6.45PM...OFF WE GO TO THE PUB...ITS GOT AIR CON.
7.00PM...A BEER EACH IN THE COOL...THE PUB IS ALSO BETTING SHOP.
9.30PM...56 DOLLARS UP!...ALTHOUGH BY NOW WE HAVE SPEND 40 DOLLARS ON BOOZE!
14.3.08.
7.15AM...EARLY START...HARDLY SLEPT...TO HOT.
7.30AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.00AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
8.40AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
9.10AM...PACKING UP...THIS GAZEBO IS A NIGHTMARE.
10.10AM...OFF WE GO.
10.20AM...POSTOFFICE...NU AS LETTERS TO POST.
10.55AM...PETROL STATION.
12.10PM...STOPPED AT MINEPPA...CHEESE ON TOAST/MANG MILKSHAKE.
2.00PM...HAPPILY TOOTERLING ALONG...HALF WAY BETWEEN KIMBA AND IRON KNOB THE VAN COMES TO A HALT!...I START CHECKING EVERYTHING...CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THE PETROL WASN'T GETTING THRU...IT WAS DEFINITLY SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PETROL...ALSO WE HAD NO SIGNAL ON OUR MOB PHONES.
2.40PM...TWO WOMAN STOP AFTER I FLAG THEM DOWN...EXPLAINED OUR SITUATION...THEY TOO HAD NO SIGNAL ON THERE PHONES.
2.50PM...I TURNED THE KEY...ONE LAST CHANCE I THOUGHT...THE VAN ROARED INTO ACTION!
5.00PM...PORT AUGUSTA...CAMPSITE...RELIEVED...BUT PEEVERED.
6.00PM...GAZEBO UP...KINDA SORTED.
6.45PM...CHICKEN SOUP/BREAD...NOT REALLY HUNGRY.
7.35PM...MAN IN CARAVAN NEXT DOOR GAVE US ICE COLD WATER...WONDERFUL.
9.00PM...TIME FOR BED...HOT...TIRED...IRRATABLE.
15.3.08.
6.45AM...AWAKE...FEEL DIRTY...NEED SHOWER.
7.00AM...STEPPED OUTA VAN...GAZEBO HAD TAKEN FLIGHT IN THE NIGHT...LUCKILY IT HADN'T GOT FAR...WEDGED ITSELF BETWEEN NEXT DOORS CARAVAN AND TREE!
7.10AM...RETRIEVING GAZEBO.
7.40AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.00AM...SHOWER AT LAST.
8.30AM...ANOTHER CUPPA/BACON AND TOMATO SANDWICH.
9.30AM...AFTER SEVERAL TURNS OF THE KEY THE VAN STARTS.
9.50AM...GARAGE...EXPLAINING SITUATION THE MECHANIC...HE ASKED IF I HAD PUT ANY PETROL IN IN CEDUNA...I HAD...AND I WAS THE THIRD PERSON WHO HAD BEEN IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM...APPARENTLY CONDENSATION/WATER HAD GOT INTO THE PETROL...ANYWAY I BOOKED THE VAN IN FOR 8.30AM MONDAY MORNING FOR CLEANSING OF PETROL TANK AND WHATEVER ELSE NEEDS DOING.
11.30AM...BIG W...A HUGE STORE THAT SELLS EVERYTHING AT SUPPOSEDLY DISCOUNT PRICES.
12.20PM...PEGS AND ROPES FOR GAZEBO...PLUS WE BOUGHT A MINI FRIDGE?
12.55PM...PUB...LAMB CHOPS/MASHED SPUD/COURGETTES...OH WELL IT WAS ONLY 5 DOLLARS EACH.
3.00PM...BACK ON CAMPSITE...GAZEBO HAD TAKEN FLIGHT AGAIN.
3.20PM...GAZEBO BACK IN POSITION...ROPED AND PEGGED.
3.50PM...CLOTH WASHING TIME.
4.10PM...ALL PEGGED ON LINE.
4.30PM...NU SWIMMING IN POOL.
6.20PM...DON AND JUNE...OUR NIEGHBOURS INVITE US ROUND FOR A DRINK AND A CHAT.
9.00PM...A WELL PLEASANT EVENING.
GAZEBO FOR SALE!!!!!!!!
BYE FOR NOWZ.
8.30AM...AWAKE...NU REMINDS ME WE ARE OF TO SEE THE PINK LAKE.
9.00AM...CORNFLAKES/CUPPA TEA.
9.40AM...SHOWER.
10.15AM...WONDERING WHATS BEST TO DO WITH GAZEBO.
10.50AM...IN VAN...OFF FOR 35K DRIVE DOWN OCEON DRIVE...HOPEFULLY TAKING IN PINK LAKE AND OTHER DELIGHTS!
11.40AM...PINK LAKE...IT DOESN'T LOOK PINK TO ME!
12.10PM...CUPPA COFFEE FROM OUR FLASK...BIT WEAK.
1.00PM...HEADING BACK TO ESPERANCE CENTRE.
1.40PM...SUPERMARKET...NEED SOMETHING TO EAT...BOUGHT SOME BEER.
2.35PM...BACK ON CAMPSITE...COLD SLICES OF BEEF[IT WAS ON OFFER]...CARROTS/TINNED SPUDS...ENJOYED IT.
3.15PM...HAVING MANAGED TO MODIFY GAZEBO...KINDA HOOKED UP TO REAR OF VAN...MAKING A SHELTER FROM THE FLIES AND OTHER CRAWLIES...NO DOUBT THEY'LL STILL FIND A WAY IN!
4.30PM...BEER...READING NEWSPAPER.
5.30PM...ANOTHER BEER/CHEESE AND BISCUITS...RADIO PLAYING SOME WONDERFUL TUNES.
9.3.08.
7.30AM...ALARM...GOTTA DEPART CAMPSITE BY 10AM.
7.50AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
8.15AM...PACKING UP...HAVING A HARD TIME...TRYING TO KEEP THIS DAMN GAZEBO NEAT.
8.55AM...SHOWER.
9.15AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA.
9.55AM...ABOUT READY TO MOVE...EVERYTHING PACKED IN...IN A FASHION!
10.15AM...PETROL STATION...GOT A LONG DRIVE TODAY...HEADING DOWN THE NULLABOR...GOTTA FILL SPARE PETROL CAN UP.
11.20AM...SALMON GUMS...A SMALL PLACE...STOPPED FOR A BANANA...NU POSTED SOME LETTERS.
1.00PM...NORSEMAN...ANOTHER SMALL PLACE...DECIDED TO STOP FOR AN HOUR...LET THE VAN COOL DOWN...HAD A GAME OF POOL WITH OZ CHAP..I WON EASY...HE DIDN'T WANNA PLAY NO MORE...NU HAD A BEER.
2.05PM...ON THE NULLABOR ROAD...800K TO GO!
4.30PM...BALLADONIA...A SMALL SMALL PLACE...DECIDED WE WOULD STOP HERE FOR THE NIGHT...I THINK THE CAMPSITE IS THE WHOLE OF BALLADONIA.
5.15PM...TIOLETS/SHOWERS...COCKROACH INFESTED!
6.05PM...PHONED MOTHER AND PAULINE.
6.50PM...PASTA IN VEG/TOMATO SAUCE...NEVER AGAIBN...FLIES EVERYWHERE...MANAGED TO MODIFY GAZEBO AGAIN...SKIPPY[KANGAROO]BOUNCING AROUND OUTSIDE.
8.00PM...HAVING A WHISKEY.
10.3.08.
8.00AM...HAVE I SLEPT?...NOT SURE.
8.30AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
8.45AM...SHOWER.
9.15AM...PACKING UP.
9.40AM...NU FEEING SKIPPY GINGERNUT BISCUIT.
10.00AM...WE ARE ON OUR WAY.
11.15AM...MADURU...NEED PETROL...140 CENTS IN CITY...189 CENTS HERE!...HAD PIE AND CHIPS...AWFUL!...FEEL TIRED...NU GONNA DRIVE.
12.10PM...THIS IS A WELL BORING STRETCH OF ROAD...SWEAT DRIPPING...HEAT EXHAUSTING.
3.00PM...EUCLA...TIME TO SET UP CAMP AGAIN...CAMPSITE LOOKS CLEAN ENOUGH...AFTER THE LAST ONE...THIS CAN'T HELP BEING LIKE THE HILTON...NO COCKROACHES IN SIGHT.
4.00PM...BEER OR TWO.
5.00PM...HIPPY DISH...GOTTA USE ONION...NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE VEG OR FRUIT OVER BORDER.
8.00PM...WHISKEY...CAN'T GET A CLEAR STATION ON RADIO.
11.3.08.
7.00AM...UP WE GET...GONNA MAKE FOR CEDUNA TODAY...HAD ENOUGH OF NULLABOR AND FLIES...THERE ARE FLIES EVERYWHERE...BUT ON THE NULLABOR THEY ARE TENFOLD!
7.30AM...CUPPA TEA...DON'T FEEL HUNGRY.
8.00AM...SHOWER/SHAVE.
8.40AM...TRYING TO GET VAN SORTED...NOT IN MOOD.
9.10AM..LETS GO!
11.00AM...NUNDEROO...NEED PETROL...I'M GETTING SICK OF SPENDING MONEY ON PETROL...NU TAKES THE WHEEL.
12.40PM...PENONG...TIME TO CHANGE SEATS AGAIN...THIS NULLABOR IS NEVER ENDING...ALL YOU SEE IS TREES AND DRIED ORANGE EARTH...CROWS/EAGLES EATING ROADKILL...INSECTS SPLATTING YOUR WINDSCREEN...APPARENTLY THE NULLABOR IS THE UTOPIA FOR CAVE DIVERS...SO IF YOU ARE A CAVE DIVER I GUESS YOU WOULD FIND THIS THE MOST INTERESTING PLACE IN THE WORLD.
2.30PM...CEDUNA CHECKPOINT...ASKED IF WE HAD ANY VEG OR FRUIT...WE ANSWERED NO AND OFF WE DROVE...GOOD CHECKPOINT THAT...STILL IT KEEPS SOMEONE IN A JOB.
3.00PM...FOODLAND...NEED FOOD...ALSO GOT NEWSPAPER.
3.30PM...CAMPSITE.
4.15PM...SHOWER.
5.30PM...THERES A SAUSAGE SIZZLE NIGHT ON CAMPSITE...PAY 2 AND HALF DOLLARS...EAT AT MANY AS YOU LIKE...3 WAS ENOUGH...WELL NICE!
7.00PM...CUPPA TEA/READING NEWSPAPER.
8.15PM..DARKNESS CREEPING IN.
12.3.08.
9.00AM...HOPING TO DO DO SOME RELAXING TODAY...SOMETIMES ITS THE HARDEST TING TO DO...SO NO GREAT HURRY...GONNA TAKE IT STEADY.
9.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.30AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
10.50AM...ANOTHER CUPPA/BACON AND MUSHROOM SANDWICH.
11.05AM...READING NEWSPAPER.
12.30PM...FIRST BEER OF THE DAY.
2.20PM...STILL READING NEWSPAPER...NOT A VERY GOOD EDITION THIS WEEK...CROSSWORD WAS WELL EASY.
2.30PM...SPAGHETTI IN TOMATO AND CHEESE SAUCE...THINK THEY FORGOT THE CHEESE.
3.00PM...THE HEAT IS TO MUCH...APPARENTLY ITS EVEN TO HOT FOR THE LOCALS...PLUS THE INSECTS SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN A LIKING TO ME...I MEAN THEY'VE ALWAYS KINDA LIKED ME...BUT IT SEEMS EVEN MORE SO TODAY!
5.00PM...TIDING UP VAN...IN SUCH A CONFINED ITS HARD TO KEEP THINGS NEAT...WHATEVER YOU WANT IS ALLWAYS UNDER EVERYTHING ELSE.
5.30PM...GOING FOR MEAL AT LOCAL EATERIE.
6.00PM...PORK/NEW SPUDS/PUMPKIN AND BEST CARROTS I HAVE TASTED IN A LONG TIME/COUPLE OF BEERS.
6.40PM...NU ON GIN AND TONIC...COOPERS DARK FOR ME...THATS THE NEAREST THEY GOT TO BITTER.
8.00PM...BACK AT VAN.
13.3.08.
9.15AM...ANOTHER DAY OF RELAXING...WELL TRYING TOO...WITH THIS HEAT ITS HARD.
9.35AM...CUPPA TEA.
9.55AM...SHOWER.
10.30AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
12.05PM...CHEMIST...NU ENQUIRING ABOUT HER TABLETS...NEED DOCTORS PERSCRIPTION...OUCH...HAD NO PROBLEM GETTING THEM IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
1.00PM...SITTING IN GAZEBO...EXHAUSTED FROM DOING NOTHING.
4.00PM...BACON/MUSHROOM/SPUD...WENT DOWN A TREAT.
5.00PM...HAVING A BEER.
5.40PM...TIME FOR A YOGHURT...GOTTA EAT THEM BEFORE THEY GO OFF.
6.15PM...ONE THING I DO WANNA SAY ABOUT OZ...OK ITS GOT LOADS OF WONDERFUL LOOKING BEACHES...ENDLESS BLUE OCEON...BUT THERE IS AN AWFUL LOT OF SEA YOU CAN'T GO IN BECAUSE OF LURKING CREATURES...IT MIGHT LOOK PICTURE POSTCARD...BUT NOT ALL IS WHAT IT SEEMS!
6.45PM...OFF WE GO TO THE PUB...ITS GOT AIR CON.
7.00PM...A BEER EACH IN THE COOL...THE PUB IS ALSO BETTING SHOP.
9.30PM...56 DOLLARS UP!...ALTHOUGH BY NOW WE HAVE SPEND 40 DOLLARS ON BOOZE!
14.3.08.
7.15AM...EARLY START...HARDLY SLEPT...TO HOT.
7.30AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.00AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
8.40AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
9.10AM...PACKING UP...THIS GAZEBO IS A NIGHTMARE.
10.10AM...OFF WE GO.
10.20AM...POSTOFFICE...NU AS LETTERS TO POST.
10.55AM...PETROL STATION.
12.10PM...STOPPED AT MINEPPA...CHEESE ON TOAST/MANG MILKSHAKE.
2.00PM...HAPPILY TOOTERLING ALONG...HALF WAY BETWEEN KIMBA AND IRON KNOB THE VAN COMES TO A HALT!...I START CHECKING EVERYTHING...CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THE PETROL WASN'T GETTING THRU...IT WAS DEFINITLY SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PETROL...ALSO WE HAD NO SIGNAL ON OUR MOB PHONES.
2.40PM...TWO WOMAN STOP AFTER I FLAG THEM DOWN...EXPLAINED OUR SITUATION...THEY TOO HAD NO SIGNAL ON THERE PHONES.
2.50PM...I TURNED THE KEY...ONE LAST CHANCE I THOUGHT...THE VAN ROARED INTO ACTION!
5.00PM...PORT AUGUSTA...CAMPSITE...RELIEVED...BUT PEEVERED.
6.00PM...GAZEBO UP...KINDA SORTED.
6.45PM...CHICKEN SOUP/BREAD...NOT REALLY HUNGRY.
7.35PM...MAN IN CARAVAN NEXT DOOR GAVE US ICE COLD WATER...WONDERFUL.
9.00PM...TIME FOR BED...HOT...TIRED...IRRATABLE.
15.3.08.
6.45AM...AWAKE...FEEL DIRTY...NEED SHOWER.
7.00AM...STEPPED OUTA VAN...GAZEBO HAD TAKEN FLIGHT IN THE NIGHT...LUCKILY IT HADN'T GOT FAR...WEDGED ITSELF BETWEEN NEXT DOORS CARAVAN AND TREE!
7.10AM...RETRIEVING GAZEBO.
7.40AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.00AM...SHOWER AT LAST.
8.30AM...ANOTHER CUPPA/BACON AND TOMATO SANDWICH.
9.30AM...AFTER SEVERAL TURNS OF THE KEY THE VAN STARTS.
9.50AM...GARAGE...EXPLAINING SITUATION THE MECHANIC...HE ASKED IF I HAD PUT ANY PETROL IN IN CEDUNA...I HAD...AND I WAS THE THIRD PERSON WHO HAD BEEN IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM...APPARENTLY CONDENSATION/WATER HAD GOT INTO THE PETROL...ANYWAY I BOOKED THE VAN IN FOR 8.30AM MONDAY MORNING FOR CLEANSING OF PETROL TANK AND WHATEVER ELSE NEEDS DOING.
11.30AM...BIG W...A HUGE STORE THAT SELLS EVERYTHING AT SUPPOSEDLY DISCOUNT PRICES.
12.20PM...PEGS AND ROPES FOR GAZEBO...PLUS WE BOUGHT A MINI FRIDGE?
12.55PM...PUB...LAMB CHOPS/MASHED SPUD/COURGETTES...OH WELL IT WAS ONLY 5 DOLLARS EACH.
3.00PM...BACK ON CAMPSITE...GAZEBO HAD TAKEN FLIGHT AGAIN.
3.20PM...GAZEBO BACK IN POSITION...ROPED AND PEGGED.
3.50PM...CLOTH WASHING TIME.
4.10PM...ALL PEGGED ON LINE.
4.30PM...NU SWIMMING IN POOL.
6.20PM...DON AND JUNE...OUR NIEGHBOURS INVITE US ROUND FOR A DRINK AND A CHAT.
9.00PM...A WELL PLEASANT EVENING.
GAZEBO FOR SALE!!!!!!!!
BYE FOR NOWZ.
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
AUSTRALIA...PART 3 OF MANY.
28.2.08.
7.00AM...ALARM...DIDN'T NEED IT...DIDN'T SLEEP WELL.
7.20AM...CUPPA TEA.
7.45AM...SHOWER.
8.10AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
9.00AM...TIDING VAN...GOTTA BE OFF SITE BY 10.00AM.
9.45AM...WE ARE ON OUR WAY...MARGERET RIVER NEXT.
10.30AM...STOPPED AT DUNSBOROUGH...NEEDA COLD DRINK..
11.45AM...JUST OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE OF MARGERET.
11.50AM...IN A LAYBY...BOILING A PACKET OF CHEESE AND BACON IN RICE...AWFUL!
1.00PM...MARGERET RIVER EAGLE AND OWL RESCUE CENTRE.
1.30PM...LADY GUIDE VERY WELL SPOKEN AND VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE...AN INTERESTING PLACE...WORTH A VISIT.
4.00PM...BACK IN VAN FOR DIVE TO HAMLIN BAY...WHERE WE ARE GONNA STOP FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
5.10PM...BOOKED TWO NIGHTS STAY...PARKED UP ABOUT HUNDRED YARDS FROM BEACH.
5.50PM...NU SWIMMING.
6.35PM...BAKED BEANS/BREAD BUN/CUPPA TEA.
7.00PM...A FEW DROPS OF RAIN...FEELING TIRED...NO SIGNAL ON MOB PHONE.
29.2.08.
9.00AM...FEEL STICKY...NEED SHOWER.
9.15AM...KETTLE ON.
9.25AM...QUICK SHOWER.
9.40AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.15AM...BACON SANDWICH.
10.40AM...SEEMED TO HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN A HURRY...NO NEED...NOT GOING ANYWHERE TODAY...APART FROM SUPERMARKET.
12.20PM...SUPERMARKET...GOT TWO PIECES OF STEAK...GONNA TRY MY NEW GRILL OUT!
1.30PM...CHEESE/PICKLED ONION COB...NOT SURE...GOOD CHEESE IS HARD TO FIND...GOT SOME BOTTLES OF BEER...BUT THE TASTE NOT SO GOOD.
2.15PM...READING NEWSPAPER...RERADING EVERY SNIPPET...WHEN IT COST 2 QUID...GOTTA GET MY MONEYS WORTH.
4.30PM...SET MY NEW GRILL IN POSITION...GOTTA GET IT RIGHT...LOOKING FORWARD TO STEAK...GOT PEAS AND NEW POTS TO DO TOO.
5.20PM...STEAK WAS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE...POTS OK...PEAS TASTELESS!
8.00PM...HAVING A WHISKEY...NU ON BRANDY...GOT AN EARLY START TOMORROW...SO ONLY GONNA HAVE A COUPLE.
9.35PM...BETTER HAVE ONE MORE...THAT COKE NEEDS FINISHING.
1.3.08.
7.30AM...TIME TO RISE...GOTTA BE OFF SITE BY 10.00AM.
7.50AM...SHOWER.
8.20AM...CUPPA TEA...I DIDN'T FEEL HUNGRY...NU HAD CORNFLAKES.
9.00AM...PACKING EVERYTHING IN...DON'T WANT ANYTHING FALLING OR RATTLING.
9.40AM...WE ARE ON OUR WAY.
10.20AM...LEEUWIN[I USUALLY DO]...THIS IS A LIGHTHOUSE...THE POINT WHERE THE INDIAN OCEON MEETS THE SOUTH OCEON...CHANCE BROTHERS OF BIRMINGHAM,ENGLAND MADE THE MECHANISM/WORKINGS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE IN 1889...NU BOUGHT SOME POSTCARDS.
11.30AM...I WAS HUNGRY BY NOW...COOKING BACON IN LAYBY/CUPPA COFFEE...GOT BIT BY A MARCH FLY...OUCH.
12.10PM...ON OUR WAY TO PEMBERTON...ABOUT 100 MILES.
1.50PM...PEMBERTON...THEY CALL IT A TOWN...I WOULD CALL IT A VILLAGE...CYCLISTS EVERYWHERE...SOME CYCLE EVENT GOING ON...COULD'VE WON A BIKE...DROVE ON TO SHANNON NATIONAL PARK.
2.40PM...STANDING NEXT TO THE DAVE EVANS BICENTENIAL TREE...OK ITS A TREE...QUITE A TALL TREE...BUT I'M NOT TO SURE WHY WE CAME...NEITHER IS NU!
3.10PM...WENT AND HAD A LOOK AT SHANNON CAMPSITE...NOT FOR US...WE LIKE QUIET...BUT THIS WAS DESOLETE.
3.40PM...DROVE ON TOWARDS WALPOLE...SAW A KANGEROO OR TWO.
5.30PM...CAMPSITE BY LAKE...5K FROM WALPOLE...22 DOLLARS A NIGHT...IT'LL DO.
6.35PM...VEGETABLE SOUP/BREAD.
8.00PM...WHISKEY...STARTING TO RAIN...EVERYTHING IN VAN...FEEL QUASHED...CAN'T RELAX.
9.00PM...HEAD ON PILLOW...I WANT TO BE TIRED...GOSH THIS IS HARD GOING!
2.3.08.
8.30AM...TRIED TO PHONE WILLIAM[11.30PM IN ENGLAND]...CAMPSITE PHONE NOT WORKING.
9.10AM...WE ARE NOT HAPPY BUNNIES...WE ARE NOT COMFY IN OUR VAN
9.30AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.00AM...ANOTHER CUPPA/BACON SANDWICH.
11.40AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA...GOT MY THINKING CAP ON...GOTTA SORT THIS VAN...NU IN LAUNDRETTE.
12.05PM...STILL IN THOUGHT...BASICALLY THE BED TAKES UP TO MUCH ROOM AND IS IN THE WRONG PLACE...PLUS ITS TO HIGH OF THE FLOOR...NEED TO LOWER IT FOR MORE HEAD SPACE...GOTTA MAKE ROOM AT REAR OF VAN FOR TABLE FOR WHEN ITS TOO WINDY TO SIT OUTSIDE...ALSO WHEN IT RAINS.
3.00PM...DECIDE TO DRIVE INTO WALPOLE...NEED SOMETHING TO EAT.
3.40PM...STEAK/MUSHROOM PIE AND CHIPS...AWFUL.
4.30PM...PUB.
6.00PM...TRIED TO PHONE WILLIAM AGAIN[9.00AM IN ENGLAND]...THIS PHONE ISN'T WORKING EITHER!
6.20PM...WE DRIVE TO COALMINER BEACH...10K OUTA TOWN...THAT ONE BETTER WORK!
6.40PM...EVENTUALLY...AND I MEAN EVENTUALLY WE MAKE CONTACT...ONLY FOR THE LINE TO GO DEAD AFTER ABOUT 90 SECONDS!
6.50PM...I WAS DETERMINED TO GET THRU...BECAUSE TOM HAD MADE THE EFFORT TO BE AT WILLIAMS SO HE COULD HAVE A CHAT WITH ME...THINK HE'S MISSING ME...BLESS!
6.55PM...PERSEVERENCE WON THE DAY...THOUGH I HAVE TO SAY THE OZ PHONE SITUATION NEEDS IMPROVING.
7.50PM...BACK AT OUR CAMPSITE...STILL THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH VAN.
3.3.08.
9.10AM...ANOTHER MISERABLE SQUASHED UP NIGHT...GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT TODAY.
9.40AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.15AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
11.00AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
11.40AM...WE HAVE NEW NIEGHBOURS...HE'S RATHER PROUD OF HIS CARAVAN AND WANTS TO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT...PLUS HIS LIFE STORY TOO!
12.20PM...I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD A SAW...HE SAID NO BUT HE KNOWS A MAN WHO MIGHT...ACTUALLY JOHN AND HIS WIFE TURNED OUT TO BE REALLY NICE PEOPLE.
2.00PM...JOHN APPEARS WITH A SAW...NU'S FACE WAS 'OH MY GOD'.
2.15PM...WE START MOVING EVERYTHING OUT OF THE VAN SO WE CAN GET THE BED OUT...NU'S FACE IS ONE OF DISBELIEF.
2.40PM...A CHAP NAMED IVOR LENTS ME HIS TAPE MEASURE...NU SLURPING BEER READILY...FACE LOOKING A LITTLE WRY...DREADING THE OUTCOME OF MY SOLUTION...HAVE FAITH IN YOUR HUBBY DEAREST...HAVE A BRANDY!
2.55PM...I'M SAWING!...NU WATCHING!
3.10PM...ROSS APPEARS...HE IS EAGER TO ASSIST[HELP]...PLUS HE KNOWS HOW TO USE A SAW...PLUS HE AS A WONDERFUL CHUBBY LITTLE DOG CALLED GYPSY...QUITE A FEW PEOPLE CAME TO WATCH...WELL ITS NOT EVERYDAY YOU SEE SOMEONE CUTTING THERE BED IN HALF!
5.00PM...WE HAVE A NEW BED...NU'S AMAZED...I'M NOT...I BELIEVE IN MYSELF...MY MEASUREMENTS WERE SPOT ON.
5.30PM...HAVING A BEER...GOTTA BE QUICK ELSE THEY DISAPPEAR RATHER RAPIDLY WITH NU AROUND!...LOADS STILL TO DO...THE BOXES WE HAVE NOW ARE TO BIG TO FIT UNDER THE BED...SO ALTHOUGH WE HAVE MADE MORE ROOM...UNTIL WE HAVE NEW SMALLER BOXES THE ROOM WE HAVE MADE IS BEING TAKEN UP BY THE BOXES...DOES ALL THAT MAKE SENSE!?
6.50PM...EVERYTHING KINDA BACK IN VAN...ROSS AND HIS WIFE HAVE ASKED US ROUND FOR DRINKS.
8.00PM...I'M A PRETTY HAPPY CHAP...FOUR WHISKEY'S LATER...ROSS LIKES HIS WHISKEY TOO.
9.00PM...BACK IN VAN.
9.20PM...ASLEEP.
4.3.08.
7.30AM...SLEPT WELL...WAS IT THE WHISKEY OR MY NEWLY DESIGNED BED?
7.50AM...CUPPA TEA/ORANGE JUICE...FEELING A BIT DRY.
8.10AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
8.40AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.10AM...PACKING UP...GOTTA DEPART CAMPSITE BY 10.00AM.
9.55AM...OFF WE GO.
11.00AM...DENMARK...BUYING NEW BOXES THAT'LL FIT UNDER OUR NEW BED...ALSO GOT POWER CABLE AND LAMP...AND CURTAIN WIRES.
1.30PM...BACK ON ROAD...NEXT STOP ALBANY.
3.15PM...EMU POINT CAMPSITE,ALBANY...NU PUTS HER MOB PHONE ON...IT HADN'T HAD A SIGNAL FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS...SHE GOT MESSAGES FROM HER CHILDREN...IT WAS MOTHERS DAY ON SUNDAY...I DIDN'T KNOW...QUICKILY PHONE JEANIE.
4.00PM...SETTING UP CAMP...BOXES TO SORT...I'LL HAVE A BEER FIRST.
5.00PM...WATCHING QE2 SAIL BY...APPARENTLY ITS THE LAST VOYAGE BEFORE ITS SOLD TO SOMEONE WHO'S TURNING IT INTO A HOTEL IN DUBAI.
5.40PM...SALMON/TOMATO SANDWICH.
6.15PM...STILL SORTING VAN...MY NEW OUTSIDE LAMP WORKING WELL.
7.40PM...THINK WE ARE KINDA SORTED.
8.15PM...SPOTTED A BANDIKUTE...A RATTY LOOKING ANIMAL...WHAT EVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT...LOTTA PEOPLE INTERESTED...IT DOESN'T INTEREST ME.
9.00PM...SNUGGLING DOWN...FEEL TIRED TONIGHT.
5.3.08.
8.00AM...SNUG AS A BUG...BUT NEED LOO.
8.20AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
8.50AM...SHOWER.
9.30AM...PACKED AND 'RARING TO GO'?
10.10AM...CENTRE OF ALBANY...KMART[A SORT OF C AND A]...CURTAINS LIGHT BLUE...THEY'LL DO...REDUCED TOO!...BOUGHT A SWEAT SHIRT AS WELL...NU GOT SOME CHEAP SPECS.
11.30AM...ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
1.30PM...STOPPED OFF AT JERRAMUNGUP...NEEDED A DRINK...GOT NEWSPAPER TOO...ENQUIRED ABOUT REGISTERING VAN...I'D BEEN TOLD IT WAS BEST TO DO IT IN SMALL TOWNS...POSTOFFICE TOLD ME TO GO TO ADMIN BUILDING.
2.00PM...WE HAVE REGISTERED...WE HAVE NEW STICKER ON WINDOW TILL JAN 08...WITH VERY FEW QUESTIONS ASKED...THE REASON I HAD TO GET THIS DONE...AFTER WE LEAVE THE STATE OF WEST OZ...THE VAN WOULD NEED A MOT OF SORTS...BUT AS LONG AS I HAVE THIS STICKER ON MY WINDSCREEN THE VAN IS EXEMPT...I'M NOT SAYING THE VAN WOULDN'T PASS AN MOT!...TODAY I FOUND OUT THE HORN DOESN'T WORK!...ANYWAY WE ARE SORTED TILL THE NEW YEAR...BY WHICH TIME WE SHALL BE BACK IN WEST OZ...PHEW!
2.30PM...ON WE GO...RAVENSTHORPE NEXT.
4.10PM...RAVENSTHORPE AT LAST...LIQOUR STORE...AS LONG AS NU'S HAPPY!
4.30PM...CAMPSITE...CHEAPEST YET...VERY COLOURFUL.
5.10PM...VEG SOUP/BREAD/BEER.
5.40PM...NU SORTING CURTAINS...I HAVE MY NEWSPAPER.
6.45PM...NU GETTING FRUSTRATED...ME HAPPILY READING.
7.10PM...NU SWEARING...I'D BETTER DO SOMETHING.
8.00PM...NEARLY SORTED...NO SIGNAL ON MOB PHONE...KINDA HAPPY ABOUT THAT...GET TO MANY TEXTS SOMETIMES.
6.3.08.
8.50AM...GOTTA MOVE...GOTTA BE OFF CAMPSITE BY 10.00AM.
9.00AM...SHOWER.
9.20AM...CUPPA TEA/GINGER BISCUITS.
9.50AM...VAN STILL A MESS.
10.20AM...THROW IT ALL IN...WE'LL SORT IT LATER!
10.40AM...OFF WE GO.
11.40AM...A DULL DRIVE...A FAIRLY STRAIGHT ROAD.
1.30PM...ESPERANCE...NEED FOOD...NEED DRINK.
1.50PM...NU SPOTS CAMERA SHOP...CALLED THE CAMERA SHOP...SHE STILL NEEDS TO GET HER CAMERA DEVIRUSED.
2.15PM...LEFT CAMERA AT SHOP...THEY SAID COME BACK IN HALF AN HOUR.
2.35PM...SUPERMARKET...NEED LOADS...SETTING UP CAMP FOR THREE DAYS.
3.50PM...BACK AT CAMERA SHOP...CAMERA DEVIRUSED...ITS AMAZING HOW SOME SHOPS CAN HELP AND OTHERS JUST DON'T HAVE A CLUE...GUESS WE GOT LUCKY...NU HAPPY.
4.30PM...CAMPSITE.
4.50PM...NEED BULB FOR INSIDE LIGHT...OFF I TROT TO BUNNINGS...A BIG DO IT YOURSELF PLACE.
5.40PM...RETURN WITH BULBS AND A BUCKET...PLUS I GOT A GAZEBO!...WELL IT WAS ON OFFER!
6.35PM...OUR GAZEBO IS ERECT AND LOOKING WONDERFUL.
7.00PM...BACON/TOMATO SANDWICH/CUPPA TEA...SOMEHOW I MANAGED TO STAVE OF MY HUNGER TILL NOW.
8.30PM...RELAXING...COMFORTABLE IN OUR GAZEBO...HAVING A FEW BEERS.
7.3.08.
8.30AM...NU HADN'T SLEPT WELL...LOTTA NOISE.
8.45AM...UP I GET...GAZEBO STILL STANDING...NU GOES FOR SHOWER.
9.30AM...CUPPA TEA/BACON SANDWICH.
10.10AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA...MILK DON'T LOOK OR SMELL TO GOOD...BETTER HAVE COFFEE...WE'VE GOT POWDERED MILK.
10.40AM...NU GOES TO DO WASHING.
10.50AM...A GUST OF WIND...GAZEBO NEARLY TAKES FLIGHT...TABLE AND ALLSORTS GO TUMBLING.
11.55AM...DISCUSSING WHATS BEST TO DO WITH OUR GAZEBO.
12.05PM...ANOTHER GUST GIVES US OUR ANSWER...TIME TO DISMANTLE GAZEBO.
12.35PM...THREW EVERYTHING INTO BACK OF VAN.
1.10PM...WALKING INTO TOWN...I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF HOT COUNTRIES...BUT BELIEVE ME THIS IS HOT...EXTREME HEAT.
1.30PM...NU THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA FAINT...TOOK SHELTER.
2.10PM...MADE IT TO CAFE ON SEA FRONT...SWEAT DRIPPING INTO MY EYES...FOUND OUT IT WAS 42 GOING ON 45!
2.50PM...STEAK/CHIPS/SALAD/MILKSHAKE...BLUE OCEON CAFE...RECOMMEND IF YOU ARE EVER IN ESPERANCE.
4.00PM...WALKING INTO TOWN.
4.25PM...PUB.
6.10PM...3 PINTS LATER...VERY PLEASANT BUT TIME TO WADDLE BACK TO OUR VAN.
7.00PM...BACK ON CAMPSITE...OUR CRUMPLED GAZEBO STILL LYING ON THE GROUND...I WAS HOPING SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN A SHINE TO IT AND TAKEN IT.
7.40PM...CHEESE AND BISCUITS.
8.50PM...I'VE BEEN TO A LOTTA PLACES[GUESS I'M LUCKY]...BUT BELIEVE ME TODAY AS GOTTA BE ONE OF THE HOTTEST DAYS I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED...TO MUCH...OH TO MUCH...EVEN THE BREEZE IS HOT!
GAZEBO FOR SALE!
BYE FOR NOWZ.
7.00AM...ALARM...DIDN'T NEED IT...DIDN'T SLEEP WELL.
7.20AM...CUPPA TEA.
7.45AM...SHOWER.
8.10AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
9.00AM...TIDING VAN...GOTTA BE OFF SITE BY 10.00AM.
9.45AM...WE ARE ON OUR WAY...MARGERET RIVER NEXT.
10.30AM...STOPPED AT DUNSBOROUGH...NEEDA COLD DRINK..
11.45AM...JUST OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE OF MARGERET.
11.50AM...IN A LAYBY...BOILING A PACKET OF CHEESE AND BACON IN RICE...AWFUL!
1.00PM...MARGERET RIVER EAGLE AND OWL RESCUE CENTRE.
1.30PM...LADY GUIDE VERY WELL SPOKEN AND VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE...AN INTERESTING PLACE...WORTH A VISIT.
4.00PM...BACK IN VAN FOR DIVE TO HAMLIN BAY...WHERE WE ARE GONNA STOP FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
5.10PM...BOOKED TWO NIGHTS STAY...PARKED UP ABOUT HUNDRED YARDS FROM BEACH.
5.50PM...NU SWIMMING.
6.35PM...BAKED BEANS/BREAD BUN/CUPPA TEA.
7.00PM...A FEW DROPS OF RAIN...FEELING TIRED...NO SIGNAL ON MOB PHONE.
29.2.08.
9.00AM...FEEL STICKY...NEED SHOWER.
9.15AM...KETTLE ON.
9.25AM...QUICK SHOWER.
9.40AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.15AM...BACON SANDWICH.
10.40AM...SEEMED TO HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN A HURRY...NO NEED...NOT GOING ANYWHERE TODAY...APART FROM SUPERMARKET.
12.20PM...SUPERMARKET...GOT TWO PIECES OF STEAK...GONNA TRY MY NEW GRILL OUT!
1.30PM...CHEESE/PICKLED ONION COB...NOT SURE...GOOD CHEESE IS HARD TO FIND...GOT SOME BOTTLES OF BEER...BUT THE TASTE NOT SO GOOD.
2.15PM...READING NEWSPAPER...RERADING EVERY SNIPPET...WHEN IT COST 2 QUID...GOTTA GET MY MONEYS WORTH.
4.30PM...SET MY NEW GRILL IN POSITION...GOTTA GET IT RIGHT...LOOKING FORWARD TO STEAK...GOT PEAS AND NEW POTS TO DO TOO.
5.20PM...STEAK WAS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE...POTS OK...PEAS TASTELESS!
8.00PM...HAVING A WHISKEY...NU ON BRANDY...GOT AN EARLY START TOMORROW...SO ONLY GONNA HAVE A COUPLE.
9.35PM...BETTER HAVE ONE MORE...THAT COKE NEEDS FINISHING.
1.3.08.
7.30AM...TIME TO RISE...GOTTA BE OFF SITE BY 10.00AM.
7.50AM...SHOWER.
8.20AM...CUPPA TEA...I DIDN'T FEEL HUNGRY...NU HAD CORNFLAKES.
9.00AM...PACKING EVERYTHING IN...DON'T WANT ANYTHING FALLING OR RATTLING.
9.40AM...WE ARE ON OUR WAY.
10.20AM...LEEUWIN[I USUALLY DO]...THIS IS A LIGHTHOUSE...THE POINT WHERE THE INDIAN OCEON MEETS THE SOUTH OCEON...CHANCE BROTHERS OF BIRMINGHAM,ENGLAND MADE THE MECHANISM/WORKINGS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE IN 1889...NU BOUGHT SOME POSTCARDS.
11.30AM...I WAS HUNGRY BY NOW...COOKING BACON IN LAYBY/CUPPA COFFEE...GOT BIT BY A MARCH FLY...OUCH.
12.10PM...ON OUR WAY TO PEMBERTON...ABOUT 100 MILES.
1.50PM...PEMBERTON...THEY CALL IT A TOWN...I WOULD CALL IT A VILLAGE...CYCLISTS EVERYWHERE...SOME CYCLE EVENT GOING ON...COULD'VE WON A BIKE...DROVE ON TO SHANNON NATIONAL PARK.
2.40PM...STANDING NEXT TO THE DAVE EVANS BICENTENIAL TREE...OK ITS A TREE...QUITE A TALL TREE...BUT I'M NOT TO SURE WHY WE CAME...NEITHER IS NU!
3.10PM...WENT AND HAD A LOOK AT SHANNON CAMPSITE...NOT FOR US...WE LIKE QUIET...BUT THIS WAS DESOLETE.
3.40PM...DROVE ON TOWARDS WALPOLE...SAW A KANGEROO OR TWO.
5.30PM...CAMPSITE BY LAKE...5K FROM WALPOLE...22 DOLLARS A NIGHT...IT'LL DO.
6.35PM...VEGETABLE SOUP/BREAD.
8.00PM...WHISKEY...STARTING TO RAIN...EVERYTHING IN VAN...FEEL QUASHED...CAN'T RELAX.
9.00PM...HEAD ON PILLOW...I WANT TO BE TIRED...GOSH THIS IS HARD GOING!
2.3.08.
8.30AM...TRIED TO PHONE WILLIAM[11.30PM IN ENGLAND]...CAMPSITE PHONE NOT WORKING.
9.10AM...WE ARE NOT HAPPY BUNNIES...WE ARE NOT COMFY IN OUR VAN
9.30AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.00AM...ANOTHER CUPPA/BACON SANDWICH.
11.40AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA...GOT MY THINKING CAP ON...GOTTA SORT THIS VAN...NU IN LAUNDRETTE.
12.05PM...STILL IN THOUGHT...BASICALLY THE BED TAKES UP TO MUCH ROOM AND IS IN THE WRONG PLACE...PLUS ITS TO HIGH OF THE FLOOR...NEED TO LOWER IT FOR MORE HEAD SPACE...GOTTA MAKE ROOM AT REAR OF VAN FOR TABLE FOR WHEN ITS TOO WINDY TO SIT OUTSIDE...ALSO WHEN IT RAINS.
3.00PM...DECIDE TO DRIVE INTO WALPOLE...NEED SOMETHING TO EAT.
3.40PM...STEAK/MUSHROOM PIE AND CHIPS...AWFUL.
4.30PM...PUB.
6.00PM...TRIED TO PHONE WILLIAM AGAIN[9.00AM IN ENGLAND]...THIS PHONE ISN'T WORKING EITHER!
6.20PM...WE DRIVE TO COALMINER BEACH...10K OUTA TOWN...THAT ONE BETTER WORK!
6.40PM...EVENTUALLY...AND I MEAN EVENTUALLY WE MAKE CONTACT...ONLY FOR THE LINE TO GO DEAD AFTER ABOUT 90 SECONDS!
6.50PM...I WAS DETERMINED TO GET THRU...BECAUSE TOM HAD MADE THE EFFORT TO BE AT WILLIAMS SO HE COULD HAVE A CHAT WITH ME...THINK HE'S MISSING ME...BLESS!
6.55PM...PERSEVERENCE WON THE DAY...THOUGH I HAVE TO SAY THE OZ PHONE SITUATION NEEDS IMPROVING.
7.50PM...BACK AT OUR CAMPSITE...STILL THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH VAN.
3.3.08.
9.10AM...ANOTHER MISERABLE SQUASHED UP NIGHT...GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT TODAY.
9.40AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.15AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
11.00AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
11.40AM...WE HAVE NEW NIEGHBOURS...HE'S RATHER PROUD OF HIS CARAVAN AND WANTS TO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT...PLUS HIS LIFE STORY TOO!
12.20PM...I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD A SAW...HE SAID NO BUT HE KNOWS A MAN WHO MIGHT...ACTUALLY JOHN AND HIS WIFE TURNED OUT TO BE REALLY NICE PEOPLE.
2.00PM...JOHN APPEARS WITH A SAW...NU'S FACE WAS 'OH MY GOD'.
2.15PM...WE START MOVING EVERYTHING OUT OF THE VAN SO WE CAN GET THE BED OUT...NU'S FACE IS ONE OF DISBELIEF.
2.40PM...A CHAP NAMED IVOR LENTS ME HIS TAPE MEASURE...NU SLURPING BEER READILY...FACE LOOKING A LITTLE WRY...DREADING THE OUTCOME OF MY SOLUTION...HAVE FAITH IN YOUR HUBBY DEAREST...HAVE A BRANDY!
2.55PM...I'M SAWING!...NU WATCHING!
3.10PM...ROSS APPEARS...HE IS EAGER TO ASSIST[HELP]...PLUS HE KNOWS HOW TO USE A SAW...PLUS HE AS A WONDERFUL CHUBBY LITTLE DOG CALLED GYPSY...QUITE A FEW PEOPLE CAME TO WATCH...WELL ITS NOT EVERYDAY YOU SEE SOMEONE CUTTING THERE BED IN HALF!
5.00PM...WE HAVE A NEW BED...NU'S AMAZED...I'M NOT...I BELIEVE IN MYSELF...MY MEASUREMENTS WERE SPOT ON.
5.30PM...HAVING A BEER...GOTTA BE QUICK ELSE THEY DISAPPEAR RATHER RAPIDLY WITH NU AROUND!...LOADS STILL TO DO...THE BOXES WE HAVE NOW ARE TO BIG TO FIT UNDER THE BED...SO ALTHOUGH WE HAVE MADE MORE ROOM...UNTIL WE HAVE NEW SMALLER BOXES THE ROOM WE HAVE MADE IS BEING TAKEN UP BY THE BOXES...DOES ALL THAT MAKE SENSE!?
6.50PM...EVERYTHING KINDA BACK IN VAN...ROSS AND HIS WIFE HAVE ASKED US ROUND FOR DRINKS.
8.00PM...I'M A PRETTY HAPPY CHAP...FOUR WHISKEY'S LATER...ROSS LIKES HIS WHISKEY TOO.
9.00PM...BACK IN VAN.
9.20PM...ASLEEP.
4.3.08.
7.30AM...SLEPT WELL...WAS IT THE WHISKEY OR MY NEWLY DESIGNED BED?
7.50AM...CUPPA TEA/ORANGE JUICE...FEELING A BIT DRY.
8.10AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
8.40AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.10AM...PACKING UP...GOTTA DEPART CAMPSITE BY 10.00AM.
9.55AM...OFF WE GO.
11.00AM...DENMARK...BUYING NEW BOXES THAT'LL FIT UNDER OUR NEW BED...ALSO GOT POWER CABLE AND LAMP...AND CURTAIN WIRES.
1.30PM...BACK ON ROAD...NEXT STOP ALBANY.
3.15PM...EMU POINT CAMPSITE,ALBANY...NU PUTS HER MOB PHONE ON...IT HADN'T HAD A SIGNAL FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS...SHE GOT MESSAGES FROM HER CHILDREN...IT WAS MOTHERS DAY ON SUNDAY...I DIDN'T KNOW...QUICKILY PHONE JEANIE.
4.00PM...SETTING UP CAMP...BOXES TO SORT...I'LL HAVE A BEER FIRST.
5.00PM...WATCHING QE2 SAIL BY...APPARENTLY ITS THE LAST VOYAGE BEFORE ITS SOLD TO SOMEONE WHO'S TURNING IT INTO A HOTEL IN DUBAI.
5.40PM...SALMON/TOMATO SANDWICH.
6.15PM...STILL SORTING VAN...MY NEW OUTSIDE LAMP WORKING WELL.
7.40PM...THINK WE ARE KINDA SORTED.
8.15PM...SPOTTED A BANDIKUTE...A RATTY LOOKING ANIMAL...WHAT EVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT...LOTTA PEOPLE INTERESTED...IT DOESN'T INTEREST ME.
9.00PM...SNUGGLING DOWN...FEEL TIRED TONIGHT.
5.3.08.
8.00AM...SNUG AS A BUG...BUT NEED LOO.
8.20AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
8.50AM...SHOWER.
9.30AM...PACKED AND 'RARING TO GO'?
10.10AM...CENTRE OF ALBANY...KMART[A SORT OF C AND A]...CURTAINS LIGHT BLUE...THEY'LL DO...REDUCED TOO!...BOUGHT A SWEAT SHIRT AS WELL...NU GOT SOME CHEAP SPECS.
11.30AM...ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
1.30PM...STOPPED OFF AT JERRAMUNGUP...NEEDED A DRINK...GOT NEWSPAPER TOO...ENQUIRED ABOUT REGISTERING VAN...I'D BEEN TOLD IT WAS BEST TO DO IT IN SMALL TOWNS...POSTOFFICE TOLD ME TO GO TO ADMIN BUILDING.
2.00PM...WE HAVE REGISTERED...WE HAVE NEW STICKER ON WINDOW TILL JAN 08...WITH VERY FEW QUESTIONS ASKED...THE REASON I HAD TO GET THIS DONE...AFTER WE LEAVE THE STATE OF WEST OZ...THE VAN WOULD NEED A MOT OF SORTS...BUT AS LONG AS I HAVE THIS STICKER ON MY WINDSCREEN THE VAN IS EXEMPT...I'M NOT SAYING THE VAN WOULDN'T PASS AN MOT!...TODAY I FOUND OUT THE HORN DOESN'T WORK!...ANYWAY WE ARE SORTED TILL THE NEW YEAR...BY WHICH TIME WE SHALL BE BACK IN WEST OZ...PHEW!
2.30PM...ON WE GO...RAVENSTHORPE NEXT.
4.10PM...RAVENSTHORPE AT LAST...LIQOUR STORE...AS LONG AS NU'S HAPPY!
4.30PM...CAMPSITE...CHEAPEST YET...VERY COLOURFUL.
5.10PM...VEG SOUP/BREAD/BEER.
5.40PM...NU SORTING CURTAINS...I HAVE MY NEWSPAPER.
6.45PM...NU GETTING FRUSTRATED...ME HAPPILY READING.
7.10PM...NU SWEARING...I'D BETTER DO SOMETHING.
8.00PM...NEARLY SORTED...NO SIGNAL ON MOB PHONE...KINDA HAPPY ABOUT THAT...GET TO MANY TEXTS SOMETIMES.
6.3.08.
8.50AM...GOTTA MOVE...GOTTA BE OFF CAMPSITE BY 10.00AM.
9.00AM...SHOWER.
9.20AM...CUPPA TEA/GINGER BISCUITS.
9.50AM...VAN STILL A MESS.
10.20AM...THROW IT ALL IN...WE'LL SORT IT LATER!
10.40AM...OFF WE GO.
11.40AM...A DULL DRIVE...A FAIRLY STRAIGHT ROAD.
1.30PM...ESPERANCE...NEED FOOD...NEED DRINK.
1.50PM...NU SPOTS CAMERA SHOP...CALLED THE CAMERA SHOP...SHE STILL NEEDS TO GET HER CAMERA DEVIRUSED.
2.15PM...LEFT CAMERA AT SHOP...THEY SAID COME BACK IN HALF AN HOUR.
2.35PM...SUPERMARKET...NEED LOADS...SETTING UP CAMP FOR THREE DAYS.
3.50PM...BACK AT CAMERA SHOP...CAMERA DEVIRUSED...ITS AMAZING HOW SOME SHOPS CAN HELP AND OTHERS JUST DON'T HAVE A CLUE...GUESS WE GOT LUCKY...NU HAPPY.
4.30PM...CAMPSITE.
4.50PM...NEED BULB FOR INSIDE LIGHT...OFF I TROT TO BUNNINGS...A BIG DO IT YOURSELF PLACE.
5.40PM...RETURN WITH BULBS AND A BUCKET...PLUS I GOT A GAZEBO!...WELL IT WAS ON OFFER!
6.35PM...OUR GAZEBO IS ERECT AND LOOKING WONDERFUL.
7.00PM...BACON/TOMATO SANDWICH/CUPPA TEA...SOMEHOW I MANAGED TO STAVE OF MY HUNGER TILL NOW.
8.30PM...RELAXING...COMFORTABLE IN OUR GAZEBO...HAVING A FEW BEERS.
7.3.08.
8.30AM...NU HADN'T SLEPT WELL...LOTTA NOISE.
8.45AM...UP I GET...GAZEBO STILL STANDING...NU GOES FOR SHOWER.
9.30AM...CUPPA TEA/BACON SANDWICH.
10.10AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA...MILK DON'T LOOK OR SMELL TO GOOD...BETTER HAVE COFFEE...WE'VE GOT POWDERED MILK.
10.40AM...NU GOES TO DO WASHING.
10.50AM...A GUST OF WIND...GAZEBO NEARLY TAKES FLIGHT...TABLE AND ALLSORTS GO TUMBLING.
11.55AM...DISCUSSING WHATS BEST TO DO WITH OUR GAZEBO.
12.05PM...ANOTHER GUST GIVES US OUR ANSWER...TIME TO DISMANTLE GAZEBO.
12.35PM...THREW EVERYTHING INTO BACK OF VAN.
1.10PM...WALKING INTO TOWN...I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF HOT COUNTRIES...BUT BELIEVE ME THIS IS HOT...EXTREME HEAT.
1.30PM...NU THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA FAINT...TOOK SHELTER.
2.10PM...MADE IT TO CAFE ON SEA FRONT...SWEAT DRIPPING INTO MY EYES...FOUND OUT IT WAS 42 GOING ON 45!
2.50PM...STEAK/CHIPS/SALAD/MILKSHAKE...BLUE OCEON CAFE...RECOMMEND IF YOU ARE EVER IN ESPERANCE.
4.00PM...WALKING INTO TOWN.
4.25PM...PUB.
6.10PM...3 PINTS LATER...VERY PLEASANT BUT TIME TO WADDLE BACK TO OUR VAN.
7.00PM...BACK ON CAMPSITE...OUR CRUMPLED GAZEBO STILL LYING ON THE GROUND...I WAS HOPING SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN A SHINE TO IT AND TAKEN IT.
7.40PM...CHEESE AND BISCUITS.
8.50PM...I'VE BEEN TO A LOTTA PLACES[GUESS I'M LUCKY]...BUT BELIEVE ME TODAY AS GOTTA BE ONE OF THE HOTTEST DAYS I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED...TO MUCH...OH TO MUCH...EVEN THE BREEZE IS HOT!
GAZEBO FOR SALE!
BYE FOR NOWZ.
Monday, 3 March 2008
AUSTRALIA...part two of many.
18.2.08.
6.30AM...ALARM...HERE WE GO...GOTTA RETURN CAR TODAY BY 9AM.
6.50AM...SHOWER.
7.05AM...CUPPA TEA.
7.30AM...BETTER GET MOVING...DON'T KNOW WHAT TRAFFICS GONNA BE LIKE.
7.50AM...I THINK WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING...HARD CHEESE IF WE HAVEN'T.
8.00AM...ON OUR WAY.
8.15AM...TRAFFIC JAM!
8.30AM...HEARD ON LOCAL RADIO STATION THERES BEEN A CAR ACCIDENT ON STIRLING HIGHWAY...THATS THE ROAD WE ARE TAKING!
9.00AM...NEARLY IN PERTH.
9.20AM...IN CAR RENTAL CAR PARK.
9.30AM...THEY'VE CHECKED THE CAR AND ITS ALL OK...THEY WEREN'T CONCERNED WE WERE A BIT LATE.
9.50AM...ON FREE BUS TO CENTRE OF PERTH.
11.00AM...FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST.
12.40PM...RAC...ENQUIRING ABOUT VAN INSURANCE.
2.00PM...PUB.
4.00PM...ON TRAIN BACK TO FREMANTLE...VERY CLEAN.
5.10PM...IN SUPERMARKET IN FREMANTLE...NEED MILK...ASKED A FELLOW LADY SHOPPER WHERE THE BEST FISH/CHIP SHOP WAS...SHE ENDED UP DRIVING US THERE!...VERY NICE LADY.
6.15PM...FINISHED FISH AND CHIPS...AND IF THEY ARE THE BEST FISH AND CHIPS IN TOWN...THE PEOPLE OF FREMANTLE NEED THERE TASTE BUDS SORTING!
6.55PM...ON BUS BACK TO OUR ABODE.
7.40...CUPPA TEA.
19.2.08.
8.00AM...PHONED WILLIAM (11.00PM IN ENGLAND)...HE WANTS TO COME AND WORK IN OZ.
8.50AM...BACON/MUSHROOM SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
9.50AM...BOOKED TICKETS FOR ROTTENEST ISLAND TOMORROW AT SITE OFFICE.
10.40AM...TOOK BUS TO FREMANTLE...WELL HOT.
11.10AM...SHOPPING...GOT MY CAMPS OF AUSTRALIA BOOK...ONLY 20 DOLLARS...NU BOUGHT 3 BOOKS...ALSO GOT TWO TOWELS HALF PRICE...NU ALSO GOT HER COWBOY HAT...I GOT AN ENGLISH NEWS PAPER...SO WE ARE WELL HAPPY!
2.00PM...PUB...NEWC BROWN ON TAP!...NU HAD STELLA.
3.30PM...NEARLY FORGOT THE SUN LOTION...ENDED UP BUYING THE BIGGEST CHEAPEST ONE THEY GOT.
4.30PM...BACK ON BUS TO OUR ABODE.
5.05PM...RESTING.
5.40PM...NU AT THE BARBIE DOING THE STEAK...I'M DOING THE CHIPS.
6.15PM...STEAK A BIT TOUGH...CHIPS NOT THAT MUCH BETTER.
7.20PM...READING NEWSPAPER...ALLS WELL IN MY WORLD!
20.2.08.
7.00AM...ALARM.
7.15AM...CUPPA TEA.
7.35AM...SHOWER.
8.05AM...CORNFLAKES/CUPPA TEA.
8.30AM...PREPERING SANDWICHES FOR TRIP TO ROTTENEST ISLAND.
9.00AM...RUCKSACK FULL...CRISPS/SANSWICHES/BEER/WATER/ORANGES.
9.15AM...ON BUS HEADING FOR JETTY TO TAKE BOAT TO ROTTENEST.
10.00AM...ARRIVE AT ROTTENEST.
10.25AM...ISLAND TOUR BUS.
11.10AM...GOT OFF AT GEORDIE BAY.
12.05PM...WALKED TO BASIN BAY...NU HAD A SWIM.
1.15PM...WALKED TO LONG BEACH...THEN ON TO THOMSON...BREEZY BUT SUN BURNING...SAW A QUAKKA...A RAT LIKE SQUIRREL...ROTTENEST MEANS RAT IN DUTCH...SOME DUTCH CHAPPIE NAMED IT A FEW CENTURIES AGO.
2.10PM...MIXED GRILL/BEER...PASSABLE.
4.00PM...BACK ON BOAT TO FREMANTLE.
5.00PM...BACK AT OUR LITTLE ABODE.
6.50PM...SPAG BOL.
8.00PM...WHISKEY.
8.30PM...WATCHING LEWIS...THERE IS LIFE AFTER MORSE.
21.2.08.
10.00AM...KETTLE ON.
10.10AM...SHOWER.
10.20AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.40AM...SAUSAGE SANDWICH...OH DEAR...OZ SAUSAGE NOT THE BEST.
11.30AM...BUS TO FREMANTLE...NEED BREAD ETC.
11.55AM...SHOPPING MALL...NO ONE SEEMS TO SMILE...ITS A FUNNY OLD PLACE...PERHAPS THEY DON'T LIKE THE ENGLISH...PERHAPS THEY DON'T LIKE ME.
12.40PM...THOUGHT WE ONLY NEEDED BREAD AND A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS...GOT A TROLLEY LOAD OF WHATEVER!
1.05PM...WAITING FOR BUS '825'...HERE IT COMES...AND THERE IT GOES...IT DIDN'T BOTHER TO STOP...DO I LOOK ENGLISH?...CAN THEY TELL FROM AFAR?...PERHAPS THE DRIVER THOUGHT I WAS TO FAT...AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH ROOM ON THE BUS!
1.20PM...THERES A GUY ALSO WAITING FOR THE BUS...WEARING LUMINOUS SOCKS...NOT THE FULL BISCUIT I THINK...THERE IS ALSO A WOMAN WAITING...I ASK HER THE TIME...SHE DOESN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND ENGLISH.
1.35PM...'825' APPEARS...I WAVE...HE STOPS...THANK GOD FOR THAT!
2.00PM...BACK AT OUR LITTLE ABODE.
2.10PM...BEER X 2...THEY ARE SMALL BOTTLES.
2.30PM...WRITING LETTER TO WILLIAM.
4.00PM...HAVING A CAT NAP...WHEN WE WENT TO ROTTENEST NU MET A LADY CALLED JOY...SO TONIGHT AT 7.00PM SHE'S COMING TO PICK US UP TO TAKE US FOR A MEAL...ALTHOUGH WE FEEL HUNGRY WE ARE SAVING OURSELVES FOR TONIGHT.
6.00PM...SHOWER.
6.45PM...JOY ARRIVES...BIT EARLY.
7.20PM...PREMIER RESTAURANT?...NAMED LEFT BANK...WE SHALL SEE...THE PRICES ARE PREMIER!
7.55PM...SMALL PORTIONS...NEED TO TIMES IT BY THREE...OH WELL...NU HAPPY...AND THEY DO A NICE PINT OF BITTER...SO I'M OK...GIRLS ON WINE.
9.30PM...PLAYING POOL...CHATTING WITH OZ GUYS ABOUT ENGLISH FOOTIE.
11.00PM...TIME TO GO...CLOSED SIGN UP.
11.30PM...BACK AT ABODE...BETTER HAVE A WHISKEY.
22.2.08.
10.00AM...NEEDA CUPPA.
10.05AM...KETTLE ON.
10.10AM...SHOWER.
11.10AM...TOMATO/MUSHROOM SANDWICH.
12.30PM...READING...NU SWIMMING.
4.00PM...LAMB/MASHED SPUD/VEGGIES.
5.30PM...JOY...OZ LADY KNOCKS ON DOOR...ASKS IF WE WANA GO FOR A DRINK THIS EVENING.
7.30PM...JOY PICKS US UP...BY NOW WE ARE NOT SURE WHETHER WE REALLY WANNA GO...BUT WE'VE SAID YES...SO WE HAD BETTER GO.
8.15PM...AN AUSTRALIAN WATERSIDE PUB...ITS TRYING TO LOOK TRENDY...BUT ITS MISSING SOMETHING...NOT TO WORRY...IT ONLY SELLS ONE SORT OF LAGER AND THE CHAPPIE BEHIND THE BAR IS NOT TO SURE ABOUT THE BITTER...AS I SAY NOT TO WORRY!
10.10PM...HAD TWO LAGERS...THATS ENOUGH.
10.40PM...BACK AT OUR ABODE.
23.2.08.
9.45AM...WONDERING WHAT TODAY AS IN STORE...WE'VE BEEN ON THIS CAMPSITE 2 WEEKS NOW...BOREDOM AS CREPT IN...NEED TO MOVE...WAIYTING ON CALL FROM GIRLS ABOUT VAN.
10.10AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.30AM...SHOWER.
11.00AM...TOMATO/MUSHROOM SANDWICH.
12.30PM...BUS IN TO FREMANTLE...NU NEEDS TO CHECK EMAILS...BOUGHT A CALANDAR.
3.30PM...BACK ON BUS.
4.10PM...BEER.
5.00PM...STEAK SANDWICH...TOUGH AND CHEWY...OZ MEAT!
7.00PM...STILL WAITING ON CALL FROM GIRLS ABOUT VAN...SOMETIMES I WISH I HAD A TICKET IN MY HAND FOR A FLIGHT BACK TO ENGLAND THIS MINUTE...THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SOMETIMES.
10.15PM...GIRLS HAVE PHONED...I RISK A WRY SMILE.
24.2.08.
9.00AM...ANOTHER LAZY DAY...GOT PACKING TO DO...THINK I'LL STAY IN BED.
9.45AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.15AM...BACON/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
11.00AM...SHOWER.
12.10PM...SEMI PACKING...WE'VE BOUGHT THINGS WE NEED FOR VAN LIFE...EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE!
1.40PM...NU SWIMMING...I'M RELAXING WITH A BEER...ITS HARD TO RELAX SOMETIMES...TO MUCH ON MY MIND.
5.00PM...LAMB/PARSNIPS/CARROTS/MASH SPUD...NOT BAD.
7.00PM...PHONE MOTHER/PAULINE/WILLIAM...10AM IN ENGLAND.
9.00PM...BETTER FINISH OFF THE BRANDY...DON'T WANT IT GOING FUNNY IN THE HEAT...OR IS THAT ME?
9.40PM...READING/VILLA ON TELE.
11.30PM...VILLA WON 2-1.
11.45PM...TIME FOR BED.
25.2.08.
7.00AM...UP WE GET...GOTTA VACATE CHALET BY 10.00AM.
7.15AM...CUPPA TEA.
7.30AM...SHOWER.
8.10AM...I THINK THATS EVERTHING PACKED.
8.40AM...BACON SANDWICH/CUPPA TEA.
9.55AM...CHECKED OUT...GIRLS SHOULD BE HERE ABOUT MIDDAY.
10.30AM...CHATTING WITH IRISH COUPLE AS WE WAIT OUTSIDE SITE OFFICE.
11.55AM...GIRLS AND VAN ARRIVE.
12.25PM...AT CAFE UP THE ROAD...MONEY COUNTED...ALL OK...HAD A MILKSHAKE.
1.00PM...DROPPED GIRLS OFF AT RAILWAY STATION.
1.15PM...NU AND I ARE ON OUR WAY.
3.00PM...TAKING IT STEADY...THERE ARE A FEW RUMBLES!
4.00PM...BINNINGUP CAMPSITE...JUST OUTSIDE BUNBURY...AN PLACE THAT ENDS IN UP...USED TO BE ABORIGINAL.
5.00PM...FISH AND CHIPS...NOT TO GOOD.
5.45PM...CLEANING VAN...AND BOY DOES IT NEED CLEANING!
8.00PM...LIGHT FADING...BUT VAN KOOKING GOOD.
9.00PM...HAVING A FEW BEERS...THE EVENING AIR STILL WARM.
10.15PM...WE SETTLE DOWN FOR OUR FIRST NIGHT IN THE VAN...ITS WELL HOT.
26.2.08.
9.00AM...NEITHER OF US SLEPT WELL...NEED WATER...WE DON'T HAVE A COOKING STOVE YET...GONNA BUY ONE TODAY...SO NO CUPPA TEA THIS MORNING.
9.45AM...SHOWER.
10.20AM...STARTING CHATTING TO A WOMAN WHO IS STAYING ON THE SITE...SHE'S SOON MAKING US A CUPPA...I CAN STILL CHARM YOU KNOW!
11.40AM...STILL CHATTING...SHE COMES FROM STOURBRIDGE...WELL SOMEONES GOT TOO!...ON MY SECOND CUP...SHE'S GOT NO DIGESTIVES THOUGH!
12.25PM...WE ARE ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
1.50PM...'BIG W'...A MAJOR DISCOUNT STORE...APPARENTLY.
3.20PM...WE THINK AND HOPE WE HAVE BOUGHT ALL WE NEED...210 DOLLARS WORTH!
3.40PM...TOMATO AND PATE BUN...YUM YUM!
4.10PM...OF WE GO AGAIN.
5.05PM...BUSSELTON...A SMALL TOWN.
5.40PM...CAMPSITE...BIT SHODDY...BUT IT AS ALL AMENITIES.
6.10PM...SORTING VAN...SO MUCH TO SORT.
8.00PM...WE'VE DONE WELL...SITTING AT REAR OF VAN...CUPPA TEA AND PATE BUN...RADIO ON...WE ARE HAPPY...WE ARE A FUNNY OLD PAIR...WE'VE GOT EACH OTHER AND SOMEHOW IT WORKS.
10.10PM...GOOD NIGHT!
27.2.08.
9.15AM...NEED THE LOO.
9.35AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.00AM...ANOTHER CUPPA/CORNFLAKES.
11.00AM...WE HAVE DECIDED TO STAY ANOTHER NIGHT HERE AT LAZY DAYS CAMPING SITE...WE'VE GOTTA GET A TABLE AND ALSO GET THE VAN TRANSFERED IN TO OUR NAME AT THE POST OFFICE.
11.40AM...WE HAVE TABLE.
12.20PM...TRANSFERED VAN IN TO OUR NAME.
12.50PM...SUPERMARKET...NEED MILK.
1.30PM...WALKING BUSSLETON PIER...THE SECOND LONGEST IN THE WORLD AT 1.8K...THE LONGEST IS SOUTHEND,ENGLAND AT 2.1K.
2.00PM...WE MADE IT...PRETTY TOUGH MIND...AT THE END IS THE UNDERWATER SEA LIFE OBSERVATORY...NU LIKES HER FISH...I PREFER THEM COOKED AND READY TO EAT.
4.10PM...HAVING WALKED BACK THE 1.8K ALONG THE PIER...NU AND I ARE STRUGGLING...NEED WATER.
4.40PM...NU GOES FOR A DIP IN THE SEA...I'VE GOT MY PAPER...SO ALL IS FINE.
6.00PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
6.20PM...HIPPY DISH...TUNA AND FRIED ONIONS WITH FRESH SOFT ROLLS...GLORIOUS!
6.55PM...RADIO ON...SOME GUY TALKING ABOUT BENIZITO[PAKISTANI WOMAN]...ABOUT THE BOOK SHE WROTE BEFORE BEING MURDERED.
7.20PM...BEER OR THREE...TIRED BUT HAPPY.
SOMETIMES....
BYE FOR NOWZ.
6.30AM...ALARM...HERE WE GO...GOTTA RETURN CAR TODAY BY 9AM.
6.50AM...SHOWER.
7.05AM...CUPPA TEA.
7.30AM...BETTER GET MOVING...DON'T KNOW WHAT TRAFFICS GONNA BE LIKE.
7.50AM...I THINK WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING...HARD CHEESE IF WE HAVEN'T.
8.00AM...ON OUR WAY.
8.15AM...TRAFFIC JAM!
8.30AM...HEARD ON LOCAL RADIO STATION THERES BEEN A CAR ACCIDENT ON STIRLING HIGHWAY...THATS THE ROAD WE ARE TAKING!
9.00AM...NEARLY IN PERTH.
9.20AM...IN CAR RENTAL CAR PARK.
9.30AM...THEY'VE CHECKED THE CAR AND ITS ALL OK...THEY WEREN'T CONCERNED WE WERE A BIT LATE.
9.50AM...ON FREE BUS TO CENTRE OF PERTH.
11.00AM...FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST.
12.40PM...RAC...ENQUIRING ABOUT VAN INSURANCE.
2.00PM...PUB.
4.00PM...ON TRAIN BACK TO FREMANTLE...VERY CLEAN.
5.10PM...IN SUPERMARKET IN FREMANTLE...NEED MILK...ASKED A FELLOW LADY SHOPPER WHERE THE BEST FISH/CHIP SHOP WAS...SHE ENDED UP DRIVING US THERE!...VERY NICE LADY.
6.15PM...FINISHED FISH AND CHIPS...AND IF THEY ARE THE BEST FISH AND CHIPS IN TOWN...THE PEOPLE OF FREMANTLE NEED THERE TASTE BUDS SORTING!
6.55PM...ON BUS BACK TO OUR ABODE.
7.40...CUPPA TEA.
19.2.08.
8.00AM...PHONED WILLIAM (11.00PM IN ENGLAND)...HE WANTS TO COME AND WORK IN OZ.
8.50AM...BACON/MUSHROOM SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
9.50AM...BOOKED TICKETS FOR ROTTENEST ISLAND TOMORROW AT SITE OFFICE.
10.40AM...TOOK BUS TO FREMANTLE...WELL HOT.
11.10AM...SHOPPING...GOT MY CAMPS OF AUSTRALIA BOOK...ONLY 20 DOLLARS...NU BOUGHT 3 BOOKS...ALSO GOT TWO TOWELS HALF PRICE...NU ALSO GOT HER COWBOY HAT...I GOT AN ENGLISH NEWS PAPER...SO WE ARE WELL HAPPY!
2.00PM...PUB...NEWC BROWN ON TAP!...NU HAD STELLA.
3.30PM...NEARLY FORGOT THE SUN LOTION...ENDED UP BUYING THE BIGGEST CHEAPEST ONE THEY GOT.
4.30PM...BACK ON BUS TO OUR ABODE.
5.05PM...RESTING.
5.40PM...NU AT THE BARBIE DOING THE STEAK...I'M DOING THE CHIPS.
6.15PM...STEAK A BIT TOUGH...CHIPS NOT THAT MUCH BETTER.
7.20PM...READING NEWSPAPER...ALLS WELL IN MY WORLD!
20.2.08.
7.00AM...ALARM.
7.15AM...CUPPA TEA.
7.35AM...SHOWER.
8.05AM...CORNFLAKES/CUPPA TEA.
8.30AM...PREPERING SANDWICHES FOR TRIP TO ROTTENEST ISLAND.
9.00AM...RUCKSACK FULL...CRISPS/SANSWICHES/BEER/WATER/ORANGES.
9.15AM...ON BUS HEADING FOR JETTY TO TAKE BOAT TO ROTTENEST.
10.00AM...ARRIVE AT ROTTENEST.
10.25AM...ISLAND TOUR BUS.
11.10AM...GOT OFF AT GEORDIE BAY.
12.05PM...WALKED TO BASIN BAY...NU HAD A SWIM.
1.15PM...WALKED TO LONG BEACH...THEN ON TO THOMSON...BREEZY BUT SUN BURNING...SAW A QUAKKA...A RAT LIKE SQUIRREL...ROTTENEST MEANS RAT IN DUTCH...SOME DUTCH CHAPPIE NAMED IT A FEW CENTURIES AGO.
2.10PM...MIXED GRILL/BEER...PASSABLE.
4.00PM...BACK ON BOAT TO FREMANTLE.
5.00PM...BACK AT OUR LITTLE ABODE.
6.50PM...SPAG BOL.
8.00PM...WHISKEY.
8.30PM...WATCHING LEWIS...THERE IS LIFE AFTER MORSE.
21.2.08.
10.00AM...KETTLE ON.
10.10AM...SHOWER.
10.20AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.40AM...SAUSAGE SANDWICH...OH DEAR...OZ SAUSAGE NOT THE BEST.
11.30AM...BUS TO FREMANTLE...NEED BREAD ETC.
11.55AM...SHOPPING MALL...NO ONE SEEMS TO SMILE...ITS A FUNNY OLD PLACE...PERHAPS THEY DON'T LIKE THE ENGLISH...PERHAPS THEY DON'T LIKE ME.
12.40PM...THOUGHT WE ONLY NEEDED BREAD AND A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS...GOT A TROLLEY LOAD OF WHATEVER!
1.05PM...WAITING FOR BUS '825'...HERE IT COMES...AND THERE IT GOES...IT DIDN'T BOTHER TO STOP...DO I LOOK ENGLISH?...CAN THEY TELL FROM AFAR?...PERHAPS THE DRIVER THOUGHT I WAS TO FAT...AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH ROOM ON THE BUS!
1.20PM...THERES A GUY ALSO WAITING FOR THE BUS...WEARING LUMINOUS SOCKS...NOT THE FULL BISCUIT I THINK...THERE IS ALSO A WOMAN WAITING...I ASK HER THE TIME...SHE DOESN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND ENGLISH.
1.35PM...'825' APPEARS...I WAVE...HE STOPS...THANK GOD FOR THAT!
2.00PM...BACK AT OUR LITTLE ABODE.
2.10PM...BEER X 2...THEY ARE SMALL BOTTLES.
2.30PM...WRITING LETTER TO WILLIAM.
4.00PM...HAVING A CAT NAP...WHEN WE WENT TO ROTTENEST NU MET A LADY CALLED JOY...SO TONIGHT AT 7.00PM SHE'S COMING TO PICK US UP TO TAKE US FOR A MEAL...ALTHOUGH WE FEEL HUNGRY WE ARE SAVING OURSELVES FOR TONIGHT.
6.00PM...SHOWER.
6.45PM...JOY ARRIVES...BIT EARLY.
7.20PM...PREMIER RESTAURANT?...NAMED LEFT BANK...WE SHALL SEE...THE PRICES ARE PREMIER!
7.55PM...SMALL PORTIONS...NEED TO TIMES IT BY THREE...OH WELL...NU HAPPY...AND THEY DO A NICE PINT OF BITTER...SO I'M OK...GIRLS ON WINE.
9.30PM...PLAYING POOL...CHATTING WITH OZ GUYS ABOUT ENGLISH FOOTIE.
11.00PM...TIME TO GO...CLOSED SIGN UP.
11.30PM...BACK AT ABODE...BETTER HAVE A WHISKEY.
22.2.08.
10.00AM...NEEDA CUPPA.
10.05AM...KETTLE ON.
10.10AM...SHOWER.
11.10AM...TOMATO/MUSHROOM SANDWICH.
12.30PM...READING...NU SWIMMING.
4.00PM...LAMB/MASHED SPUD/VEGGIES.
5.30PM...JOY...OZ LADY KNOCKS ON DOOR...ASKS IF WE WANA GO FOR A DRINK THIS EVENING.
7.30PM...JOY PICKS US UP...BY NOW WE ARE NOT SURE WHETHER WE REALLY WANNA GO...BUT WE'VE SAID YES...SO WE HAD BETTER GO.
8.15PM...AN AUSTRALIAN WATERSIDE PUB...ITS TRYING TO LOOK TRENDY...BUT ITS MISSING SOMETHING...NOT TO WORRY...IT ONLY SELLS ONE SORT OF LAGER AND THE CHAPPIE BEHIND THE BAR IS NOT TO SURE ABOUT THE BITTER...AS I SAY NOT TO WORRY!
10.10PM...HAD TWO LAGERS...THATS ENOUGH.
10.40PM...BACK AT OUR ABODE.
23.2.08.
9.45AM...WONDERING WHAT TODAY AS IN STORE...WE'VE BEEN ON THIS CAMPSITE 2 WEEKS NOW...BOREDOM AS CREPT IN...NEED TO MOVE...WAIYTING ON CALL FROM GIRLS ABOUT VAN.
10.10AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.30AM...SHOWER.
11.00AM...TOMATO/MUSHROOM SANDWICH.
12.30PM...BUS IN TO FREMANTLE...NU NEEDS TO CHECK EMAILS...BOUGHT A CALANDAR.
3.30PM...BACK ON BUS.
4.10PM...BEER.
5.00PM...STEAK SANDWICH...TOUGH AND CHEWY...OZ MEAT!
7.00PM...STILL WAITING ON CALL FROM GIRLS ABOUT VAN...SOMETIMES I WISH I HAD A TICKET IN MY HAND FOR A FLIGHT BACK TO ENGLAND THIS MINUTE...THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SOMETIMES.
10.15PM...GIRLS HAVE PHONED...I RISK A WRY SMILE.
24.2.08.
9.00AM...ANOTHER LAZY DAY...GOT PACKING TO DO...THINK I'LL STAY IN BED.
9.45AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.15AM...BACON/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
11.00AM...SHOWER.
12.10PM...SEMI PACKING...WE'VE BOUGHT THINGS WE NEED FOR VAN LIFE...EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE!
1.40PM...NU SWIMMING...I'M RELAXING WITH A BEER...ITS HARD TO RELAX SOMETIMES...TO MUCH ON MY MIND.
5.00PM...LAMB/PARSNIPS/CARROTS/MASH SPUD...NOT BAD.
7.00PM...PHONE MOTHER/PAULINE/WILLIAM...10AM IN ENGLAND.
9.00PM...BETTER FINISH OFF THE BRANDY...DON'T WANT IT GOING FUNNY IN THE HEAT...OR IS THAT ME?
9.40PM...READING/VILLA ON TELE.
11.30PM...VILLA WON 2-1.
11.45PM...TIME FOR BED.
25.2.08.
7.00AM...UP WE GET...GOTTA VACATE CHALET BY 10.00AM.
7.15AM...CUPPA TEA.
7.30AM...SHOWER.
8.10AM...I THINK THATS EVERTHING PACKED.
8.40AM...BACON SANDWICH/CUPPA TEA.
9.55AM...CHECKED OUT...GIRLS SHOULD BE HERE ABOUT MIDDAY.
10.30AM...CHATTING WITH IRISH COUPLE AS WE WAIT OUTSIDE SITE OFFICE.
11.55AM...GIRLS AND VAN ARRIVE.
12.25PM...AT CAFE UP THE ROAD...MONEY COUNTED...ALL OK...HAD A MILKSHAKE.
1.00PM...DROPPED GIRLS OFF AT RAILWAY STATION.
1.15PM...NU AND I ARE ON OUR WAY.
3.00PM...TAKING IT STEADY...THERE ARE A FEW RUMBLES!
4.00PM...BINNINGUP CAMPSITE...JUST OUTSIDE BUNBURY...AN PLACE THAT ENDS IN UP...USED TO BE ABORIGINAL.
5.00PM...FISH AND CHIPS...NOT TO GOOD.
5.45PM...CLEANING VAN...AND BOY DOES IT NEED CLEANING!
8.00PM...LIGHT FADING...BUT VAN KOOKING GOOD.
9.00PM...HAVING A FEW BEERS...THE EVENING AIR STILL WARM.
10.15PM...WE SETTLE DOWN FOR OUR FIRST NIGHT IN THE VAN...ITS WELL HOT.
26.2.08.
9.00AM...NEITHER OF US SLEPT WELL...NEED WATER...WE DON'T HAVE A COOKING STOVE YET...GONNA BUY ONE TODAY...SO NO CUPPA TEA THIS MORNING.
9.45AM...SHOWER.
10.20AM...STARTING CHATTING TO A WOMAN WHO IS STAYING ON THE SITE...SHE'S SOON MAKING US A CUPPA...I CAN STILL CHARM YOU KNOW!
11.40AM...STILL CHATTING...SHE COMES FROM STOURBRIDGE...WELL SOMEONES GOT TOO!...ON MY SECOND CUP...SHE'S GOT NO DIGESTIVES THOUGH!
12.25PM...WE ARE ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
1.50PM...'BIG W'...A MAJOR DISCOUNT STORE...APPARENTLY.
3.20PM...WE THINK AND HOPE WE HAVE BOUGHT ALL WE NEED...210 DOLLARS WORTH!
3.40PM...TOMATO AND PATE BUN...YUM YUM!
4.10PM...OF WE GO AGAIN.
5.05PM...BUSSELTON...A SMALL TOWN.
5.40PM...CAMPSITE...BIT SHODDY...BUT IT AS ALL AMENITIES.
6.10PM...SORTING VAN...SO MUCH TO SORT.
8.00PM...WE'VE DONE WELL...SITTING AT REAR OF VAN...CUPPA TEA AND PATE BUN...RADIO ON...WE ARE HAPPY...WE ARE A FUNNY OLD PAIR...WE'VE GOT EACH OTHER AND SOMEHOW IT WORKS.
10.10PM...GOOD NIGHT!
27.2.08.
9.15AM...NEED THE LOO.
9.35AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.00AM...ANOTHER CUPPA/CORNFLAKES.
11.00AM...WE HAVE DECIDED TO STAY ANOTHER NIGHT HERE AT LAZY DAYS CAMPING SITE...WE'VE GOTTA GET A TABLE AND ALSO GET THE VAN TRANSFERED IN TO OUR NAME AT THE POST OFFICE.
11.40AM...WE HAVE TABLE.
12.20PM...TRANSFERED VAN IN TO OUR NAME.
12.50PM...SUPERMARKET...NEED MILK.
1.30PM...WALKING BUSSLETON PIER...THE SECOND LONGEST IN THE WORLD AT 1.8K...THE LONGEST IS SOUTHEND,ENGLAND AT 2.1K.
2.00PM...WE MADE IT...PRETTY TOUGH MIND...AT THE END IS THE UNDERWATER SEA LIFE OBSERVATORY...NU LIKES HER FISH...I PREFER THEM COOKED AND READY TO EAT.
4.10PM...HAVING WALKED BACK THE 1.8K ALONG THE PIER...NU AND I ARE STRUGGLING...NEED WATER.
4.40PM...NU GOES FOR A DIP IN THE SEA...I'VE GOT MY PAPER...SO ALL IS FINE.
6.00PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
6.20PM...HIPPY DISH...TUNA AND FRIED ONIONS WITH FRESH SOFT ROLLS...GLORIOUS!
6.55PM...RADIO ON...SOME GUY TALKING ABOUT BENIZITO[PAKISTANI WOMAN]...ABOUT THE BOOK SHE WROTE BEFORE BEING MURDERED.
7.20PM...BEER OR THREE...TIRED BUT HAPPY.
SOMETIMES....
BYE FOR NOWZ.
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