26.4.08.
8.05AM...ITS RAINED ALL NIGHT...POURED CONTINUALLY.
8.15AM...KETTLE ON.
8.35AM...STILL IN BED DRINKING TEA.
9.05AM...ITS STARTING TO BRIGHTEN UP.
9.40AM...SHOWER.
10.10AM...BACON/EGG SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
11.00AM...WALKED INTO TOWN CENTRE.
11.55AM...SKIES DARKENING...NEAREST PUB!
12.05PM...SKIES HAVE OPENED.
12.50PM...SUPERMARKET/BOTTLE SHOP...TWO BOXES OF WINE...ONE RED...ONE WHITE.
1.40PM...DROPPED FOOD AND DRINK BACK AT VAN.
2.10PM...WHAT DO YOU DO ON A WET WEEKEND IN BRIDPORT?...THE SAME AS YOU WOULD DO IF YOU WERE SPENDING A WET WEEKEND IN BLACKPOOL!...IT WON'T HAVE THE SAME ATMOSPHERE AS AN ENGLISH PUB...THAT I CAN GUARANTEE...BUT IT'LL DO!
5.30PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
6.15PM...COOKING TEA IN LAUNDRETTE...THEY DON'T HAVE A CAMP KITCHEN HERE...SPUDS/MINCE/CARROTS/CAULI/TIN OF PEAS/ONION...GUESS IT'S A STEW!
7.30PM...BACK IN VAN.
9.00PM...ASLEEP...CONTENT.
27.4.08.
8.45AM...IT RAINED ALL NIGHT AGAIN...LEAST THE VAN IS GETTING WASHED.
9.05AM...KETTLE ON.
9.20AM...CUPPA TEA...NO HURRY...WE ARE MEANT TO BE OF SITE BY 10AM...BUT WOMAN RECEPTION SAYS NOT TO WORRY...OBVIOUSLY GOT THE HOTS FOR ME!...NOT.
9.45AM...SHOWER.
10.15AM...BREAKIE...BACON/EGG SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
10.40AM...STARTED VAN...AFTER ALL THAT RAIN SHE STARTS?...FICKLE OR WHAT...THATS WOMAN FOR YOU!
10.55AM...WE HAVE DECIDED TO HEAD FOR GEORGETOWN...WHY?...I DON'T KNOW!...THINK I'M TASSED OUT.
12.10PM...GEORGETOWN...EVERY TOWN IS STARTING TO LOOK THE SAME.
1.00PM...DRIVING ON TO LETROBE.
2.30PM...CAMPSITE LETROBE...BOOKED TO NIGHTS...ITS SMALL AND NEAT.
3.10PM...REHEATED LAST NIGHTS LEFTOVER STEW...WONDERFUL.
4.00PM...RICE PUDDING FROM A CAN...NEVER THE SAME AS WHAT MOTHER USED TO MAKE!
5.00PM...WALKED INTO CENTRE.
5.50PM...PUB.
6.20PM...THERE ARE SIX GUYS SITTING AT THE BAR...ITS VERY QUIET[REMEMBER THIS IS A PUB]...THEY ARE ALL GLUED TO A TV PROG CALLED GLADIATORS...GROWN MEN WATCHING RUBBISH WHILE SUPPING LAGER FROM HALF PINT MUGS...OZ AT TIMES IS...WELL...SOMETHING AIN'T QUITE RIGHT!
28.4.08.
8.55AM...ITS COLD...OZ IS MEANT TO BE HOT.
9.10AM...KETTLE ON.
9.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.00AM...SHOWER/SHAVE.
10.30AM...BACON/MUSHROOM SANDWICH...CUPPA COFFEE.
11.20AM...WALKED INTO CENTRE OF TOWN.
11.40AM...NU AS MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE DOC...NEEDS TABLETS ON PERSCRIPTION.
12.10PM...IT'S A SHOP...BUT IT'S MORE LIKE A MUSEUM...IF YOU ARE EVER INLETROBE...YOU MUST COME SEE THE SHOP OF DOLLS...ITS ON THE MAIN STREET...ITS PACKED FULL...EVERY ROOM A DIFFERENT THEME...COULD BE SCARY!
2.30PM...CAFE...STEAK/CHIPS/SALAD...NU HAD FLAKE[SHARK FISH].
4.00PM...PUB...IT MUST BE HAT DAY...ALL THE MEN BAR ONE ARE WEARING HATS.
6.00PM...BACK AT VAN.
6.40PM...CHEESE/CUCUMBER SANDWICH...WHITE WINE.
7.00PM...ITS GONE VERY COLD.
TASSED OUT!
BYE FOR NOWZ.
Monday, 28 April 2008
Sunday, 27 April 2008
AUSTRALIA..PART EIGHT AND THIRDISH OF MANY...
21.4.08.
8.00AM...GOOD MORNING WORLD...HAPPY ANNIVERSARY NU...ITS BEEN A YEAR YOU ARE A LUCKY GIRL!
8.15AM...LETS NOT GET TO EXCITED...I'LL PUT THE KETTLE ON.
8.30AM...CUPPA TEA...WONDERFUL.
8.50AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.15AM...SORTING VAN.
9.45AM...TOAST/CUPPA TEA...HANDED NU ANNIVERSARY PRESENT...TWO CURLY WURLIES...I KNEW THEY WOULD MAKE HER SMILE...I MEAN WHAT DO YOU GET THE GIRL WHO'S GOT EVERYTHING?...WELL...SHE'S GOT ME!
10.20AM...ON OUR WAY OUTA PORT ARTHUR.
10.40AM...DECIDED TO TAKE A SHORT CUT...ITS THE ADVENTURE IN ME!
10.55AM...WELL...THE ROAD WAS TARMACED AT FIRST...WE ARE NOW ON A RICKETY ROCKETY DIRT TRACK...DOING ABOUT 15MPH...ITS BENDY...FOREST ALL AROUND...NIGHTMARE...HOPE WE DON'T GET A PUNCTURE!
11.50AM...AMAZINGLY...AND IT WAS AMAZING...THE VAN MADE IT...STILL IN ONE PIECE...NOT SURE ABOUT NU...I KNOW HOW TO TREAT A GIRL ON HER ANNIVERSARY!
12.05PM...ORFORD...A NICER ENOUGH PLACE...BUT NOT GONNA STOP.
12.25PM...TRIBUNNA...BETTER HAVE A LOOK...LOADSA YACHTS...DECIDED TO HAVE A SHANDY AT THE LOCAL...LOVELY PUB...CHAP WHO OWNS IT AS HAD ALL SORTS OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS...HE'S NOW BEING TREATED FOR CANCER...I WONDER IF HE TELLS ALL HIS FIRST TIME CUSTOMERS HIS WOE'S...OR NU AND I LOOK THE LISTENABLE TYPES?...HE ALSO SAID WE COULD PARK FOR FREE ON HIS CARPARK ALNIGHT...HE WOULD ALSO PROVIDE AN ELETRICAL POINT...AFTER MUCH THOUGHT WE DECIDED TO MOVE ON...TO EARLY TO STOP.
1.35PM...DROVE ON TO WARDS COLES BAY.
2.50PM...DECIDED TO HEAD FOR BICHENO.
3.30PM...CAMPSITE AT BICHENO...LOOKS ALRIGHT.
4.00PM...SMALLS DRYING ON LINE.
5.00PM...PUB.
5.15PM...PLAYING POOL...WON TWICE.
6.00PM...TIME TO EAT...NU HAD TRAVELLA[FISH]...I HAD PORK CHOPS...COULD HAVE DONE WITH ABIT MORE COOKING...VEGGIES WONDERFUL.
7.00PM...PLAYING POOL DOUBLES...NU WATCHING WILDLIFE PROG...DAVE ATTENBOROUGH ON OZ.
8.15PM...LOST AT POOL!
9.00PM...BACK IN VAN.
9.30PM...HEAD ON PILLOW...THINK I HAVE HAD ONE TO MANY TO DRINK...HAPPY ANNI NU!
22.4.08.
8.00AM...NO HURRY...NEED A CUPPA.
8.15AM...KETTLE BOILING.
8.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.50AM...SHAVE/SHOWER...ITS RAINED ALL NIGHT...SMALLS STILL WET.
9.30AM...COFFEE...BACON/EGG/TOMATO/MUSHROOM SANDWICH...BACON NOT THE BEST...EGG SPLODGED.
11.00AM...WALKED INTO TOWN CENTRE.
11.30AM...INFORMATION CENTRE.
12.05PM...GLASS BOTTOM BOAT...STINGRAYS AS LONG AS ME/GUMMY SHARKS/SOME FISH CALLED RASSE...PLUS MORE...BUT CAN'T REMEMBER THERE NAMES.
1.05PM...BACK ON DRY LAND.
1.30PM...COFFEE SHOP.
2.15PM...BOOKED PENGUIN TRIP FOR 6.40PM TONIGHT.
2.35PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE...OPENED BOTTLE OF BUBBLEY...MEANT TO HAVE DRANK IT YESTERDAY...ITS THE ONE WE BOUGHT IN THE BAROSSA VALLEY...TASTES OK...NU HAPPY...I'M HAPPY TOO...CHEESE/ONION COB.
4.00PM...HAVING A LIE DOWN.
6.00PM...WHY DID WE BOOK THE PENGUINS!?...DON'T WANNA MOVE...IT'S WARM IN HERE...IT'S COLD OUTSIDE.
6.40PM...ON BUS TO PENGUIN SITE.
7.00PM...PENGUINS ABOUT ONE FOOT TALL...THEY ARE FAIRY PENGUINS...NAMED AFTER PORT FAIRY...WHERE THEY WERE FIRST SEEN...OR MAYBE PORT FAIRY WAS NAMED AFTER THE PENGUINS...NOT SURE NOW!...ANYWAY....THEY COME WADDLING UP THE BEACH IN PACKS OF 6 0R 7...MAKING A CHIRPY SNORING SOUND...GIRL NEXT TO ME SAID SHE THOUGHT THEY WERE CUTE[BLESS]...GIRLS USED TO SAY I WAS CUTE...BUT I DON'T LOOK LIKE A PENGUIN...DO I?...PERHAPS I WALK LIKE ONE!
8.05PM...BACK IN VAN...NEED TO WARM UP.
8.20PM...CAFE...TURKEY WRAP/SALAD WITH APRICOT CHUTNEY...WHY DO I BOTHER!
9.10PM...BACK IN THE WARMTH OF OUR VAN.
23.4.08
8.10AM...THAT TIME AGAIN.
8.20AM...KETTLE ON.
8.35AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.50AM...SHOWER.
9.15AM...PACKING UP...NU THEN SAYS SHE'D LIKE TO STAY ANOTHER DAY...CAUSE FEEDING AT THE WILDLIFE CENTRE IS 10.00AM OR 4.00PM...AND WE ARE NOT GONNA MAKE THE 10.00AM.
9.25AM...DE-PACKING.
9.50AM...BREAKIE....BACON/MUSHROOM/TOMATO SANDWICH...NU HAD TOAST...NOT KEEN ON BACON I BOUGHT...SHE'S GOING FUNNY IN HER OLD AGE!
11.00AM...NEWSAGENTS...THEY'VE GOT MY ENGLISH NEWSPAPER...ITS ARRIVED A DAY EARLY.
11.25AM...HAPPY READING NEWSPAPER.
12.30PM...DECIDED WE ARE GONNA HAVE SPAG BOL TO NIGHT.
12.40PM...SUPERMARKET...MINCE ETC.
1.30PM...PUB.
3.10PM...WILDLIFE CENTRE...KASNGAROOS AND WALLABIES ROAMING FREE...PARROT LIKE BIRDS SQUAWKING.
4.00PM...FEEDING TIME...UGLY LOOKING TASMANIAN DEVILS...TEDDY BEAR LOOKING WOMBATS...AND OTHER RATTY LOOKING THINGS.
5.10PM...I'M HUNGRY...MY FEEDING TIME AS ARRIVED.
6.15PM...SPAG BOL...WHITE WINE...SHOULD'VE HAD RED WITH MINCE...GUESS WE LIKE TO BE DIFFERENT.
24.4.08.
8.00AM...TIME TO GET UP...ITS THAT TIME ALREADY.
8.15AM...KETTLE ON.
8.30AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.45AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.15AM...VAN SORTED.
9.35AM...VAN ROARS IN TO LIFE...GOSH SHE IS KEEN THIS MORNING...LEFT HER RUNNING...TIME FOR BREAKIE.
9.50AM...FRIED EGG ON TOAST/CUPPA COFFEE.
10.20AM...OFF WE GO.
11.00AM...ST.MARY'S...NOT ALOT HAPPENING HERE.
11.40AM...ST.HELENS...HAD A LOOK ROUND...BUT NOT OUR CUP OF TEA...LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE QUIETER.
12.30PM...PYENGANA...A CHEESE PLACE...YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW...AWFUL,AWFUL CHEESE!
1.30PM...DROVE ON...GOT LOST...HAD TO RETRACE OUR TRACKS.
3.00PM...WELDBOROUGH...DESOLETE...QUIET...APART FROM THE GUY BEHIND THE BAR WHO WAS FAT AND UGLY.
3.30PM...CAMPING IN FAT UGLY GUYS FIELD.
4.00PM...PLAYING POOL...LOST 2-1...OH WELL.
6.00PM...MEALTIME...STEAK IN SOME APPALLING SAUCE...NU HAD LAMB.
8.00PM...IN VAN...THINK I'LL HAVE A WHISKEY...THINK I'M TASSED OUT!
25.4.08.
7.50AM...FIDGETY NIGHT.
8.05AM...KETTLE ON.
8.15AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.25AM...SHOWER...THE SHOWER SMELT REAL BAD.
8.45AM...NU HAVING TOAST...NOT HUNGRY MYSELF.
9.00AM...TRYING TO START VAN.
9.20AM...STILL TRYING TO START VAN.
9.40AM...HAD TO PUSH VAN TO A SLOPEY BIT...JUMPED STARTED STRAIGHT AWAY HAVING ROLLED ABOUT TWO FOOT!
9.50AM...TURNING BACK TO CAMPSITE...NU LEFT PLATE AND CUP.
10.05AM...HEADING TO SCOTSVILLE.
10.20AM...DERBY...SPOTTED A CAFE OPEN...THE ART CAFE...AS ITS ANZAC DAY ALOT OF SHOPS/CAFES ARE CLOSED.
10.45AM...SCONES AND JAM AND CREAM/CUPPA COFFEE.
11.05AM...WONDERFUL SCONES...WELL WORTH A VISIT IF YOU FEEL ECKISH...SCONES OUTA THIS WORLD!
11.35AM...DROVE ON TOWARDS SCOTSVILLE.
12.10PM...LEGERWOOD...IF YOU EVER COME TO TASMANIA...DO NOT LEAVE UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN TO LEGERWOOD...IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR 7 MEN FROM THE VILLAGE WERE KILLED IN ACTION...AND IN THERE MEMORY 7 TREE'S WERE PLANTED...IN 1999 THE COUNCIL SAID THEY HAD TO BE CHOPPED DOWN...THE PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE RALLIED ROUND AND RAISED 27,000 DOLLARS AND EMPLOYED A CHAP CALLED ED FREEMAN TO CARVE THE TREE'S IN TO THE MEN THAT DIED...HE WAS ABLE TO CARVE THERE FEATURES FROM OLD PHOTO'S[TERRACOTA-ISH]...IF YOU NEVER GO ANYWHERE ELSE IN OZ...COME HERE!
1.30PM...ON WE DROVE TO SCOTSVILLE.
2.10PM...SCOTSVILLE...NO,I DON'T THINK SO.
2.20PM...ON WE DRIVE TO LILYDALE.
2.50PM...LILYDALE...ANOTHER I DON'T THINK SO.
3.10PM...ON WE DRIVE TO BRIDPORT.
3.55PM...OK...IT'LL DO...ITS BY THE SEA.
4.30PM...SPAG BOL...LEFT OVERS FROM THE LAST ONE...IT ALWAYS TASTES BETTER AFTER A FEW DAYS.
5.20PM...SORTING VAN.
6.00PM...ITS RAINING...THE WEATHER IS FUNNY HERE...BETWEEN 10AM/4PM ITS HOT...THE ALL OF A SUDDEN THE COLD KICKS IN.
7.00PM...CRISPS/NUTS/WHISKEY AND TWISTIES...DON'T KNOW IF I'VE MENTIONED TWISTIES BEFORE?...TWISTIES ARE CHEESE STICKS WITH KNOBBLY BITS...AND IF YOU WANNA GET FAT...THESE ARE FOR YOU...CAUSE ONCE YOU STARTING EATING THEM YOU CAN'T STOP...NU AND I ARE ALREADY A COUPLE OF CHUBSTERS...SO I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER!
REPETITIVE....NOT REPETIVE!
BYE FOR NOW.
8.00AM...GOOD MORNING WORLD...HAPPY ANNIVERSARY NU...ITS BEEN A YEAR YOU ARE A LUCKY GIRL!
8.15AM...LETS NOT GET TO EXCITED...I'LL PUT THE KETTLE ON.
8.30AM...CUPPA TEA...WONDERFUL.
8.50AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.15AM...SORTING VAN.
9.45AM...TOAST/CUPPA TEA...HANDED NU ANNIVERSARY PRESENT...TWO CURLY WURLIES...I KNEW THEY WOULD MAKE HER SMILE...I MEAN WHAT DO YOU GET THE GIRL WHO'S GOT EVERYTHING?...WELL...SHE'S GOT ME!
10.20AM...ON OUR WAY OUTA PORT ARTHUR.
10.40AM...DECIDED TO TAKE A SHORT CUT...ITS THE ADVENTURE IN ME!
10.55AM...WELL...THE ROAD WAS TARMACED AT FIRST...WE ARE NOW ON A RICKETY ROCKETY DIRT TRACK...DOING ABOUT 15MPH...ITS BENDY...FOREST ALL AROUND...NIGHTMARE...HOPE WE DON'T GET A PUNCTURE!
11.50AM...AMAZINGLY...AND IT WAS AMAZING...THE VAN MADE IT...STILL IN ONE PIECE...NOT SURE ABOUT NU...I KNOW HOW TO TREAT A GIRL ON HER ANNIVERSARY!
12.05PM...ORFORD...A NICER ENOUGH PLACE...BUT NOT GONNA STOP.
12.25PM...TRIBUNNA...BETTER HAVE A LOOK...LOADSA YACHTS...DECIDED TO HAVE A SHANDY AT THE LOCAL...LOVELY PUB...CHAP WHO OWNS IT AS HAD ALL SORTS OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS...HE'S NOW BEING TREATED FOR CANCER...I WONDER IF HE TELLS ALL HIS FIRST TIME CUSTOMERS HIS WOE'S...OR NU AND I LOOK THE LISTENABLE TYPES?...HE ALSO SAID WE COULD PARK FOR FREE ON HIS CARPARK ALNIGHT...HE WOULD ALSO PROVIDE AN ELETRICAL POINT...AFTER MUCH THOUGHT WE DECIDED TO MOVE ON...TO EARLY TO STOP.
1.35PM...DROVE ON TO WARDS COLES BAY.
2.50PM...DECIDED TO HEAD FOR BICHENO.
3.30PM...CAMPSITE AT BICHENO...LOOKS ALRIGHT.
4.00PM...SMALLS DRYING ON LINE.
5.00PM...PUB.
5.15PM...PLAYING POOL...WON TWICE.
6.00PM...TIME TO EAT...NU HAD TRAVELLA[FISH]...I HAD PORK CHOPS...COULD HAVE DONE WITH ABIT MORE COOKING...VEGGIES WONDERFUL.
7.00PM...PLAYING POOL DOUBLES...NU WATCHING WILDLIFE PROG...DAVE ATTENBOROUGH ON OZ.
8.15PM...LOST AT POOL!
9.00PM...BACK IN VAN.
9.30PM...HEAD ON PILLOW...THINK I HAVE HAD ONE TO MANY TO DRINK...HAPPY ANNI NU!
22.4.08.
8.00AM...NO HURRY...NEED A CUPPA.
8.15AM...KETTLE BOILING.
8.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.50AM...SHAVE/SHOWER...ITS RAINED ALL NIGHT...SMALLS STILL WET.
9.30AM...COFFEE...BACON/EGG/TOMATO/MUSHROOM SANDWICH...BACON NOT THE BEST...EGG SPLODGED.
11.00AM...WALKED INTO TOWN CENTRE.
11.30AM...INFORMATION CENTRE.
12.05PM...GLASS BOTTOM BOAT...STINGRAYS AS LONG AS ME/GUMMY SHARKS/SOME FISH CALLED RASSE...PLUS MORE...BUT CAN'T REMEMBER THERE NAMES.
1.05PM...BACK ON DRY LAND.
1.30PM...COFFEE SHOP.
2.15PM...BOOKED PENGUIN TRIP FOR 6.40PM TONIGHT.
2.35PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE...OPENED BOTTLE OF BUBBLEY...MEANT TO HAVE DRANK IT YESTERDAY...ITS THE ONE WE BOUGHT IN THE BAROSSA VALLEY...TASTES OK...NU HAPPY...I'M HAPPY TOO...CHEESE/ONION COB.
4.00PM...HAVING A LIE DOWN.
6.00PM...WHY DID WE BOOK THE PENGUINS!?...DON'T WANNA MOVE...IT'S WARM IN HERE...IT'S COLD OUTSIDE.
6.40PM...ON BUS TO PENGUIN SITE.
7.00PM...PENGUINS ABOUT ONE FOOT TALL...THEY ARE FAIRY PENGUINS...NAMED AFTER PORT FAIRY...WHERE THEY WERE FIRST SEEN...OR MAYBE PORT FAIRY WAS NAMED AFTER THE PENGUINS...NOT SURE NOW!...ANYWAY....THEY COME WADDLING UP THE BEACH IN PACKS OF 6 0R 7...MAKING A CHIRPY SNORING SOUND...GIRL NEXT TO ME SAID SHE THOUGHT THEY WERE CUTE[BLESS]...GIRLS USED TO SAY I WAS CUTE...BUT I DON'T LOOK LIKE A PENGUIN...DO I?...PERHAPS I WALK LIKE ONE!
8.05PM...BACK IN VAN...NEED TO WARM UP.
8.20PM...CAFE...TURKEY WRAP/SALAD WITH APRICOT CHUTNEY...WHY DO I BOTHER!
9.10PM...BACK IN THE WARMTH OF OUR VAN.
23.4.08
8.10AM...THAT TIME AGAIN.
8.20AM...KETTLE ON.
8.35AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.50AM...SHOWER.
9.15AM...PACKING UP...NU THEN SAYS SHE'D LIKE TO STAY ANOTHER DAY...CAUSE FEEDING AT THE WILDLIFE CENTRE IS 10.00AM OR 4.00PM...AND WE ARE NOT GONNA MAKE THE 10.00AM.
9.25AM...DE-PACKING.
9.50AM...BREAKIE....BACON/MUSHROOM/TOMATO SANDWICH...NU HAD TOAST...NOT KEEN ON BACON I BOUGHT...SHE'S GOING FUNNY IN HER OLD AGE!
11.00AM...NEWSAGENTS...THEY'VE GOT MY ENGLISH NEWSPAPER...ITS ARRIVED A DAY EARLY.
11.25AM...HAPPY READING NEWSPAPER.
12.30PM...DECIDED WE ARE GONNA HAVE SPAG BOL TO NIGHT.
12.40PM...SUPERMARKET...MINCE ETC.
1.30PM...PUB.
3.10PM...WILDLIFE CENTRE...KASNGAROOS AND WALLABIES ROAMING FREE...PARROT LIKE BIRDS SQUAWKING.
4.00PM...FEEDING TIME...UGLY LOOKING TASMANIAN DEVILS...TEDDY BEAR LOOKING WOMBATS...AND OTHER RATTY LOOKING THINGS.
5.10PM...I'M HUNGRY...MY FEEDING TIME AS ARRIVED.
6.15PM...SPAG BOL...WHITE WINE...SHOULD'VE HAD RED WITH MINCE...GUESS WE LIKE TO BE DIFFERENT.
24.4.08.
8.00AM...TIME TO GET UP...ITS THAT TIME ALREADY.
8.15AM...KETTLE ON.
8.30AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.45AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.15AM...VAN SORTED.
9.35AM...VAN ROARS IN TO LIFE...GOSH SHE IS KEEN THIS MORNING...LEFT HER RUNNING...TIME FOR BREAKIE.
9.50AM...FRIED EGG ON TOAST/CUPPA COFFEE.
10.20AM...OFF WE GO.
11.00AM...ST.MARY'S...NOT ALOT HAPPENING HERE.
11.40AM...ST.HELENS...HAD A LOOK ROUND...BUT NOT OUR CUP OF TEA...LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE QUIETER.
12.30PM...PYENGANA...A CHEESE PLACE...YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW...AWFUL,AWFUL CHEESE!
1.30PM...DROVE ON...GOT LOST...HAD TO RETRACE OUR TRACKS.
3.00PM...WELDBOROUGH...DESOLETE...QUIET...APART FROM THE GUY BEHIND THE BAR WHO WAS FAT AND UGLY.
3.30PM...CAMPING IN FAT UGLY GUYS FIELD.
4.00PM...PLAYING POOL...LOST 2-1...OH WELL.
6.00PM...MEALTIME...STEAK IN SOME APPALLING SAUCE...NU HAD LAMB.
8.00PM...IN VAN...THINK I'LL HAVE A WHISKEY...THINK I'M TASSED OUT!
25.4.08.
7.50AM...FIDGETY NIGHT.
8.05AM...KETTLE ON.
8.15AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.25AM...SHOWER...THE SHOWER SMELT REAL BAD.
8.45AM...NU HAVING TOAST...NOT HUNGRY MYSELF.
9.00AM...TRYING TO START VAN.
9.20AM...STILL TRYING TO START VAN.
9.40AM...HAD TO PUSH VAN TO A SLOPEY BIT...JUMPED STARTED STRAIGHT AWAY HAVING ROLLED ABOUT TWO FOOT!
9.50AM...TURNING BACK TO CAMPSITE...NU LEFT PLATE AND CUP.
10.05AM...HEADING TO SCOTSVILLE.
10.20AM...DERBY...SPOTTED A CAFE OPEN...THE ART CAFE...AS ITS ANZAC DAY ALOT OF SHOPS/CAFES ARE CLOSED.
10.45AM...SCONES AND JAM AND CREAM/CUPPA COFFEE.
11.05AM...WONDERFUL SCONES...WELL WORTH A VISIT IF YOU FEEL ECKISH...SCONES OUTA THIS WORLD!
11.35AM...DROVE ON TOWARDS SCOTSVILLE.
12.10PM...LEGERWOOD...IF YOU EVER COME TO TASMANIA...DO NOT LEAVE UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN TO LEGERWOOD...IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR 7 MEN FROM THE VILLAGE WERE KILLED IN ACTION...AND IN THERE MEMORY 7 TREE'S WERE PLANTED...IN 1999 THE COUNCIL SAID THEY HAD TO BE CHOPPED DOWN...THE PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE RALLIED ROUND AND RAISED 27,000 DOLLARS AND EMPLOYED A CHAP CALLED ED FREEMAN TO CARVE THE TREE'S IN TO THE MEN THAT DIED...HE WAS ABLE TO CARVE THERE FEATURES FROM OLD PHOTO'S[TERRACOTA-ISH]...IF YOU NEVER GO ANYWHERE ELSE IN OZ...COME HERE!
1.30PM...ON WE DROVE TO SCOTSVILLE.
2.10PM...SCOTSVILLE...NO,I DON'T THINK SO.
2.20PM...ON WE DRIVE TO LILYDALE.
2.50PM...LILYDALE...ANOTHER I DON'T THINK SO.
3.10PM...ON WE DRIVE TO BRIDPORT.
3.55PM...OK...IT'LL DO...ITS BY THE SEA.
4.30PM...SPAG BOL...LEFT OVERS FROM THE LAST ONE...IT ALWAYS TASTES BETTER AFTER A FEW DAYS.
5.20PM...SORTING VAN.
6.00PM...ITS RAINING...THE WEATHER IS FUNNY HERE...BETWEEN 10AM/4PM ITS HOT...THE ALL OF A SUDDEN THE COLD KICKS IN.
7.00PM...CRISPS/NUTS/WHISKEY AND TWISTIES...DON'T KNOW IF I'VE MENTIONED TWISTIES BEFORE?...TWISTIES ARE CHEESE STICKS WITH KNOBBLY BITS...AND IF YOU WANNA GET FAT...THESE ARE FOR YOU...CAUSE ONCE YOU STARTING EATING THEM YOU CAN'T STOP...NU AND I ARE ALREADY A COUPLE OF CHUBSTERS...SO I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER!
REPETITIVE....NOT REPETIVE!
BYE FOR NOW.
Friday, 25 April 2008
AUSTRALIA...PART EIGHT OF MANY..
18.4.08.
8.10AM...IN NO MOOD TO RUSH...THEN NU REMINDS ME BUS FOR HOBART IS AT 10AM.
8.20AM...KETTLE ON.
8.35AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.10AM...BACON/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
9.40AM...ALL SORTED.
10.05AM...ON THE BUS.
10.40AM...HOBART CENTRE.
10.50AM...WALKING AROUND SHOPS...YAWN.
11.55AM...INTERNET CAFE...NU NEEDS TO PUT PHOTOS ON DISC.
1.30PM...COFFEE.
2.15PM...MORE WALKING...LOTTA OLD BUILDINGS MINGLED WITH THE NEW.
3.40PM...VICTORIA PUB...HAPPY HOUR.
4.00PM...CHATTING WITH ELDERLY BROTHER AND SISTER...VERY NICE PEOPLE.
5.30PM...ON BUS BACK TO CAMPSITE...WORN OUT HAVING SEEN THE DELIGHTS OF HOBART!?
6.00PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
6.30PM...HIPPY DISH WITH POTATOES...I WAS WELL HUNGRY...CAMP KITCHEN CRAMPED.
7.30PM...IN VAN...STILL HAVEN'T FINISHED NEWSPAPER...CUPPA TEA.
8.10PM...WE HAVEN'T DONE MUCH TODAY...BUT WE NEEDED A DAY LIKE TODAY.
I'M GONNA RENAME THIS BLOG...CHEESE...'THE MOST BORING REPETIVE BLOG THIS SIDE OF PLUTO'...DID YOU KNOW NU AND I ONLY HAVE DECAF TETLEY TEA BAGS?...OR WE ONLY USE SEMI SKIMMED MILK?...INTERESTING OR WHAT!...I SAY...INTERESTING OR WHAT...THATS MY FRED ELLIOTT...I DO MISS CORRIE AND DILEMMA[SAD]...I WONDER IS BIN AND BAN IS STILL ON?...AN ABSOLUTE RUBBISH OF A PROG ABOUT TWO CLUELESS DUMB WOMEN TRYING TO DRESS CLUELESS DUMB WOMEN...OR DEAD LOSS...NEED I SAY MORE...OR DICKHEAD AND DUD...WHO ARE HELPLESS AND HOPELESS...OR BENDERS...WHO SURELY ONLY EMPLOY ACTORS WHO CAN'T ACT AND SCRIPTWRITERS WHO HAVE EATEN TO MANY SMARTIES...GOSH ENGLAND IS AS WONDERFUL AS IT IT CRACKERS...WHERES THE CHEESE?...THE SILLY POINT ABOUT ALL THIS AWFUL BLOG WRITING[WROTING] BUSINESS IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE ACTUALLY READING IT...AND THEY ACTUALLY SEND ME COMMENTS PRAISING MY WOEFUL SCRIPT!
19.4.08.
8.00AM...DIDN'T SLEEP WELL...COULDN'T GET COMFY.
8.15AM...KETTLE ON.
8.30AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.50AM...SHOWER.
9.15AM...TOAST/CUPPA TEA.
9.40AM...TRYING TO START VAN.
9.55AM...BATTERY FLAT.
10.10AM...TWO OZ GUYS PUSHING...VAN FIRES INTO LIFE.
11.00AM...SALAMINCA MARKET...NEAR HOBART CENTRE.
11.35AM...NEW TSHIRT FOR ME...NEW BAG FOR NU.
11.50AM...HOT DOG.
11.55AM...HOT DOG IN BIN!
12.25PM...BACK IN VAN.
12.40PM...PETROL STATION...I HATE BUYING PETROL...IT COSTS TO MUCH!
1.30PM...RICHMOND...THE OLDEST PRISON IN OZ...1825...AND IT'S NOT BEEN RESTORED...ITS AS IT WAS...SOME CHAP WAS CAUGHT STEALING A LOAF IN LONDON,ENGLAND...GOT SENT TO TASMANIA...PUT IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR 31 DAYS...ALSO HAD 100 LASHES...I HOPE HE ENJOYED THE BREAD...THEN HE ESCAPED...THEN HE GOT CAUGHT...IT JUST WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE...POOR CHAP...ITS WELL WORTH A LOOK...YOU HAVE TO GO WITH THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PRISONERS HAD TO ENDURE...THE CELLS WERE SIX FOOT BY THREE WITH NO LIGHT!
2.30PM...CAFE...LAMB PIE[SHEPHERDS PIE]...WHY DO THEY HAVE TO OVER INDULGE WITH THE SALT?
3.10PM...BACK IN VAN.
3.50PM...SORRELL...DROVE SLOWLY THRU...NOT MUCH HAPPENING.
5.00PM...PORT ARTHUR...TODAYS DESTINATION...NOT ALOT HERE.
5.25PM...ON CAMPSITE...WILD ANIMALS EVERYWHERE...NU IN HER ELEMENT...THEY LOOK LIKE LARGE RATS TO ME.
6.30PM...BEANS AND EGG ON TOAST...FILLED A GAP.
7.30PM...NU WITH TORCH IN HAND LOOKING FOR WILD THINGS...I'M STANDING CLOSE BY TRYING TO LOOK INTERESTED!
8.20PM...CUPPA TEA.
20.4.08.
8.00AM...SLEPT REALLY WELL...MUST HAVE BEEN COMFY.
8.15AM...KETTLE BOILING...TEABAGS AND CUPS AT THE READY.
8.25AM...SIPPING GENTLY.
8.50AM...SHOWER.
9.20AM...SORTING CUTLERY...WE HAVE LOST A KNIFE...NU AS LOST HER KEYS.
9.45AM...KEYS FOUND...NO SIGN OF KNIFE.
10.00AM...BREAKFAST...SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST...CUPPA TEA.
11.15AM...WALKING THRU WOODS TO BEACH.
11.40AM...BEACH...SEA WELL CALM.
11.55AM...OVER BRIDGE TO ANOTHER WOODED AREA...GOSH HOW EXCITING!
12.25PM...HISTORIC SITE...OLD CONVICT HOUSE...ORANGY YELLOWY BRICKED...THEY USED TO BUILD BOATS IN THIS AREA AND THE CONVICTS DID THE LABOUR.
1.40PM...CAFE...YOU CAN'T HAVE A DRINK UNLESS YOU EAT!...BARMY OT WHAT!...WALKED A KILOMETRE TO PUB...ITS SUNDAY...NOT OPEN TILL 4PM...BARMY OR WHAT!
2.40PM...WALKED BACK TO CAMPSITE VIA STEWARTS BAY...LEG ACHING...WORSE ITS BEEN FOR A WHILE.
3.50PM...CAMPSITE...DECKCHAIR...BEER...CHEESE.
4.25PM...LYING ON BED.
6.00PM...PHONED MOTHER AND PAULINE...TRIED TO PHONE WILLIAM...GOT ANSWER MACHINE.
7.15PM...STEAK/CARROTS/SWEDE/SPUDS.
7.55PM...STEAK NOT TO GOOD.
8.45PM...BACK IN VAN.
9.15PM...WHISKEY.
OH WELL....
BYE FOR NOWZ.
8.10AM...IN NO MOOD TO RUSH...THEN NU REMINDS ME BUS FOR HOBART IS AT 10AM.
8.20AM...KETTLE ON.
8.35AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.10AM...BACON/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
9.40AM...ALL SORTED.
10.05AM...ON THE BUS.
10.40AM...HOBART CENTRE.
10.50AM...WALKING AROUND SHOPS...YAWN.
11.55AM...INTERNET CAFE...NU NEEDS TO PUT PHOTOS ON DISC.
1.30PM...COFFEE.
2.15PM...MORE WALKING...LOTTA OLD BUILDINGS MINGLED WITH THE NEW.
3.40PM...VICTORIA PUB...HAPPY HOUR.
4.00PM...CHATTING WITH ELDERLY BROTHER AND SISTER...VERY NICE PEOPLE.
5.30PM...ON BUS BACK TO CAMPSITE...WORN OUT HAVING SEEN THE DELIGHTS OF HOBART!?
6.00PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
6.30PM...HIPPY DISH WITH POTATOES...I WAS WELL HUNGRY...CAMP KITCHEN CRAMPED.
7.30PM...IN VAN...STILL HAVEN'T FINISHED NEWSPAPER...CUPPA TEA.
8.10PM...WE HAVEN'T DONE MUCH TODAY...BUT WE NEEDED A DAY LIKE TODAY.
I'M GONNA RENAME THIS BLOG...CHEESE...'THE MOST BORING REPETIVE BLOG THIS SIDE OF PLUTO'...DID YOU KNOW NU AND I ONLY HAVE DECAF TETLEY TEA BAGS?...OR WE ONLY USE SEMI SKIMMED MILK?...INTERESTING OR WHAT!...I SAY...INTERESTING OR WHAT...THATS MY FRED ELLIOTT...I DO MISS CORRIE AND DILEMMA[SAD]...I WONDER IS BIN AND BAN IS STILL ON?...AN ABSOLUTE RUBBISH OF A PROG ABOUT TWO CLUELESS DUMB WOMEN TRYING TO DRESS CLUELESS DUMB WOMEN...OR DEAD LOSS...NEED I SAY MORE...OR DICKHEAD AND DUD...WHO ARE HELPLESS AND HOPELESS...OR BENDERS...WHO SURELY ONLY EMPLOY ACTORS WHO CAN'T ACT AND SCRIPTWRITERS WHO HAVE EATEN TO MANY SMARTIES...GOSH ENGLAND IS AS WONDERFUL AS IT IT CRACKERS...WHERES THE CHEESE?...THE SILLY POINT ABOUT ALL THIS AWFUL BLOG WRITING[WROTING] BUSINESS IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE ACTUALLY READING IT...AND THEY ACTUALLY SEND ME COMMENTS PRAISING MY WOEFUL SCRIPT!
19.4.08.
8.00AM...DIDN'T SLEEP WELL...COULDN'T GET COMFY.
8.15AM...KETTLE ON.
8.30AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.50AM...SHOWER.
9.15AM...TOAST/CUPPA TEA.
9.40AM...TRYING TO START VAN.
9.55AM...BATTERY FLAT.
10.10AM...TWO OZ GUYS PUSHING...VAN FIRES INTO LIFE.
11.00AM...SALAMINCA MARKET...NEAR HOBART CENTRE.
11.35AM...NEW TSHIRT FOR ME...NEW BAG FOR NU.
11.50AM...HOT DOG.
11.55AM...HOT DOG IN BIN!
12.25PM...BACK IN VAN.
12.40PM...PETROL STATION...I HATE BUYING PETROL...IT COSTS TO MUCH!
1.30PM...RICHMOND...THE OLDEST PRISON IN OZ...1825...AND IT'S NOT BEEN RESTORED...ITS AS IT WAS...SOME CHAP WAS CAUGHT STEALING A LOAF IN LONDON,ENGLAND...GOT SENT TO TASMANIA...PUT IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR 31 DAYS...ALSO HAD 100 LASHES...I HOPE HE ENJOYED THE BREAD...THEN HE ESCAPED...THEN HE GOT CAUGHT...IT JUST WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE...POOR CHAP...ITS WELL WORTH A LOOK...YOU HAVE TO GO WITH THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PRISONERS HAD TO ENDURE...THE CELLS WERE SIX FOOT BY THREE WITH NO LIGHT!
2.30PM...CAFE...LAMB PIE[SHEPHERDS PIE]...WHY DO THEY HAVE TO OVER INDULGE WITH THE SALT?
3.10PM...BACK IN VAN.
3.50PM...SORRELL...DROVE SLOWLY THRU...NOT MUCH HAPPENING.
5.00PM...PORT ARTHUR...TODAYS DESTINATION...NOT ALOT HERE.
5.25PM...ON CAMPSITE...WILD ANIMALS EVERYWHERE...NU IN HER ELEMENT...THEY LOOK LIKE LARGE RATS TO ME.
6.30PM...BEANS AND EGG ON TOAST...FILLED A GAP.
7.30PM...NU WITH TORCH IN HAND LOOKING FOR WILD THINGS...I'M STANDING CLOSE BY TRYING TO LOOK INTERESTED!
8.20PM...CUPPA TEA.
20.4.08.
8.00AM...SLEPT REALLY WELL...MUST HAVE BEEN COMFY.
8.15AM...KETTLE BOILING...TEABAGS AND CUPS AT THE READY.
8.25AM...SIPPING GENTLY.
8.50AM...SHOWER.
9.20AM...SORTING CUTLERY...WE HAVE LOST A KNIFE...NU AS LOST HER KEYS.
9.45AM...KEYS FOUND...NO SIGN OF KNIFE.
10.00AM...BREAKFAST...SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST...CUPPA TEA.
11.15AM...WALKING THRU WOODS TO BEACH.
11.40AM...BEACH...SEA WELL CALM.
11.55AM...OVER BRIDGE TO ANOTHER WOODED AREA...GOSH HOW EXCITING!
12.25PM...HISTORIC SITE...OLD CONVICT HOUSE...ORANGY YELLOWY BRICKED...THEY USED TO BUILD BOATS IN THIS AREA AND THE CONVICTS DID THE LABOUR.
1.40PM...CAFE...YOU CAN'T HAVE A DRINK UNLESS YOU EAT!...BARMY OT WHAT!...WALKED A KILOMETRE TO PUB...ITS SUNDAY...NOT OPEN TILL 4PM...BARMY OR WHAT!
2.40PM...WALKED BACK TO CAMPSITE VIA STEWARTS BAY...LEG ACHING...WORSE ITS BEEN FOR A WHILE.
3.50PM...CAMPSITE...DECKCHAIR...BEER...CHEESE.
4.25PM...LYING ON BED.
6.00PM...PHONED MOTHER AND PAULINE...TRIED TO PHONE WILLIAM...GOT ANSWER MACHINE.
7.15PM...STEAK/CARROTS/SWEDE/SPUDS.
7.55PM...STEAK NOT TO GOOD.
8.45PM...BACK IN VAN.
9.15PM...WHISKEY.
OH WELL....
BYE FOR NOWZ.
Thursday, 17 April 2008
AUSTRALIA....PART 7 OF MANY..
1.4.08.
8.30AM...TIME FOR A SHOWER.
9.10AM...SCRAMBLED EGGS/BACON ON NUTTY GRANARY BREAD/CUPPA TEA.
10.00AM...ROSS WANTS TO SHOW US MURRAY RIVER...SLOWLY DRYING UP...BOATS MAROONED.
10.55AM...VAN ROARS INTO ACTION...GOTTA A LONG DRIVE TODAY.
11.40AM...WELLINGTON FERRY...FREE...CUTS OUT TAILEM BEND...SAVE ABOUT 60K.
12.30PM...MENINGIE...SUPERMARKET...NEED BREAD...MILK...BACON...ALSO GOT ENGLISH NEWSPAPER...I'M HAPPY!
1.20PM...ABOUT 200 MILES TO GO...WARM WEATHER RETURNED.
5.10PM...MOUNT GAMBIER CAMPSITE.
5.25PM...ONLY GONNA STAY ONE NIGHT..NOT GONNA BOTHER WITH ZEBO.
6.00PM...VEG SOUP/CUPPA TEA...HUGE FLYING ANTS EVERYWHERE.
7.30PM...IN VAN...DOOR FIRMLY CLOSED...RADIO ON...READING NEWSPAPER...HAPP-ISH!
2.4.08.
6.20AM...AWAKE...RAIN POUNDING VAN...WIND RATTLING VAN.
6.35AM...KETTLE ON.
6.50AM...CUPPA TEA.
7.10AM...HEAD BACK ON PILLOW.
8.30AM...NUDGE FROM NU...TIME TO MOVE.
8.45AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.15AM...ALL PACKED UP...HADN'T PUT ZEBO UP...SO VERY LITTLE TO DO.
9.25AM...CAMP KITCHEN.
9.50AM...BACON/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
10.35AM...OFF WE SET FOR PORTLAND.
10.50AM...HAVING A LOOK AT THE BLUE LAKE...FORMED BY A CRATER MANY MOONS AGO.
11.15AM...OFF WE SET AGAIN...RAIN LASHING DOWN...VAN ROCKING IN THE WIND.
1.30PM...PORTLAND...WE'VE CROSSED THE BORDER INTO VICTORIA.
3.00PM...ON CAMPSITE.
3.40PM...SUPERMARKET...STEAK[ON OFFER]/SPUDS/CAULI/CARROTS/EAR BUDS.
4.30PM...NU COOKING...RARITY!
5.10PM...EATING...NOT BAD.
6.00PM...NU SHOWERING....I'M WAFFLING WITH A DUTCH GUY.
7.15PM...IN VAN...WIND HOWLING....RAIN POURING.
8.30PM...THINK WE'LL HAVE AN EARLY NIGHT.
3.4.08.
9.20AM...WHATS THE TIME...GOSH WE SLEPT WELL...GOTTA BE OF SITE BY 10AM.
9.30AM...QUICK SHOWER.
9.40AM...KETTLE ON.
9.50AM...VAN IN A MESS...BUT IN NO MOOD TO CARE.
9.55AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.15AM...WE ARE ON OUR WAY.
10.40AM...WIND HOWLING...70-90 MILE GUSTS...HOLDING STEERING WHEEL TIGHT...DOING ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR...CARS PILING UP BEHIND...VAN SHAKING FROM SIDE TO SIDE...THIS IS MEANT TO BE THE OCEON ROAD...CAN'T SEE OCEON...TO MANY HOUSES BEEN BUILT.
12.35PM...WARRAMBOOL...ITS TAKEN NEARLY 2 HOURS TO DO 60 MILES.
1.00PM...CLAREMONT CAMPSITE...SMALL AND TIDY.
1.10PM...PARKED UP...RAIN LASHING DOWN...NOT GONNA BOTHER WITH ZEBO AGAIN.
1.35PM...BACON SANDWICH/CUPPA TEA.
2.20PM...RAIN STOPPED.
2.30PM...WALKING INTO TOWN CENTRE.
2.50PM...NU EYEING WATER PROOF JACKETS AT INCREDIBLE PRICES.
3.40PM...NU IN HAIRDRESSERS...I'M RESTING MY ACHING BACK.
4.30PM...NU OUTA HAIRDRESSERS...HAIR CUT AND EYEBROWS SORTED...LOOKS ALRIGHT.
5.10PM...SUPERMARKET...BREAD/EGGS REQUIRED ETC.
6.25PM...HIPPY DISH WITH SPUDS...OK/BEER.
7.30PM...A WOMEN WE MET IN HANOI IN THE FLOODS JUST HAPPENS TO BE ON SITE TOO!...SMALL WORLD.
8.30PM...SITTING IN VAN...BACK ACHING...FEEL WEARY...NEARLY FINISHED NEWSPAPER.
4.4.08.
9.20AM...NU GONE FOR SHOWER...SUN SHINING.
9.40AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
955AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.30AM...SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST/CUPPA TEA.
11.00AM...CLEANING FOOD BOX OUT.
11.15AM...CLEANING OTHER BOXES...CUTLERY/CROCKERY/PANS.
11.50AM...RAIN RETURNED...TOWELS SOAKED...NU HERE,THERE AND EVERYWHERE!...SHE ROLLS HER TROUSERS UP...BUT FOR SOME REASON THE RIGHT TROUSER LEG ALWAYS FALLS DOWN...STRANGE.
1.00PM...WALKED INTO TOWN.
1.40PM...ART GALLERY...NOW WE HAVE SEEN AN AWFUL LOT OF ART GALLERIES ON OUR TRAVELS AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS WASN'T WORTH A LOOK...A PAINTING BY DANIEL CLARKE HAD SOMETHING...YOU COULD UNDERSTAND THE STORY BEHIND THE PAINT...BUT THAT WAS IT.
2.35PM...IRISH PUB...COULD DO WITH A GOOD MOPPING...FLOOR WELL STICKY!
4.00PM...BAKED SPUD...NOT ENOUGH CHEESE...TO MUCH COLESLAW.
5.30PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE...WEATHER PLEASANT...DON'T FEEL THIS DAY AS BEEN WORTHWHILE.
7.10PM...SITTING IN VAN...A BUNCH OF ITALIANS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE CAMP KITCHEN.
5.4.08.
9.40AM...KETTLE ON.
10.05AM...SHOWER.
10.15AM...CUPPA TEA.
11.00AM...MUSHROOM/TOMATO SANDWICH...NU HAD TOAST...CUPPA TEA...THE ITALIANS LEFT THE KITCHEN IN A RIGHT MESS...DIRTY PIGS!
11.40AM...HANGING WASHING OUT...WEATHER WARM AND BLUSTERY.
12.10PM...WALKED TO TRAIN STATION.
12.30PM...WE WANTED THE TRAIN TO PORT FAIRY...ITS SATURDAY...THE LAST ONE LEFT AT 11.35AM...OUCH!
1.05PM...WALKED BACK TO CAMPSITE...GONNA DRIVE TO PORT FAIRY.
1.50PM...PORT FAIRY VISITORS CENTRE...ITS A VERY QUIET PLACE.
2.30PM...MOTTS COTTAGE...THE OLDEST BUIDIND IN PORT FAIRY...SMELLS LIKE IT TOO!
3.40PM...CAFE...NU PECKISH...BACON/CHICKEN ON TURKISH BREAD...STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE FOR ME.
4.25PM...PUB.
5.10PM...BACK IN VAN...HEADING BACK TO CAMPSITE.
6.00PM...IN CAMPERS KITCHEN WAITING TO PUT OUR STEAK ON...PLEASANT ATMOSPHERE...THE DIRTY PIGS HAVE GONE.
7.15PM...WONDERFUL STEAK/SPUDS/GREEN BEANS.
8.00PM...CHATTING WITH TWO GIRLS FROM THE NORTH OF ENGLAND...HAVING A GLASS OR TWO OF WINE.
6.4.08.
8.00AM...THE CLOCKS READS 9.00AM...BUT GOTTA PUT CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR TODAY.
8.20AM...KETTLE ON...NU GONE FOR SHOWER.
8.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
9.00AM...TIME FOR MY SHOWER.
9.20AM...SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST/CUPPA TEA.
9.50AM...PACKED UP...READY TO MOVE.
9.55AM...VAN WON'T START!
10.05AM...CHECKING PLUGS.
10.15AM...VAN FIRES INTO LIFE...THANK GOD FOR THAT!...I'M ALWAYS TALKING TO MYSELF.
11.05AM...GOING DOWN COASTAL ROAD...GREAT OCEON ROAD...MANY LOOKOUT POINTS...LONDON BRIDGE...THE GROTTO...THE ARCH...12 APOSTLES...SEA CRASHING AGAINST HUGE ROCKS...ENCHANTING AND DREAMY.
4.00PM...HAD ENOUGH OF ROCKS AND CRASHING WAVES...IT IS A BEAUTIFUL COAST LINE THOUGH.
4.40PM...PORT CAMPBELL...WAS GOING TO STAY HERE...BUT TO MANY PONCEY POSY TYPES...DRIVING ON TO PRINCESTOWN.
5.15PM...CAMPSITE...LOOKS OK.
5.30PM...PHONED MOTHER...PAULINE...WILLIAM.
6.20PM...BACK AT VAN...LOTTA COCKROACHES AROUND.
7.00PM...CHEESE/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
8.00PM...HAPPY IN OUR LITTLE WAY...UNHAPPY ABOUT THE ABUNDANCE OF COCKROACHES!
7.4.08.
8.05AM...GOTTA GET OUTA THIS COCKROACH INFESTED PLACE.
8.10AM...KETTLE ON.
8.15AM...NU GONE FOR SHOWER.
8.20AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.30AM...TRYING TO START VAN...HAD TROUBLE THE OTHER MORNING...BIT DAMP I THINK.
8.40AM...NU RETURNS...I'VE JUST MANAGED TO GET THE OLD GIRL FIRED UP[THE VAN THAT IS].
8.50AM...SHOWER.
9.10AM...CUPPA COFFEE...NU HAD TOAST...I DIDN'T FEEL HUNGRY.
9.35AM...OFF WE SET DOWN THE COASTAL ROAD...ENGLISH LOOKING GREEN HILLS TO MY LEFT.
10.00AM...VERY BENTED ROADS...CAN'T GO ABOVE 40 MPH.
11.50AM...APPOLLO BAY...BOOK INTO CAMPSITE...ITS VERY CLEAN.
12.25PM...NU DOING LAUNDRY...I'M HAVING A THOUGHFUL MOMENT OVER A CUPPA.
1.10PM...WASHING DRYING ON LINE...DROVE INTO TOWN.
1.35PM...SUPERMARKET...PORK/SPUDS/CARROTS/PARSNIPS.
2.10PM...FISH AND CHIPS BETWEEN US...OK...I WAS STARVING HAVING HAD NO BREAKIE.
3.00PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE...LOOKS LIKE RAIN...ZEBO UP.
4.00PM...CHATTING ABOUT HOW EVERYWHERE LOOKS THE SAME.
6.00PM...TIME FOR EVENING FARE...PORK ON BARBEQUE...VEGGIES SIMMERING...THIS IS THE FIRST CAMPSITE WE HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR GAS.
7.15PM...EATEN WELL...WASHING UP DONE.
7.40PM...I SAID TO NU...'I THINK I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF OZ'...NU REPLIED...'I THINK I HAVE TOO'.
8.10PM...WE'VE GOT THE VAN TO SELL...SO WE ARE BUSILY THINKING THINGS THRU.
9.00PM...NU HAVING A BRANDY...I'M HAVING A WHISKEY...IT HELPS THE BRAIN TO FLOW!
8.4.08.
9.15AM...NOT MUCH HAPPENING TODAY[AS MUCH HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS?]...JUST GONNA DISCUSS WHAT WE ARE DOING NEXT.
9.35AM...KETTLE ON.
9.40AM...NU GONE FOR SHOWER.
9.50AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.10AM...SHOWER/SHAVE.
10.40AM...PORRIDGE...MADE IT ALL MILK...FORGOT NU LIKES IT HALF WATER/HALF MILK...SO I'M IN THE DOG HOUSE...WOOF WOOF!
11.30AM...WALKED INTO TOWN/VILLAGE.
11.50AM...WALKED ALL THE WAY TO THE JETTY...ABOUT 2K...WONDERFUL CLEAR BLUE SEA.
12.20PM...PUB...WE'VE DECIDED TO GO TO SYDNEY...SEE THE BRIDGE AND OPERA HOUSE...SELL THE VAN...FLY TO NEW ZEALAND...BUT GONNA SEE LORNR AND GEELONG FIRST.
12.50PM...SECOND BEER.
1.40PM...FISH/CHIPS/GREEK SALAD...I ENJOYED IT...NU NOT IMPRESSED.
3.10PM...BACK ON CAMPSITE...READING ABOUT ZEALAND.
4.10PM...DISCUSSING VANS WORTH.
7.00PM...IN VAN...ITS GONE COOL.
7.30PM...CHEESE/CUCUMBER SANDWICH.
8.00PM...NU HAVING A BRANDY...WHISKEY FOR ME...HEAD KINDA EXCITED ABOUT ZEALAND...BUT WONDERING IF ITS GONNA BE THE SAME AS OZ.
9.00PM...THOUGHTFUL.
9.4.08.
7.10AM...THE WIND AS BEEN HOWLING ALL NIGHT...I THINK I'VE SLEPT...BUT MY BODY AND HEAD DISAGREE.
7.30AM...KETTLE ON...NU GONE FOR SHOWER.
7.45AM...CUPPA TEA.
7.50AM...NU RETURNS.
8.10AM...TIME FOR MY SHOWER...WE HAVE TO TAKE SHOWER SEPARATELY CAUSE THEY ONLY GIVE YOU ONE KEY...PLUS I DON'T THINK WE'D BOTH FIT IN THE CUBICLE TOGETHER!...WIND STILL HOWLING.
8.50AM...DISMANTLING ZEBO...THE WIND NOT HELPING.
9.05AM...PHEW!...ZEBO IN BOX...IN A FASHION.
9.20AM...CAMP KITCHEN...TOAST/CUPPA TEA...CHATTING WITH IRISH COUPLE.
9.50AM...ON THE ROAD TO LORNE...POPPED INTO NEWSAGENTS TO GET ENGLISH PAPER.
10.50AM...LORNE...ITS BEEN A WONDERFUL DRIVE...COUPLED WITH WONDERFUL SCENERY...TOOK IT SLOW...ROAD WINDING.
11.05AM...SUPERMARKET...BACON/MUSHROOM/EGGS/TOMATO/BREAD.
11.25AM...NU SITTING ON BENCH BY BEACH...I'M COOKING AT REAR OF VAN.
11.45AM...BACON/TOMATO SANDWICH ON LORNE BEACH...BIT WINDY...BUT THE SUN IS OUT...THERES A DOG RUNNING IN AND OUT OF THE SEA...JOYFULLY PLAYING...IN A WORLD OF IS OWN!
12.30PM...NEXT STOP ANGLESEA.
1.10PM...DROVE THRU ANGLESEA...NOT WORTH STOPPING...NEXT PLACE IS TORQUAY.
2.00PM...TORQUAY POSTOFFICE...NU NEEDS STAMPS...SHE ALWAYS NEEDS STAMPS.
3.00PM...BOOKED ON CAMPSITE...ITS SOME WHAT ANTIQUATED...FOR ONE NIGHT IT'LL DO.
3.30PM...CUPPA TEA...READING NEWSPAPER.
4.00PM...SORTING REAR OF VAN.
5.00PM...BAKED BEANS/MUSHROOMS/EGG ON TOAST.
5.45PM...CUPPA TEA...A FEW DROPS OF RAIN IN THE AIR.
6.00PM...IN VAN...CHATTING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO...I THINK WE HAVE HAD A CHANGE OF HEART...I THINK WE ARE GONNA CARRY ON...WE HAVE DECIDED TO GO TO TASMANIA...GET A VISA EXTENSION AND SEE A BIT MORE OF OZ...WE MIGHT CHANGE OUR MINDS AGAIN TOMORROW...SO WATCH THIS SPACE!
6.30PM...RAIN COMING DOWN.
7.30PM...THINKING ABOUT BUYING A CHEAP BIT OF LAND...BUILDING A 2 BED SHED AND WRITING MY MEMOIRS THAT KNOW ONE ELSE WILL UNDERSTAND!
10.4.08.
8.00AM...TIME TO MOVE...GOTTA BE OFF SITE BY 10.00AM.
8.10AM...KETTLE ON.
8.20AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.35AM...SHOWER.
9.00AM...BACON/MUSHROOM/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
9.45AM...PACKED UP.
10.15AM...FOUND LIBRARY...BUT ITS CLOSED...OPENS AT 2.00PM...NEED INTERNET TO SORT SECOND VISA.
10.40AM...PHONED FERRY OFFICE...BOOKED FERRY FOR TASMANIA...GO SATURDAY 12TH MARCH.
11.05AM...DRIVING PRINCES HIGHWAY...ON THE WAY TO MELBOURNE.
12.15PM...MELBOURNE.
12.40PM...STATION PIER...PICKED UP TICKETS FOR FERRY.
1.10PM...SEARCHING FOR CAMPSITE...MELBOURNE ROADS ARE AN ENIGMA.
2.30PM...STILL SEARCHING...THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE HAVE BEEN OVER WESTGATE BRIDGE!
3.30PM...LEGS ACHING...BACK ACHING...WE'VE FINALLY FOUND THE DAMN PLACE.
4.05PM...SUPERMARKET...LAMB/SPUDS/CARROTS/PARSNIPS/MINT SAUCE.
5.00PM...SPA/SAUNA...HOPING TO CONQUER MY ACHING BONES.
6.25PM...COOKING.
7.00PM...EATING...WELL ENJOYED.
8.00PM...WASHING UP SORTED...IN VAN...FEW SPECS OF RAIN.
8.20PM...WHISKEY...RADIO PLAYING...I MUST SAY THE OCEON ROAD WAS VERY SCENIC...BUT YOU'VE GOTTA UNDERSTAND I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE WHAT SCENIC IS...I MEAN STEAK/CHIPS/SALAD LOOKS SCENIC TO ME...BACKING A HORSE AND SEEING IT COME FIRST IS SCENIC TO ME...DON'T GET ME WRONG...I GUESS I DON'T HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE TO COMPREHEND WHAT MAKES SCENERY SCENIC...LIKE WHEN SOME PAINTING SELLS FOR MILLIONS...WELL I CAN'T SEE WHY...PERHAPS ITS CAUSE I AM OF LITTLE INTELLIGENCE...WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE?...DID YOU PASS AN EXAM TODAY?...DOES THAT MAKE YOU INTELLIGENT?...DID YOU PICK THE RIGHT NUMBERS ON THE LOTTERY?...DOES THAT MAKE YOU INTELLIGENT?...DID YOU GET UP ONE DAY AND SAY I'M GONNA ENJOY MYSELF...COME WHAT MAY?...IS THAT INTELLIGENCE?
11.4.08.
8.20AM...AWAKE...BUT DON'T WANNA MOVE...FEEL COLD.
8.35AM...KETTLE ON.
8.45AM...CUPPA TEA.
9.05AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.35AM...SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST/CUPPA TEA.
10.20AM...WAITING FOR BUS FOR MELBOURNE CENTRE.
10.40AM...ON BUS TO CENTRE...THERE IS ONLY FOUR WHITES ON THE BUS...ITS LIKE GOING TO BIRMINGHAM TOWN CENTRE...PASSING BUILDINGS DAUBED WITH GRAFFITI.
11.10AM...OFF WE GET ON QUEENS STREET...GOTTA FIND RUSSELL STREET FOR CITY CENTRE LIBRARY FOR INTERNET.
12.15PM...AFTER SEVERAL STREETS...A HUGE OLD BUILDING STANDS BEFORE US.
12.35PM...INTERNET...GOTTA GET INFO ON RENEWING VISA'S...IT DOESN'T GIVE US THE INFO WE REQUIRE...BUT WE HAVE A TELEPHONE NUMBER.
1.00PM...PHONED NUMBER...WE HAVE TO GO TO LONSDALE STREET.
1.40PM...LONSDALE STREET...IMMIGRATION CENTRE...THEY GIVE US FORMS TO FILL IN...AND THEN WE GOTTA MAKE AN APPOINTMENT...OUCH!...WE GO TO TASMANIA TOMORROW...IT'LL HAVE TO WAIT.
2.30PM...CHILL IN BAR...A BAR MADE COMPLETELY OF ICE...HAD TO WEAR GLOVES/COAT/BOOTS/HAT...DRINKING ICY COLADA OUTA CUPS MADE OF ICE!
3.40PM...CHICKEN CURRY/BALTI...NAAN BREAD...NOT BAD.
4.30PM...THE TURF BAR...PUB ON QUEENS STREET.
6.10PM...3 PINTS OF STELLA LATER...WAITING FOR BUS BACK TO CAMPSITE.
7.05PM...IN SUPERMARKET NEXT TO CAMPSITE...NEED BREAD FOR SANDWICHES FOR TOMORROWS EXPEDITION TO TASMANIA...THE BOAT TRIP TAKES 10 HOURS.
8.30PM...SITTING IN VAN...READING 'BRITISH BALLS'...A FREEBIE MAG THAT TAKES A FUNNY LOOK AT THE BRITISH WAY OF LIFE...ITS VERY WELL WRITTEN/HUMOROUS.
12.4.08.
5.00AM...ALARM...GOTTA GET TO FERRY PORT FOR TASMANIA BY 7.00AM...AND BELIEVE ME THE MELBOURNE ROADS ARE AN ENIGMA...I THINK I HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN THAT!
5.15AM...STILL IN BED...BLEARY EYED.
5.30AM...SITTING UP...KETTLE ON.
5.45AM...THINKING ABOUT GOING FOR A SHOWER...SIPPING MY TEA.
5.55AM...SHOWER.
6.10AM...STARTED VAN...THOUGHT SHE MIGHT BE A BIT TEMPRAMENTAL AT THIS HOUR.
6.25AM...ON THE MOVE.
6.40AM...ON WESTGATE BRIDGE...A BRIDGE I KNOW WELL...BEEN HERE 3 TIMES BEFORE!
7.10AM...QUEUEING AT PIER.
7.25AM...THEY WANNA SEARCH THE VAN...DO I LOOK LIKE A CRIMINAL?
7.30AM...GOTTA DISPOSE OF 10 LITRES OF PETROL I HAVE IN A SPARE CAN!
7.50AM...IN SECONDARY QUEUE.
8.25AM...BOARDING...PARKING VAN.
8.40AM...SEATED IN BAR.
9.20AM...FERRY ON MOVE.
9.40AM...CHEESE/CUCUMBER SANDWICH.
10.10AM...FELL ASLEEP.
12.20PM...WOKE UP.
12.30PM...CHOCOLATE...FAV RAVE!
12.50PM...ON DECK...GETTING SOME AIR.
1.30PM...ANOTHER CHEESE/CUCUMBER SANDWICH...BOTTLE OF BEER.
2.15PM...PUT 10 DOLLARS IN FRUIT MACHINE...WON 27 DOLLARS...=17 DOLLARS UP!...EXACTLY WHAT I PAID FOR MY DISPOSED PETROL...WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND!
3.30PM...WELL BORED.
4.10PM...OZ FOOTBALL ON TV...CAN'T MAKE SENSE OF IT...A CROSS BETWEEN RUGBY AND ENGLISH FOOTIE...KICK AND HOPE...SOMEWHAT LIKE ENGLISH FOOTIE!
6.30PM...DOCKED AT LAST...I'VE BEEN YAWNING FOR THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF.
6.50PM...IN VAN...READY TO DE-BOARD.
7.15PM...IMMIGRATION CONTROL...VAN INSPECTION...THEY'VE TAKEN OUR HALF CUCUMBER OF US...NU WELL UPSET...IT WAS A GOOD CUCUMBER...THE LAST ONE WENT LIMP...I SMILED WRYLY.
7.45PM...ULVERSTONE CAMPSITE...BOOKED IN.
8.00PM...WENT TO CENTRE OF TOWN...SUPREME PIZZA...NOT BAD.
9.00PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE...BACK ACHING...CUPPA TEA.
13.4.08.
8.50AM...SLEPT WELL...NEED A CUPPA.
9.05AM...CUPPA TEA.
9.20AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.30AM...NU DOING LAUNDRY.
9.50AM...PORRIDGE...FOLLOWED BY TOAST/CUPPA TEA.
10.40AM...SITTING BY VAN...DISCUSSING WHAT DIRECTION WE ARE TAKING...WEATHER WINDY AND WARM.
11.30AM...OFF WE SET FOR THE SMALL TOWN CALLED PENGUIN.
12.10PM...AND A LOVELY TOWN IT IS TOO...NOT OVERLY BUSY...JUST ENOUGH PEOPLE TO SAY GOOD DAY TOO...WALKED MAIN STREET...WENT TO A SMALL MARKET...BOUGHT SOME PEPPERS[NEEDED FOR MEAL TONIGHT] AND A BAG OF APPLE CUSTARDS[SWEETS].
1.50PM...DROVE ON TO BURNIE...A LARGE TOWN.
2.30PM...CHEESE TASTING...SOME WERE DELICIOUS...SOME WERE JUST PLAIN AWFUL.
3.10PM...DROVE ON TO WYNYARD.
3.40PM...TABLE CAPE...A WILD AND WINDY HILL TOP...WEATHER COOLING.
3.55PM...BACK IN VAN...HEADING BACK TO ULVERSTONE.
4.45PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
5.40PM...SPAG BOL...MY OWN RECIPE...WE LOVE IT!
7.00PM...BACK IN VAN...THINK I'LL HAVE A WHISKEY...WARM ME THRU...RADIO PLAYING.
8.40PM...SHOULD I RENAME THIS BLOG REPETITIVE?
14.4.08.
8.00AM...NOT IN THE MOOD TO MOVE...BUT GOT TOO.
8.15AM...KETTLE ON.
8.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.35AM...SHOWER.
9.00AM...PACKING UP.
9.20AM...TOAST...MADE BY THE ONE I LOVE MOST...I DO DO A GOOD ROUND OF TOAST!...CUPPA TEA.
9.55AM...WE ARE ON OUR WAY.
10.40AM...STOPPED AT BURNIE...BOUGHT TO HUGE PIECES OF STEAK...NICE PRICE...COULDN'T RESIST.
11.30AM...BOAT HARBOUR...SIMPLE WONDERFUL...I GUESS I'M GETTING TO UNDERSTAND THE BEAUTY AND THE UNBEAUTY...AND THIS IS BEAUTIFUL...LUSH GREEN HILLS ALL AROUND...THE WHITE BEACH...THE CLEAR BLUE SEA...THERES A FEW PEOPLE MILLING AROUND...BUT ITS SO UNDISTURBED.
12.30PM...STILL IN BOAT HARBOUR...SITTING IN VAN EATING CHEESE AND CRACKERS...NU BOUGHT SOME WELL SMELLY BLUE CHEESE AT THE CHEESE TASTING YESTERDAY...TASTES OK...BUT DON'T WANT TO MUCH...PREFER GOOD OLD CHEDDAR!
1.10PM...IGNITION TURNED...WHEELS ROLLING.
1.40PM...DRIVING THRU LAZY LANES...GREEN HILLY FIELDS SURROUND US.
2.30PM...ARRIVED AT STANLEY...PARKED UP ON CAMPSITE.
3.10PM...NEAREST PUB.
4.10PM...TWO PINTS LATER...WE DECIDE TO WALK THE HIGH STREET.
5.15PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
6.00PM...STEAK ON BBQ...THEY ARE SUCH HUGE PIECES...GONNA HAVE ONE BETWEEN US...CHATTING WITH A CHAP WHO EMIGRATED FROM COVENTRY IN 1962...STEAK SIZZLING.
7.20PM...WONDERFUL MEAL...CAULI/CARROTS/PARSNIPS/SPUDS...THE VEGGIES OUT HERE ARE MUCH BETTER THAN WE GET IN ENGLAND...LOADS MORE TASTE.
15.4.08.
8.10AM...DAYLIGHT DAWNS.
8.20AM...KETTLE ON.
8.30AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.50AM...SHOWER/SHAVE...THIS IS ONE OF THE CLEANEST CAMPSITES I HAVE EVER BEEN ON.
9.20AM...BACON SANDWICH/CUPPA TEA.
10.00AM...ON CHAIRLIFT...GOING UP 'THE NUT'...A MOUNTAIN OF LAND SHAPED LIKE A NUT...WELL THE OZZIES THINK ITS SHAPED LIKE A NUT...I'M NOT SO SURE.
10.25AM...THE VIEWS ARE INCREDIBLE...STANLEY LOOKS LIKE A TOY TOWN...ITS SO WELL MANICURED...IT MUST BE A DREAM TO LIVE HERE...IT TAKES[APPARENTLY] 35 MINS TO WALK THE PERIMETER...NU AND I TOOK ABOUT 90!
12.05PM...NU BUYING POSTCARDS...SHE BUYS CARDS FROM VIRTUAL EVERY OUTLET THAT SELLS THEM!
12.35PM...WE ARE ON OUR WAY...GOT A FAIR DRIVE AHEAD.
2.00PM...NEARLY AT CRADLE MOUNTAIN...NU DECIDES ITS NOT WORTH GOING...TO MUCH WALKING INVOLVED.
2.30PM...ON THE ROAD AGAIN...I'VE ENJOYED MOST OF THE DRIVING SO FAR...BUT TASMANIAN ROADS ARE THE BENDIEST...YOU CAN'T GO MORE THAN A 100 YARDS AND THERES A BEND...NOT ENJOYING DRIVING TODAY.
5.55PM...QUEENSTOWN...OLD MINING VILLAGE...THIS AS BEEN A LONG DAY.
6.15PM...ITS ROUGH AND READY...AFTER STANLEY...THIS IS THE UNBEAUTY.
6.20PM...CAMPSITE.
7.00PM...SPAG BOL.
8.00PM...WE HAVE BEEN INVITED FOR DRINKS BY OUR NEW NIEGHBOURS...FRANK AND MARIA.
9.00PM...FRANK LIKES TRAINS...SO WE ARE BEING SHOWN PHOTO'S OF TRAINS AND TRAIN THINGS.
1.00AM!...I'VE HAD A FAIR BIT TO DRINK AND HAVE DECIDED I DON'T LIKE TRAINS...ACTUALLY IT WAS A PLEASANT EVENING AND WE DID TALK ABOUT MANY OTHER THINGS BESIDES TRAINS...AND FRANK UNDERSTOOD MY WIT...WHICH WAS A BLESSING!
16.4.08.
7.00AM...WOKE SURPRISINGLY EARLY AFTER OUR LATE NIGHT.
7.15AM...KETTLE ON.
7.30AM...SHOWER.
8.00AM...DON'T FEEL HUNGRY...JUST ANOTHER CUPPA WILL DO.
8.30AM...PACKING UP...CHATTING WITH FRANK AND MARIA.
8.50AM...I THINK THE VANS A BIT DAMP...SHE DON'T WANNA START.
9.20AM...VAN STILL NOT FIRING...FRANK OFFERS HIS ASSISTANCE...BUT ADMITS HE IS NO MECHANIC.
9.30AM...I TRY TURNING KEY AGAIN...HEY PRESTO...SHE BURSTS INTO LIFE...I SAID TO FRANK...I RECKON YOU SCARED HER!
9.50AM...QUEENSTOWN TOWN CENTRE...NU WANTS NEW FLEECE.
10.10AM...NU AS NEW FLEECE.
10.20AM...WHEELS ARE TURNING.
11.00AM...NEVER ENDING WINDING ROAD.
11.40AM...LAKE ST.CLAIR VISITORS CENTRE...COOKING BACON ON CARPARK...SCRUMMY!
12.10PM...DERWNT...THIS CHAP CALLED GREG DUNCAN IS DOING A WOOD CARVING MURAL OF OZ LIFE...HE STARTED IT TWO YEARS AGO AND HOPES TO FINISH IT BY 2009...ITS VERY IMPRESSIVE...VERY DETAILED...THE WOOD IS HUON...THE HUON TREE ONLY GROWS 1 MILLIMETRE A YEAR...SO AN AWFUL LOTTA TREES ARE GOING INTO THIS PROJECT...GUESS HE THINKS ITS WORTH IT...GUESSS ITS WORTH A LOOK IF YOU ARE EVER IN THE AREA!
3.00PM...BACK ON THE ROAD...THE SLOW HILLY ROADS...I'M LUCKY TO GET OUTA THIRD!
5.00PM...NEW NORFOLK.
5.10PM...NEED MILK ETC.
5.55PM...CAMPSITE.
6.50PM...THE SECOND OF THE HUGE STEAKS/CAULI/CARROTS/PARSNIPS/SPUDS...STEAK A BIT WELL DONE...SPUDS TOOK AGES TO COOK.
8.10PM...SITTING IN VAN...EYELIDS FAULTERING.
17.4.08.
8.00AM...THURSDAY...WAS I A THURSDAY CHILD?
8.10AM...KETTLE ON.
8.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.40AM...SHOWER.
9.15AM...BACON/TOMATO SANDWICH...BIT SALTY...MIGHT BE THE MARGERINE WE BOUGHT...I'M NOT ONE TO MOAN...CUPPA TEA.
9.50AM...VAN STARTED OK...DRIER TODAY.
10.30AM...HOBART TOWN CENTRE...PARKED VAN.
11.05AM...FOUND IMMIGRATION OFFICE/BUILDING...APPARENTLY WE CAN GET OUR VISA EXTENSION HERE.
11.20AM...EXPLAINING TO LADY WHAT WE REQUIRE AND WHY...WE NEED TO GET BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS AND VAN DOCUMENTS.
12.05PM...LIBRARY...PRINTING BANK DETAILS OUT ON COMPUTER.
1.00PM...BACK AT IMMIGRATION OFFICE.
1.40PM...VISA'S BEING PROCESSED.
2.10PM...WE HAVE A VISA EXTENSION TILL 6TH SEPT...PROBABLY GO TO ZEALAND AFTER THAT...PROBABLY BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS?
2.35PM...HEADING OUTA HOBART TOWARDS CAMPSITE.
2.55PM...CAMPSITE.
3.20PM...CHEESE AND BISCUITS/CUPPA TEA.
3.40PM...NU DOING LAUNDRY...SHE LIKES TO KEEP ON TOP OF IT.
4.00PM...SUN OUT...READING NEWSPAPER.
4.35PM...LAUNDRY DONE.
5.05PM...SUN GONE.
5.25PM...NU IRONING.
6.00PM...NU IN SPA.
7.30PM...PIZZA...THE MOST AWFUL PIZZA I HAVE EVER TASTED...BINNED IT.
8.05PM...WENT FOR WALK UP LANE.
9.00PM...FUNNY OLD DAY...I SHOULD FEEL GOOD HAVING GOT VISA EXTENSION...BUT FOR SOME REASON I DON'T FEEL GOOD...STRANGE.
THINK I'LL GIVE UP THE BOOZE
JOIN SCIFICULTOLOGY LIKE BECKS AND TOM CRUISE!
BYE FOR NOWZ.
8.30AM...TIME FOR A SHOWER.
9.10AM...SCRAMBLED EGGS/BACON ON NUTTY GRANARY BREAD/CUPPA TEA.
10.00AM...ROSS WANTS TO SHOW US MURRAY RIVER...SLOWLY DRYING UP...BOATS MAROONED.
10.55AM...VAN ROARS INTO ACTION...GOTTA A LONG DRIVE TODAY.
11.40AM...WELLINGTON FERRY...FREE...CUTS OUT TAILEM BEND...SAVE ABOUT 60K.
12.30PM...MENINGIE...SUPERMARKET...NEED BREAD...MILK...BACON...ALSO GOT ENGLISH NEWSPAPER...I'M HAPPY!
1.20PM...ABOUT 200 MILES TO GO...WARM WEATHER RETURNED.
5.10PM...MOUNT GAMBIER CAMPSITE.
5.25PM...ONLY GONNA STAY ONE NIGHT..NOT GONNA BOTHER WITH ZEBO.
6.00PM...VEG SOUP/CUPPA TEA...HUGE FLYING ANTS EVERYWHERE.
7.30PM...IN VAN...DOOR FIRMLY CLOSED...RADIO ON...READING NEWSPAPER...HAPP-ISH!
2.4.08.
6.20AM...AWAKE...RAIN POUNDING VAN...WIND RATTLING VAN.
6.35AM...KETTLE ON.
6.50AM...CUPPA TEA.
7.10AM...HEAD BACK ON PILLOW.
8.30AM...NUDGE FROM NU...TIME TO MOVE.
8.45AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.15AM...ALL PACKED UP...HADN'T PUT ZEBO UP...SO VERY LITTLE TO DO.
9.25AM...CAMP KITCHEN.
9.50AM...BACON/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
10.35AM...OFF WE SET FOR PORTLAND.
10.50AM...HAVING A LOOK AT THE BLUE LAKE...FORMED BY A CRATER MANY MOONS AGO.
11.15AM...OFF WE SET AGAIN...RAIN LASHING DOWN...VAN ROCKING IN THE WIND.
1.30PM...PORTLAND...WE'VE CROSSED THE BORDER INTO VICTORIA.
3.00PM...ON CAMPSITE.
3.40PM...SUPERMARKET...STEAK[ON OFFER]/SPUDS/CAULI/CARROTS/EAR BUDS.
4.30PM...NU COOKING...RARITY!
5.10PM...EATING...NOT BAD.
6.00PM...NU SHOWERING....I'M WAFFLING WITH A DUTCH GUY.
7.15PM...IN VAN...WIND HOWLING....RAIN POURING.
8.30PM...THINK WE'LL HAVE AN EARLY NIGHT.
3.4.08.
9.20AM...WHATS THE TIME...GOSH WE SLEPT WELL...GOTTA BE OF SITE BY 10AM.
9.30AM...QUICK SHOWER.
9.40AM...KETTLE ON.
9.50AM...VAN IN A MESS...BUT IN NO MOOD TO CARE.
9.55AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.15AM...WE ARE ON OUR WAY.
10.40AM...WIND HOWLING...70-90 MILE GUSTS...HOLDING STEERING WHEEL TIGHT...DOING ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR...CARS PILING UP BEHIND...VAN SHAKING FROM SIDE TO SIDE...THIS IS MEANT TO BE THE OCEON ROAD...CAN'T SEE OCEON...TO MANY HOUSES BEEN BUILT.
12.35PM...WARRAMBOOL...ITS TAKEN NEARLY 2 HOURS TO DO 60 MILES.
1.00PM...CLAREMONT CAMPSITE...SMALL AND TIDY.
1.10PM...PARKED UP...RAIN LASHING DOWN...NOT GONNA BOTHER WITH ZEBO AGAIN.
1.35PM...BACON SANDWICH/CUPPA TEA.
2.20PM...RAIN STOPPED.
2.30PM...WALKING INTO TOWN CENTRE.
2.50PM...NU EYEING WATER PROOF JACKETS AT INCREDIBLE PRICES.
3.40PM...NU IN HAIRDRESSERS...I'M RESTING MY ACHING BACK.
4.30PM...NU OUTA HAIRDRESSERS...HAIR CUT AND EYEBROWS SORTED...LOOKS ALRIGHT.
5.10PM...SUPERMARKET...BREAD/EGGS REQUIRED ETC.
6.25PM...HIPPY DISH WITH SPUDS...OK/BEER.
7.30PM...A WOMEN WE MET IN HANOI IN THE FLOODS JUST HAPPENS TO BE ON SITE TOO!...SMALL WORLD.
8.30PM...SITTING IN VAN...BACK ACHING...FEEL WEARY...NEARLY FINISHED NEWSPAPER.
4.4.08.
9.20AM...NU GONE FOR SHOWER...SUN SHINING.
9.40AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
955AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.30AM...SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST/CUPPA TEA.
11.00AM...CLEANING FOOD BOX OUT.
11.15AM...CLEANING OTHER BOXES...CUTLERY/CROCKERY/PANS.
11.50AM...RAIN RETURNED...TOWELS SOAKED...NU HERE,THERE AND EVERYWHERE!...SHE ROLLS HER TROUSERS UP...BUT FOR SOME REASON THE RIGHT TROUSER LEG ALWAYS FALLS DOWN...STRANGE.
1.00PM...WALKED INTO TOWN.
1.40PM...ART GALLERY...NOW WE HAVE SEEN AN AWFUL LOT OF ART GALLERIES ON OUR TRAVELS AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS WASN'T WORTH A LOOK...A PAINTING BY DANIEL CLARKE HAD SOMETHING...YOU COULD UNDERSTAND THE STORY BEHIND THE PAINT...BUT THAT WAS IT.
2.35PM...IRISH PUB...COULD DO WITH A GOOD MOPPING...FLOOR WELL STICKY!
4.00PM...BAKED SPUD...NOT ENOUGH CHEESE...TO MUCH COLESLAW.
5.30PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE...WEATHER PLEASANT...DON'T FEEL THIS DAY AS BEEN WORTHWHILE.
7.10PM...SITTING IN VAN...A BUNCH OF ITALIANS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE CAMP KITCHEN.
5.4.08.
9.40AM...KETTLE ON.
10.05AM...SHOWER.
10.15AM...CUPPA TEA.
11.00AM...MUSHROOM/TOMATO SANDWICH...NU HAD TOAST...CUPPA TEA...THE ITALIANS LEFT THE KITCHEN IN A RIGHT MESS...DIRTY PIGS!
11.40AM...HANGING WASHING OUT...WEATHER WARM AND BLUSTERY.
12.10PM...WALKED TO TRAIN STATION.
12.30PM...WE WANTED THE TRAIN TO PORT FAIRY...ITS SATURDAY...THE LAST ONE LEFT AT 11.35AM...OUCH!
1.05PM...WALKED BACK TO CAMPSITE...GONNA DRIVE TO PORT FAIRY.
1.50PM...PORT FAIRY VISITORS CENTRE...ITS A VERY QUIET PLACE.
2.30PM...MOTTS COTTAGE...THE OLDEST BUIDIND IN PORT FAIRY...SMELLS LIKE IT TOO!
3.40PM...CAFE...NU PECKISH...BACON/CHICKEN ON TURKISH BREAD...STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE FOR ME.
4.25PM...PUB.
5.10PM...BACK IN VAN...HEADING BACK TO CAMPSITE.
6.00PM...IN CAMPERS KITCHEN WAITING TO PUT OUR STEAK ON...PLEASANT ATMOSPHERE...THE DIRTY PIGS HAVE GONE.
7.15PM...WONDERFUL STEAK/SPUDS/GREEN BEANS.
8.00PM...CHATTING WITH TWO GIRLS FROM THE NORTH OF ENGLAND...HAVING A GLASS OR TWO OF WINE.
6.4.08.
8.00AM...THE CLOCKS READS 9.00AM...BUT GOTTA PUT CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR TODAY.
8.20AM...KETTLE ON...NU GONE FOR SHOWER.
8.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
9.00AM...TIME FOR MY SHOWER.
9.20AM...SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST/CUPPA TEA.
9.50AM...PACKED UP...READY TO MOVE.
9.55AM...VAN WON'T START!
10.05AM...CHECKING PLUGS.
10.15AM...VAN FIRES INTO LIFE...THANK GOD FOR THAT!...I'M ALWAYS TALKING TO MYSELF.
11.05AM...GOING DOWN COASTAL ROAD...GREAT OCEON ROAD...MANY LOOKOUT POINTS...LONDON BRIDGE...THE GROTTO...THE ARCH...12 APOSTLES...SEA CRASHING AGAINST HUGE ROCKS...ENCHANTING AND DREAMY.
4.00PM...HAD ENOUGH OF ROCKS AND CRASHING WAVES...IT IS A BEAUTIFUL COAST LINE THOUGH.
4.40PM...PORT CAMPBELL...WAS GOING TO STAY HERE...BUT TO MANY PONCEY POSY TYPES...DRIVING ON TO PRINCESTOWN.
5.15PM...CAMPSITE...LOOKS OK.
5.30PM...PHONED MOTHER...PAULINE...WILLIAM.
6.20PM...BACK AT VAN...LOTTA COCKROACHES AROUND.
7.00PM...CHEESE/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
8.00PM...HAPPY IN OUR LITTLE WAY...UNHAPPY ABOUT THE ABUNDANCE OF COCKROACHES!
7.4.08.
8.05AM...GOTTA GET OUTA THIS COCKROACH INFESTED PLACE.
8.10AM...KETTLE ON.
8.15AM...NU GONE FOR SHOWER.
8.20AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.30AM...TRYING TO START VAN...HAD TROUBLE THE OTHER MORNING...BIT DAMP I THINK.
8.40AM...NU RETURNS...I'VE JUST MANAGED TO GET THE OLD GIRL FIRED UP[THE VAN THAT IS].
8.50AM...SHOWER.
9.10AM...CUPPA COFFEE...NU HAD TOAST...I DIDN'T FEEL HUNGRY.
9.35AM...OFF WE SET DOWN THE COASTAL ROAD...ENGLISH LOOKING GREEN HILLS TO MY LEFT.
10.00AM...VERY BENTED ROADS...CAN'T GO ABOVE 40 MPH.
11.50AM...APPOLLO BAY...BOOK INTO CAMPSITE...ITS VERY CLEAN.
12.25PM...NU DOING LAUNDRY...I'M HAVING A THOUGHFUL MOMENT OVER A CUPPA.
1.10PM...WASHING DRYING ON LINE...DROVE INTO TOWN.
1.35PM...SUPERMARKET...PORK/SPUDS/CARROTS/PARSNIPS.
2.10PM...FISH AND CHIPS BETWEEN US...OK...I WAS STARVING HAVING HAD NO BREAKIE.
3.00PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE...LOOKS LIKE RAIN...ZEBO UP.
4.00PM...CHATTING ABOUT HOW EVERYWHERE LOOKS THE SAME.
6.00PM...TIME FOR EVENING FARE...PORK ON BARBEQUE...VEGGIES SIMMERING...THIS IS THE FIRST CAMPSITE WE HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR GAS.
7.15PM...EATEN WELL...WASHING UP DONE.
7.40PM...I SAID TO NU...'I THINK I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF OZ'...NU REPLIED...'I THINK I HAVE TOO'.
8.10PM...WE'VE GOT THE VAN TO SELL...SO WE ARE BUSILY THINKING THINGS THRU.
9.00PM...NU HAVING A BRANDY...I'M HAVING A WHISKEY...IT HELPS THE BRAIN TO FLOW!
8.4.08.
9.15AM...NOT MUCH HAPPENING TODAY[AS MUCH HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS?]...JUST GONNA DISCUSS WHAT WE ARE DOING NEXT.
9.35AM...KETTLE ON.
9.40AM...NU GONE FOR SHOWER.
9.50AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.10AM...SHOWER/SHAVE.
10.40AM...PORRIDGE...MADE IT ALL MILK...FORGOT NU LIKES IT HALF WATER/HALF MILK...SO I'M IN THE DOG HOUSE...WOOF WOOF!
11.30AM...WALKED INTO TOWN/VILLAGE.
11.50AM...WALKED ALL THE WAY TO THE JETTY...ABOUT 2K...WONDERFUL CLEAR BLUE SEA.
12.20PM...PUB...WE'VE DECIDED TO GO TO SYDNEY...SEE THE BRIDGE AND OPERA HOUSE...SELL THE VAN...FLY TO NEW ZEALAND...BUT GONNA SEE LORNR AND GEELONG FIRST.
12.50PM...SECOND BEER.
1.40PM...FISH/CHIPS/GREEK SALAD...I ENJOYED IT...NU NOT IMPRESSED.
3.10PM...BACK ON CAMPSITE...READING ABOUT ZEALAND.
4.10PM...DISCUSSING VANS WORTH.
7.00PM...IN VAN...ITS GONE COOL.
7.30PM...CHEESE/CUCUMBER SANDWICH.
8.00PM...NU HAVING A BRANDY...WHISKEY FOR ME...HEAD KINDA EXCITED ABOUT ZEALAND...BUT WONDERING IF ITS GONNA BE THE SAME AS OZ.
9.00PM...THOUGHTFUL.
9.4.08.
7.10AM...THE WIND AS BEEN HOWLING ALL NIGHT...I THINK I'VE SLEPT...BUT MY BODY AND HEAD DISAGREE.
7.30AM...KETTLE ON...NU GONE FOR SHOWER.
7.45AM...CUPPA TEA.
7.50AM...NU RETURNS.
8.10AM...TIME FOR MY SHOWER...WE HAVE TO TAKE SHOWER SEPARATELY CAUSE THEY ONLY GIVE YOU ONE KEY...PLUS I DON'T THINK WE'D BOTH FIT IN THE CUBICLE TOGETHER!...WIND STILL HOWLING.
8.50AM...DISMANTLING ZEBO...THE WIND NOT HELPING.
9.05AM...PHEW!...ZEBO IN BOX...IN A FASHION.
9.20AM...CAMP KITCHEN...TOAST/CUPPA TEA...CHATTING WITH IRISH COUPLE.
9.50AM...ON THE ROAD TO LORNE...POPPED INTO NEWSAGENTS TO GET ENGLISH PAPER.
10.50AM...LORNE...ITS BEEN A WONDERFUL DRIVE...COUPLED WITH WONDERFUL SCENERY...TOOK IT SLOW...ROAD WINDING.
11.05AM...SUPERMARKET...BACON/MUSHROOM/EGGS/TOMATO/BREAD.
11.25AM...NU SITTING ON BENCH BY BEACH...I'M COOKING AT REAR OF VAN.
11.45AM...BACON/TOMATO SANDWICH ON LORNE BEACH...BIT WINDY...BUT THE SUN IS OUT...THERES A DOG RUNNING IN AND OUT OF THE SEA...JOYFULLY PLAYING...IN A WORLD OF IS OWN!
12.30PM...NEXT STOP ANGLESEA.
1.10PM...DROVE THRU ANGLESEA...NOT WORTH STOPPING...NEXT PLACE IS TORQUAY.
2.00PM...TORQUAY POSTOFFICE...NU NEEDS STAMPS...SHE ALWAYS NEEDS STAMPS.
3.00PM...BOOKED ON CAMPSITE...ITS SOME WHAT ANTIQUATED...FOR ONE NIGHT IT'LL DO.
3.30PM...CUPPA TEA...READING NEWSPAPER.
4.00PM...SORTING REAR OF VAN.
5.00PM...BAKED BEANS/MUSHROOMS/EGG ON TOAST.
5.45PM...CUPPA TEA...A FEW DROPS OF RAIN IN THE AIR.
6.00PM...IN VAN...CHATTING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO...I THINK WE HAVE HAD A CHANGE OF HEART...I THINK WE ARE GONNA CARRY ON...WE HAVE DECIDED TO GO TO TASMANIA...GET A VISA EXTENSION AND SEE A BIT MORE OF OZ...WE MIGHT CHANGE OUR MINDS AGAIN TOMORROW...SO WATCH THIS SPACE!
6.30PM...RAIN COMING DOWN.
7.30PM...THINKING ABOUT BUYING A CHEAP BIT OF LAND...BUILDING A 2 BED SHED AND WRITING MY MEMOIRS THAT KNOW ONE ELSE WILL UNDERSTAND!
10.4.08.
8.00AM...TIME TO MOVE...GOTTA BE OFF SITE BY 10.00AM.
8.10AM...KETTLE ON.
8.20AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.35AM...SHOWER.
9.00AM...BACON/MUSHROOM/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
9.45AM...PACKED UP.
10.15AM...FOUND LIBRARY...BUT ITS CLOSED...OPENS AT 2.00PM...NEED INTERNET TO SORT SECOND VISA.
10.40AM...PHONED FERRY OFFICE...BOOKED FERRY FOR TASMANIA...GO SATURDAY 12TH MARCH.
11.05AM...DRIVING PRINCES HIGHWAY...ON THE WAY TO MELBOURNE.
12.15PM...MELBOURNE.
12.40PM...STATION PIER...PICKED UP TICKETS FOR FERRY.
1.10PM...SEARCHING FOR CAMPSITE...MELBOURNE ROADS ARE AN ENIGMA.
2.30PM...STILL SEARCHING...THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE HAVE BEEN OVER WESTGATE BRIDGE!
3.30PM...LEGS ACHING...BACK ACHING...WE'VE FINALLY FOUND THE DAMN PLACE.
4.05PM...SUPERMARKET...LAMB/SPUDS/CARROTS/PARSNIPS/MINT SAUCE.
5.00PM...SPA/SAUNA...HOPING TO CONQUER MY ACHING BONES.
6.25PM...COOKING.
7.00PM...EATING...WELL ENJOYED.
8.00PM...WASHING UP SORTED...IN VAN...FEW SPECS OF RAIN.
8.20PM...WHISKEY...RADIO PLAYING...I MUST SAY THE OCEON ROAD WAS VERY SCENIC...BUT YOU'VE GOTTA UNDERSTAND I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE WHAT SCENIC IS...I MEAN STEAK/CHIPS/SALAD LOOKS SCENIC TO ME...BACKING A HORSE AND SEEING IT COME FIRST IS SCENIC TO ME...DON'T GET ME WRONG...I GUESS I DON'T HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE TO COMPREHEND WHAT MAKES SCENERY SCENIC...LIKE WHEN SOME PAINTING SELLS FOR MILLIONS...WELL I CAN'T SEE WHY...PERHAPS ITS CAUSE I AM OF LITTLE INTELLIGENCE...WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE?...DID YOU PASS AN EXAM TODAY?...DOES THAT MAKE YOU INTELLIGENT?...DID YOU PICK THE RIGHT NUMBERS ON THE LOTTERY?...DOES THAT MAKE YOU INTELLIGENT?...DID YOU GET UP ONE DAY AND SAY I'M GONNA ENJOY MYSELF...COME WHAT MAY?...IS THAT INTELLIGENCE?
11.4.08.
8.20AM...AWAKE...BUT DON'T WANNA MOVE...FEEL COLD.
8.35AM...KETTLE ON.
8.45AM...CUPPA TEA.
9.05AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.35AM...SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST/CUPPA TEA.
10.20AM...WAITING FOR BUS FOR MELBOURNE CENTRE.
10.40AM...ON BUS TO CENTRE...THERE IS ONLY FOUR WHITES ON THE BUS...ITS LIKE GOING TO BIRMINGHAM TOWN CENTRE...PASSING BUILDINGS DAUBED WITH GRAFFITI.
11.10AM...OFF WE GET ON QUEENS STREET...GOTTA FIND RUSSELL STREET FOR CITY CENTRE LIBRARY FOR INTERNET.
12.15PM...AFTER SEVERAL STREETS...A HUGE OLD BUILDING STANDS BEFORE US.
12.35PM...INTERNET...GOTTA GET INFO ON RENEWING VISA'S...IT DOESN'T GIVE US THE INFO WE REQUIRE...BUT WE HAVE A TELEPHONE NUMBER.
1.00PM...PHONED NUMBER...WE HAVE TO GO TO LONSDALE STREET.
1.40PM...LONSDALE STREET...IMMIGRATION CENTRE...THEY GIVE US FORMS TO FILL IN...AND THEN WE GOTTA MAKE AN APPOINTMENT...OUCH!...WE GO TO TASMANIA TOMORROW...IT'LL HAVE TO WAIT.
2.30PM...CHILL IN BAR...A BAR MADE COMPLETELY OF ICE...HAD TO WEAR GLOVES/COAT/BOOTS/HAT...DRINKING ICY COLADA OUTA CUPS MADE OF ICE!
3.40PM...CHICKEN CURRY/BALTI...NAAN BREAD...NOT BAD.
4.30PM...THE TURF BAR...PUB ON QUEENS STREET.
6.10PM...3 PINTS OF STELLA LATER...WAITING FOR BUS BACK TO CAMPSITE.
7.05PM...IN SUPERMARKET NEXT TO CAMPSITE...NEED BREAD FOR SANDWICHES FOR TOMORROWS EXPEDITION TO TASMANIA...THE BOAT TRIP TAKES 10 HOURS.
8.30PM...SITTING IN VAN...READING 'BRITISH BALLS'...A FREEBIE MAG THAT TAKES A FUNNY LOOK AT THE BRITISH WAY OF LIFE...ITS VERY WELL WRITTEN/HUMOROUS.
12.4.08.
5.00AM...ALARM...GOTTA GET TO FERRY PORT FOR TASMANIA BY 7.00AM...AND BELIEVE ME THE MELBOURNE ROADS ARE AN ENIGMA...I THINK I HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN THAT!
5.15AM...STILL IN BED...BLEARY EYED.
5.30AM...SITTING UP...KETTLE ON.
5.45AM...THINKING ABOUT GOING FOR A SHOWER...SIPPING MY TEA.
5.55AM...SHOWER.
6.10AM...STARTED VAN...THOUGHT SHE MIGHT BE A BIT TEMPRAMENTAL AT THIS HOUR.
6.25AM...ON THE MOVE.
6.40AM...ON WESTGATE BRIDGE...A BRIDGE I KNOW WELL...BEEN HERE 3 TIMES BEFORE!
7.10AM...QUEUEING AT PIER.
7.25AM...THEY WANNA SEARCH THE VAN...DO I LOOK LIKE A CRIMINAL?
7.30AM...GOTTA DISPOSE OF 10 LITRES OF PETROL I HAVE IN A SPARE CAN!
7.50AM...IN SECONDARY QUEUE.
8.25AM...BOARDING...PARKING VAN.
8.40AM...SEATED IN BAR.
9.20AM...FERRY ON MOVE.
9.40AM...CHEESE/CUCUMBER SANDWICH.
10.10AM...FELL ASLEEP.
12.20PM...WOKE UP.
12.30PM...CHOCOLATE...FAV RAVE!
12.50PM...ON DECK...GETTING SOME AIR.
1.30PM...ANOTHER CHEESE/CUCUMBER SANDWICH...BOTTLE OF BEER.
2.15PM...PUT 10 DOLLARS IN FRUIT MACHINE...WON 27 DOLLARS...=17 DOLLARS UP!...EXACTLY WHAT I PAID FOR MY DISPOSED PETROL...WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND!
3.30PM...WELL BORED.
4.10PM...OZ FOOTBALL ON TV...CAN'T MAKE SENSE OF IT...A CROSS BETWEEN RUGBY AND ENGLISH FOOTIE...KICK AND HOPE...SOMEWHAT LIKE ENGLISH FOOTIE!
6.30PM...DOCKED AT LAST...I'VE BEEN YAWNING FOR THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF.
6.50PM...IN VAN...READY TO DE-BOARD.
7.15PM...IMMIGRATION CONTROL...VAN INSPECTION...THEY'VE TAKEN OUR HALF CUCUMBER OF US...NU WELL UPSET...IT WAS A GOOD CUCUMBER...THE LAST ONE WENT LIMP...I SMILED WRYLY.
7.45PM...ULVERSTONE CAMPSITE...BOOKED IN.
8.00PM...WENT TO CENTRE OF TOWN...SUPREME PIZZA...NOT BAD.
9.00PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE...BACK ACHING...CUPPA TEA.
13.4.08.
8.50AM...SLEPT WELL...NEED A CUPPA.
9.05AM...CUPPA TEA.
9.20AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.30AM...NU DOING LAUNDRY.
9.50AM...PORRIDGE...FOLLOWED BY TOAST/CUPPA TEA.
10.40AM...SITTING BY VAN...DISCUSSING WHAT DIRECTION WE ARE TAKING...WEATHER WINDY AND WARM.
11.30AM...OFF WE SET FOR THE SMALL TOWN CALLED PENGUIN.
12.10PM...AND A LOVELY TOWN IT IS TOO...NOT OVERLY BUSY...JUST ENOUGH PEOPLE TO SAY GOOD DAY TOO...WALKED MAIN STREET...WENT TO A SMALL MARKET...BOUGHT SOME PEPPERS[NEEDED FOR MEAL TONIGHT] AND A BAG OF APPLE CUSTARDS[SWEETS].
1.50PM...DROVE ON TO BURNIE...A LARGE TOWN.
2.30PM...CHEESE TASTING...SOME WERE DELICIOUS...SOME WERE JUST PLAIN AWFUL.
3.10PM...DROVE ON TO WYNYARD.
3.40PM...TABLE CAPE...A WILD AND WINDY HILL TOP...WEATHER COOLING.
3.55PM...BACK IN VAN...HEADING BACK TO ULVERSTONE.
4.45PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
5.40PM...SPAG BOL...MY OWN RECIPE...WE LOVE IT!
7.00PM...BACK IN VAN...THINK I'LL HAVE A WHISKEY...WARM ME THRU...RADIO PLAYING.
8.40PM...SHOULD I RENAME THIS BLOG REPETITIVE?
14.4.08.
8.00AM...NOT IN THE MOOD TO MOVE...BUT GOT TOO.
8.15AM...KETTLE ON.
8.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.35AM...SHOWER.
9.00AM...PACKING UP.
9.20AM...TOAST...MADE BY THE ONE I LOVE MOST...I DO DO A GOOD ROUND OF TOAST!...CUPPA TEA.
9.55AM...WE ARE ON OUR WAY.
10.40AM...STOPPED AT BURNIE...BOUGHT TO HUGE PIECES OF STEAK...NICE PRICE...COULDN'T RESIST.
11.30AM...BOAT HARBOUR...SIMPLE WONDERFUL...I GUESS I'M GETTING TO UNDERSTAND THE BEAUTY AND THE UNBEAUTY...AND THIS IS BEAUTIFUL...LUSH GREEN HILLS ALL AROUND...THE WHITE BEACH...THE CLEAR BLUE SEA...THERES A FEW PEOPLE MILLING AROUND...BUT ITS SO UNDISTURBED.
12.30PM...STILL IN BOAT HARBOUR...SITTING IN VAN EATING CHEESE AND CRACKERS...NU BOUGHT SOME WELL SMELLY BLUE CHEESE AT THE CHEESE TASTING YESTERDAY...TASTES OK...BUT DON'T WANT TO MUCH...PREFER GOOD OLD CHEDDAR!
1.10PM...IGNITION TURNED...WHEELS ROLLING.
1.40PM...DRIVING THRU LAZY LANES...GREEN HILLY FIELDS SURROUND US.
2.30PM...ARRIVED AT STANLEY...PARKED UP ON CAMPSITE.
3.10PM...NEAREST PUB.
4.10PM...TWO PINTS LATER...WE DECIDE TO WALK THE HIGH STREET.
5.15PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
6.00PM...STEAK ON BBQ...THEY ARE SUCH HUGE PIECES...GONNA HAVE ONE BETWEEN US...CHATTING WITH A CHAP WHO EMIGRATED FROM COVENTRY IN 1962...STEAK SIZZLING.
7.20PM...WONDERFUL MEAL...CAULI/CARROTS/PARSNIPS/SPUDS...THE VEGGIES OUT HERE ARE MUCH BETTER THAN WE GET IN ENGLAND...LOADS MORE TASTE.
15.4.08.
8.10AM...DAYLIGHT DAWNS.
8.20AM...KETTLE ON.
8.30AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.50AM...SHOWER/SHAVE...THIS IS ONE OF THE CLEANEST CAMPSITES I HAVE EVER BEEN ON.
9.20AM...BACON SANDWICH/CUPPA TEA.
10.00AM...ON CHAIRLIFT...GOING UP 'THE NUT'...A MOUNTAIN OF LAND SHAPED LIKE A NUT...WELL THE OZZIES THINK ITS SHAPED LIKE A NUT...I'M NOT SO SURE.
10.25AM...THE VIEWS ARE INCREDIBLE...STANLEY LOOKS LIKE A TOY TOWN...ITS SO WELL MANICURED...IT MUST BE A DREAM TO LIVE HERE...IT TAKES[APPARENTLY] 35 MINS TO WALK THE PERIMETER...NU AND I TOOK ABOUT 90!
12.05PM...NU BUYING POSTCARDS...SHE BUYS CARDS FROM VIRTUAL EVERY OUTLET THAT SELLS THEM!
12.35PM...WE ARE ON OUR WAY...GOT A FAIR DRIVE AHEAD.
2.00PM...NEARLY AT CRADLE MOUNTAIN...NU DECIDES ITS NOT WORTH GOING...TO MUCH WALKING INVOLVED.
2.30PM...ON THE ROAD AGAIN...I'VE ENJOYED MOST OF THE DRIVING SO FAR...BUT TASMANIAN ROADS ARE THE BENDIEST...YOU CAN'T GO MORE THAN A 100 YARDS AND THERES A BEND...NOT ENJOYING DRIVING TODAY.
5.55PM...QUEENSTOWN...OLD MINING VILLAGE...THIS AS BEEN A LONG DAY.
6.15PM...ITS ROUGH AND READY...AFTER STANLEY...THIS IS THE UNBEAUTY.
6.20PM...CAMPSITE.
7.00PM...SPAG BOL.
8.00PM...WE HAVE BEEN INVITED FOR DRINKS BY OUR NEW NIEGHBOURS...FRANK AND MARIA.
9.00PM...FRANK LIKES TRAINS...SO WE ARE BEING SHOWN PHOTO'S OF TRAINS AND TRAIN THINGS.
1.00AM!...I'VE HAD A FAIR BIT TO DRINK AND HAVE DECIDED I DON'T LIKE TRAINS...ACTUALLY IT WAS A PLEASANT EVENING AND WE DID TALK ABOUT MANY OTHER THINGS BESIDES TRAINS...AND FRANK UNDERSTOOD MY WIT...WHICH WAS A BLESSING!
16.4.08.
7.00AM...WOKE SURPRISINGLY EARLY AFTER OUR LATE NIGHT.
7.15AM...KETTLE ON.
7.30AM...SHOWER.
8.00AM...DON'T FEEL HUNGRY...JUST ANOTHER CUPPA WILL DO.
8.30AM...PACKING UP...CHATTING WITH FRANK AND MARIA.
8.50AM...I THINK THE VANS A BIT DAMP...SHE DON'T WANNA START.
9.20AM...VAN STILL NOT FIRING...FRANK OFFERS HIS ASSISTANCE...BUT ADMITS HE IS NO MECHANIC.
9.30AM...I TRY TURNING KEY AGAIN...HEY PRESTO...SHE BURSTS INTO LIFE...I SAID TO FRANK...I RECKON YOU SCARED HER!
9.50AM...QUEENSTOWN TOWN CENTRE...NU WANTS NEW FLEECE.
10.10AM...NU AS NEW FLEECE.
10.20AM...WHEELS ARE TURNING.
11.00AM...NEVER ENDING WINDING ROAD.
11.40AM...LAKE ST.CLAIR VISITORS CENTRE...COOKING BACON ON CARPARK...SCRUMMY!
12.10PM...DERWNT...THIS CHAP CALLED GREG DUNCAN IS DOING A WOOD CARVING MURAL OF OZ LIFE...HE STARTED IT TWO YEARS AGO AND HOPES TO FINISH IT BY 2009...ITS VERY IMPRESSIVE...VERY DETAILED...THE WOOD IS HUON...THE HUON TREE ONLY GROWS 1 MILLIMETRE A YEAR...SO AN AWFUL LOTTA TREES ARE GOING INTO THIS PROJECT...GUESS HE THINKS ITS WORTH IT...GUESSS ITS WORTH A LOOK IF YOU ARE EVER IN THE AREA!
3.00PM...BACK ON THE ROAD...THE SLOW HILLY ROADS...I'M LUCKY TO GET OUTA THIRD!
5.00PM...NEW NORFOLK.
5.10PM...NEED MILK ETC.
5.55PM...CAMPSITE.
6.50PM...THE SECOND OF THE HUGE STEAKS/CAULI/CARROTS/PARSNIPS/SPUDS...STEAK A BIT WELL DONE...SPUDS TOOK AGES TO COOK.
8.10PM...SITTING IN VAN...EYELIDS FAULTERING.
17.4.08.
8.00AM...THURSDAY...WAS I A THURSDAY CHILD?
8.10AM...KETTLE ON.
8.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.40AM...SHOWER.
9.15AM...BACON/TOMATO SANDWICH...BIT SALTY...MIGHT BE THE MARGERINE WE BOUGHT...I'M NOT ONE TO MOAN...CUPPA TEA.
9.50AM...VAN STARTED OK...DRIER TODAY.
10.30AM...HOBART TOWN CENTRE...PARKED VAN.
11.05AM...FOUND IMMIGRATION OFFICE/BUILDING...APPARENTLY WE CAN GET OUR VISA EXTENSION HERE.
11.20AM...EXPLAINING TO LADY WHAT WE REQUIRE AND WHY...WE NEED TO GET BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS AND VAN DOCUMENTS.
12.05PM...LIBRARY...PRINTING BANK DETAILS OUT ON COMPUTER.
1.00PM...BACK AT IMMIGRATION OFFICE.
1.40PM...VISA'S BEING PROCESSED.
2.10PM...WE HAVE A VISA EXTENSION TILL 6TH SEPT...PROBABLY GO TO ZEALAND AFTER THAT...PROBABLY BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS?
2.35PM...HEADING OUTA HOBART TOWARDS CAMPSITE.
2.55PM...CAMPSITE.
3.20PM...CHEESE AND BISCUITS/CUPPA TEA.
3.40PM...NU DOING LAUNDRY...SHE LIKES TO KEEP ON TOP OF IT.
4.00PM...SUN OUT...READING NEWSPAPER.
4.35PM...LAUNDRY DONE.
5.05PM...SUN GONE.
5.25PM...NU IRONING.
6.00PM...NU IN SPA.
7.30PM...PIZZA...THE MOST AWFUL PIZZA I HAVE EVER TASTED...BINNED IT.
8.05PM...WENT FOR WALK UP LANE.
9.00PM...FUNNY OLD DAY...I SHOULD FEEL GOOD HAVING GOT VISA EXTENSION...BUT FOR SOME REASON I DON'T FEEL GOOD...STRANGE.
THINK I'LL GIVE UP THE BOOZE
JOIN SCIFICULTOLOGY LIKE BECKS AND TOM CRUISE!
BYE FOR NOWZ.
Thursday, 3 April 2008
AUSTRALIA..PART SIX AND A HALF OF MANY
29.3.08.
8.00AM...ITS MORNING ALREADY...GOT QIUTE ABIT TO DO TODAY.
8.20AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.35AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.05AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES...WOULD HAVE PREFERED A BACON SANDWICH.
9.30AM...ZEBO DISMANTLING.
9.50AM...SAYING CHEERIO TO ROSS AND HELEN...GONNA SEE THEM AGAIN ON MONDAY...THEY'VE INVITED US TO STAY...ROSS GONNA GIVE ME A GAME OF POOL...PROBABLY GET MY CUM-UPPAPANCE.
10.15AM...OFF WE SET FOR FLINDERS CHASE NATIONAL PARK.
11.00AM...FLINDERS CHASE VISITORS CENTRE...YOU HAVE TO PAY TO GO ANY FURTHER.
11.35AM...REMARKABLE ROCKS...FUNNY SHAPED ROCKS...IRON LOOKING SCULPTURED ROCKS.
12.20PM...DU COUEDICE LIGHTHOUSE...BEEN STANDING SINCE 1800...LOOKS NEW!
12.45PM...ADMIRALS ARCH...HAD TO WALK ABOUT 1K...BUT WELL WORTH IT...ITS AN UGLY LOOKING ARCH OF ROCK WITH STALAGTITES...ALL THREE I MENTION ARE WORTH A LOOK IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO GO TO KANGAROO ISLAND...ITS A LOVELY PLACE.
2.00PM...BACK IN VAN...BOTH HUFFING AND PUFFING...BOTH NEED TO GET FIT...PLUS ITS COLD...AND WHEN ITS COLD I ACHE.
3.15PM...PARDANA...A SMALL FOUR SHOP VILLAGE ON THE WAY BACK TO KINGSCOTE.
3.25PM...WE BOUGHT HALF A CHICKEN AND FOUR ROLLS...GIRL WHO SERVED US SAID SHE LIVED ON WALLABIES AND KANGAROO MEAT...SHE CREEPS UP BEHIND THEM AND WOLLOPS THEM WITH A BASEBALL BAT...SHE SEEMED A NICE GIRL...BUT I KINDA DISLIKED HER AFTER THAT REVELATION...STILL,EVERYBODY TO THERE OWN!
4.30PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE...CHICKEN FILLED BUN/CUPPA TEA.
5.50PM...NU SEWING CURTAINS...I'M THOUGHTFUL.
7.00PM...SITTING IN VAN...ITS GONE COLD...SWEETS/CRISPS/NUTS...THEY TASTE SO GOOD...BUT AM I EATING OUTA BOREDOM?
7.40PM...READING SNIPPETS FROM NEWSPAPER...DRINKING WEAK WHISKEY...ADDED COKE.
9.00PM...SNUG AS A BUG IN OUR LITTLE VAN.
30.3.08.
8.50AM...ONLY GOT EMU BAY TO DO...SO NO HURRY.
9.25AM...CUPPA TEA/GINGER BISCUITS!...GOT NO BACON OR CORNFLAKES...OUCH.
9.50AM...SHOWER.
10.15AM...ANOTHER CUPPA.
10.30AM...NU WASHING SHEETS...SORTING MEDICINE/LOTION BOX...THE SUN IS OUT...BUT ITS NOT SO WARM.
11.05AM...FEELING HUNGRY...THINK WE SHOULD GO TO A CAFE IN VILLAGE FOR EATS.
11.30AM...STILL HUNGRY...NU STILL FIDGETING AROUND...TIDYING THINGS READY TO BE UNTIDIED...THATS HOW IT GOES IN VAN LIFE...NOTHING STAYS WHERE ITS MEANT TO BE...NU TAKING AGES!
11.55AM...COULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER...COOKING PASTA OUT OF A PACKET...CHEESE AND MUSHROOM...MEANT TO BE CREAMY...CREAMY IT IS NOT!...FILLED A GAP...I'VE ALWAYS BEEN EASY TO PLEASE.
12.40PM...FOODLAND SUPERMARKET...I'M NOT GOING WITHOUT BACON TOMORROW!...BOUGHT PORK AND CAULIFLOWER FOR LATER...YUMMY.
1.20PM...ON THE ROAD...HEADING FOR EMU BAY.
1.50PM...EMU BAY...HOUSES LOOK EXPENSIVE...LOVELY VIEWS...BEACH NOT SO WHITE...LOTTA SEAWEED.
2.15PM...SITTING IN VAN...CHEESE COBBING.
2.40PM...WALKING BEACH.
3.30PM...BACK IN VAN...GOTTA MAKE 'FOODLAND' BEFORE 4.00PM...FORGOT CHOCALATE!
3.58PM...FOODLAND.
4.02PM...WE HAVE CHOCALATE...ITS LIKE MILKTRAY...WE LOVE IT!
4.06PM...FOUR SQUARES EACH...STRAWBERRY...TURKISH DELIGHT...CARAMEL AND ORANGE.
4.25PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
4.35PM...CUPPA TEA.
4.55PM...NU SEWING AGAIN...ME FIDGETING.
6.10PM...PEELING SPUDS...PREPARING VEG...HAVING A BEER.
6.35PM...COOKING.
7.10PM...EATING.
7.30PM...WONDERFUL MEAL.
7.45PM...WASHING UP...NU BACK TO HER SEWING.
8.40PM...IN VAN...BETTER HAVE ANOTHER FOUR SQUARES...DON'T WANT CHOC GOING OFF!
8.50PM...FANCY A BRANDY MY LOVELY?
31.3.08.
8.00AM...HERE WE GO AGAIN.
8.20AM...CUPA TEA.
8.35AM...SHOWER.
9.00AM...ZEBO PACKING/VAN SORT.
9.40AM...BACON/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
10.50AM...IN VAN HEADING FOR FERRY PORT FOR BOAT TO TAKE US BACK TO THE MAINLAND.
11.10AM...GOT TICKETS...15 MINUTES TILL DEPARTURE...NU WANTS STAMPS...OFF WE ZOOM TO POST OFFICE.
11.15AM...OUSIDE POSTOFFICE...SHE SAYS SHE HASN'T FILLED IN THE ADDRESSES YET...WHERES THE ADDRESSES?...CAN'T FIND THE ADDESSES!
11.18AM...FOUND THE ADDRESSES.
11.21AM...NU IN POSTOFFICE.
11.26AM...NU COMES OUT OF POSTOFFICE...SHE'D FORGOT HER GLASSES...ONLY MANAGED TO FILL IN TWO CARDS.
11.32AM...WE MADE IT...LAST TO BOARD!
12.30PM...TIME GOING SLOW...BIT BORED...FINISHED CHOC.
1.30PM...BACK ON MAINLAND...NEXT STOP VIKTOR HARBOUR.
3.00PM...VIKTOR HARBOUR...BEER/CHEESE COB...BUT NOT REALLY WORTH STOPPING FOR...HAD A WALK ROUND.
4.20PM...BACK IN VAN...NEXT STOP GOOLWA...WE ARE GOING TO STAY WITH ROSS AND HELEN...FOLK WE MET ON KANGAROO ISLAND.
5.10PM...GOOLWA...WE PULL IN TO LOCAL SUPERMARKET CARPARK...NU IS GONNA PHONE ROSS AND HELEN FROM HERE...AND THEN COMING OUTA THE SUPERMARKET IS HELEN...ICE CREAM IN HAND...SHE LOVES IT...ICE CREAM FIEND.
5.30PM...FOLLOWING HER BACK TO THIER PLACE.
6.30PM...ON THIRD BEER...ROSS LIKES HIS BEER...NU AND HELEN ON CHAMPAGNE...HELEN LIKES HER CHAMPAGNE.
7.40PM...LOBSTER IN WONDERFUL SAUCE WITH SALAD.
8.05PM...MULLET[FISH]/MASHED SPUD/GARDEN PEAS...WASHED DOWN WITH RED WINE...APPARENTLY IT WAS A SPECIAL RED WINE...THEY ALL TASTE THE SAME TO ME!
9.00PM...PHOTO'S AND WAFFLE.
9.35PM...WILD TURKEY WHISKEY AND HONEY...ANOTHER OF ROSS'S FAVOURITES.
10.45PM...TIME FOR BED AND I'M READY FOR BED!
WONDERFUL DAY.
BYE FOR NOWZ.
8.00AM...ITS MORNING ALREADY...GOT QIUTE ABIT TO DO TODAY.
8.20AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.35AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.05AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES...WOULD HAVE PREFERED A BACON SANDWICH.
9.30AM...ZEBO DISMANTLING.
9.50AM...SAYING CHEERIO TO ROSS AND HELEN...GONNA SEE THEM AGAIN ON MONDAY...THEY'VE INVITED US TO STAY...ROSS GONNA GIVE ME A GAME OF POOL...PROBABLY GET MY CUM-UPPAPANCE.
10.15AM...OFF WE SET FOR FLINDERS CHASE NATIONAL PARK.
11.00AM...FLINDERS CHASE VISITORS CENTRE...YOU HAVE TO PAY TO GO ANY FURTHER.
11.35AM...REMARKABLE ROCKS...FUNNY SHAPED ROCKS...IRON LOOKING SCULPTURED ROCKS.
12.20PM...DU COUEDICE LIGHTHOUSE...BEEN STANDING SINCE 1800...LOOKS NEW!
12.45PM...ADMIRALS ARCH...HAD TO WALK ABOUT 1K...BUT WELL WORTH IT...ITS AN UGLY LOOKING ARCH OF ROCK WITH STALAGTITES...ALL THREE I MENTION ARE WORTH A LOOK IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO GO TO KANGAROO ISLAND...ITS A LOVELY PLACE.
2.00PM...BACK IN VAN...BOTH HUFFING AND PUFFING...BOTH NEED TO GET FIT...PLUS ITS COLD...AND WHEN ITS COLD I ACHE.
3.15PM...PARDANA...A SMALL FOUR SHOP VILLAGE ON THE WAY BACK TO KINGSCOTE.
3.25PM...WE BOUGHT HALF A CHICKEN AND FOUR ROLLS...GIRL WHO SERVED US SAID SHE LIVED ON WALLABIES AND KANGAROO MEAT...SHE CREEPS UP BEHIND THEM AND WOLLOPS THEM WITH A BASEBALL BAT...SHE SEEMED A NICE GIRL...BUT I KINDA DISLIKED HER AFTER THAT REVELATION...STILL,EVERYBODY TO THERE OWN!
4.30PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE...CHICKEN FILLED BUN/CUPPA TEA.
5.50PM...NU SEWING CURTAINS...I'M THOUGHTFUL.
7.00PM...SITTING IN VAN...ITS GONE COLD...SWEETS/CRISPS/NUTS...THEY TASTE SO GOOD...BUT AM I EATING OUTA BOREDOM?
7.40PM...READING SNIPPETS FROM NEWSPAPER...DRINKING WEAK WHISKEY...ADDED COKE.
9.00PM...SNUG AS A BUG IN OUR LITTLE VAN.
30.3.08.
8.50AM...ONLY GOT EMU BAY TO DO...SO NO HURRY.
9.25AM...CUPPA TEA/GINGER BISCUITS!...GOT NO BACON OR CORNFLAKES...OUCH.
9.50AM...SHOWER.
10.15AM...ANOTHER CUPPA.
10.30AM...NU WASHING SHEETS...SORTING MEDICINE/LOTION BOX...THE SUN IS OUT...BUT ITS NOT SO WARM.
11.05AM...FEELING HUNGRY...THINK WE SHOULD GO TO A CAFE IN VILLAGE FOR EATS.
11.30AM...STILL HUNGRY...NU STILL FIDGETING AROUND...TIDYING THINGS READY TO BE UNTIDIED...THATS HOW IT GOES IN VAN LIFE...NOTHING STAYS WHERE ITS MEANT TO BE...NU TAKING AGES!
11.55AM...COULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER...COOKING PASTA OUT OF A PACKET...CHEESE AND MUSHROOM...MEANT TO BE CREAMY...CREAMY IT IS NOT!...FILLED A GAP...I'VE ALWAYS BEEN EASY TO PLEASE.
12.40PM...FOODLAND SUPERMARKET...I'M NOT GOING WITHOUT BACON TOMORROW!...BOUGHT PORK AND CAULIFLOWER FOR LATER...YUMMY.
1.20PM...ON THE ROAD...HEADING FOR EMU BAY.
1.50PM...EMU BAY...HOUSES LOOK EXPENSIVE...LOVELY VIEWS...BEACH NOT SO WHITE...LOTTA SEAWEED.
2.15PM...SITTING IN VAN...CHEESE COBBING.
2.40PM...WALKING BEACH.
3.30PM...BACK IN VAN...GOTTA MAKE 'FOODLAND' BEFORE 4.00PM...FORGOT CHOCALATE!
3.58PM...FOODLAND.
4.02PM...WE HAVE CHOCALATE...ITS LIKE MILKTRAY...WE LOVE IT!
4.06PM...FOUR SQUARES EACH...STRAWBERRY...TURKISH DELIGHT...CARAMEL AND ORANGE.
4.25PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
4.35PM...CUPPA TEA.
4.55PM...NU SEWING AGAIN...ME FIDGETING.
6.10PM...PEELING SPUDS...PREPARING VEG...HAVING A BEER.
6.35PM...COOKING.
7.10PM...EATING.
7.30PM...WONDERFUL MEAL.
7.45PM...WASHING UP...NU BACK TO HER SEWING.
8.40PM...IN VAN...BETTER HAVE ANOTHER FOUR SQUARES...DON'T WANT CHOC GOING OFF!
8.50PM...FANCY A BRANDY MY LOVELY?
31.3.08.
8.00AM...HERE WE GO AGAIN.
8.20AM...CUPA TEA.
8.35AM...SHOWER.
9.00AM...ZEBO PACKING/VAN SORT.
9.40AM...BACON/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
10.50AM...IN VAN HEADING FOR FERRY PORT FOR BOAT TO TAKE US BACK TO THE MAINLAND.
11.10AM...GOT TICKETS...15 MINUTES TILL DEPARTURE...NU WANTS STAMPS...OFF WE ZOOM TO POST OFFICE.
11.15AM...OUSIDE POSTOFFICE...SHE SAYS SHE HASN'T FILLED IN THE ADDRESSES YET...WHERES THE ADDRESSES?...CAN'T FIND THE ADDESSES!
11.18AM...FOUND THE ADDRESSES.
11.21AM...NU IN POSTOFFICE.
11.26AM...NU COMES OUT OF POSTOFFICE...SHE'D FORGOT HER GLASSES...ONLY MANAGED TO FILL IN TWO CARDS.
11.32AM...WE MADE IT...LAST TO BOARD!
12.30PM...TIME GOING SLOW...BIT BORED...FINISHED CHOC.
1.30PM...BACK ON MAINLAND...NEXT STOP VIKTOR HARBOUR.
3.00PM...VIKTOR HARBOUR...BEER/CHEESE COB...BUT NOT REALLY WORTH STOPPING FOR...HAD A WALK ROUND.
4.20PM...BACK IN VAN...NEXT STOP GOOLWA...WE ARE GOING TO STAY WITH ROSS AND HELEN...FOLK WE MET ON KANGAROO ISLAND.
5.10PM...GOOLWA...WE PULL IN TO LOCAL SUPERMARKET CARPARK...NU IS GONNA PHONE ROSS AND HELEN FROM HERE...AND THEN COMING OUTA THE SUPERMARKET IS HELEN...ICE CREAM IN HAND...SHE LOVES IT...ICE CREAM FIEND.
5.30PM...FOLLOWING HER BACK TO THIER PLACE.
6.30PM...ON THIRD BEER...ROSS LIKES HIS BEER...NU AND HELEN ON CHAMPAGNE...HELEN LIKES HER CHAMPAGNE.
7.40PM...LOBSTER IN WONDERFUL SAUCE WITH SALAD.
8.05PM...MULLET[FISH]/MASHED SPUD/GARDEN PEAS...WASHED DOWN WITH RED WINE...APPARENTLY IT WAS A SPECIAL RED WINE...THEY ALL TASTE THE SAME TO ME!
9.00PM...PHOTO'S AND WAFFLE.
9.35PM...WILD TURKEY WHISKEY AND HONEY...ANOTHER OF ROSS'S FAVOURITES.
10.45PM...TIME FOR BED AND I'M READY FOR BED!
WONDERFUL DAY.
BYE FOR NOWZ.
Wednesday, 2 April 2008
AUSTRALIA....PART 6 OF MANY
22.3.08.
10.45AM...SLEPT WELL.
11.05AM...KETTLE ON.
11.15AM...CUPPA TEA.
11.30AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA.
12.05PM...SHAVE...STRUGGLED WITH BLUNT RAZOR...SHOWER.
12.40PM...BACON/MUSHROOM SANDWICH...CUPPA COFFEE.
2.00PM...NU RELAXING/READING...I WALKED INTO TOWN...NEED SPUDS...GOT FOUR LITRE BOX OF WINE/BOTTLE OF BRANDY/SIX BOTLES OF BEER AND A TOMATO.
3.10PM...BACK WITH NU AT HER BECK AND CALL.
4.00PM...NICE WINE.
5.00PM...VERY,VERY NICE WINE.
6.05PM...PEELING SPUDS...PREPARING CABBAGE AND CARROTS.
7.00PM...EXCELLENT MEAL...BEST WE'VE COOKED YET...DID PORK TO PERFECTION...3 SLICES OF BREAD WITH GRAVY...AWESOME!
8.00PM...STILL GOT HALF A BOX OF WINE LEFT...STILL TASTING GOOD...RADIO PLAYING SOME TUNES FROM FORGOTTEN ERA...ALL IS WELL IN OUR WORLD.
23.3.08.
9.10AM...UP WE GET...GONNA DO SOMETHING TODAY...TORN BETWEEN BAROSSA VALLEY[WINE REGION]...OR GLENEGL[SWIMMING/BEACH].
9.30AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.00AM...SHOWER.
10.30AM...BACON/MUSHROOM/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA COFFEE.
11.20AM...DEBATING WHAT TO DO...THE SUN IS OUT...WE BOTH FEEL LETHARGIC.
12.05PM...STILL DEBATING.
12.40PM...AFTER ANOTHER CUPPA WE DECIDE ON THE BAROSSA VALLEY.
1.35PM...IT WASN'T AS NEAR AS IT LOOKS ON THE MAP...NOTHING EVER DOES.
2.10PM...SPOTTED A SIGN...'CHEESE PLATTER' ...NEXT TO A SIGN SAYING'TREVOR JONES WINE'...I NEED CHEESE!
2.25PM...WINE TASTING...NU HAPPY...I'VE GOTTA TAKE IT EASY BECAUSE I'M DRIVING.
2.40PM...CHEESE/CHUTNEY/BISCUITS GOING DOWN WELL.
3.05PM...NU'S BOUGHT TWO BOTTLES...EXPENSIVE ONES AT THAT!
3.20PM...BACK IN VAN...DRIVING THRU JACOBS CREEK...WE ARE GONNA DO THE CIRCUIT.
3.50PM...STOP OFF AT SOME WINE STORE...THEY ARE EVERYWHERE...BOUGHT MYSELF A 4 LITRE BOX OF DRY RED.
4.05PM...DRIVING ON...TRAFFIC PILING UP BEHIND ME...I'VE BECOME A SUNDAY DRIVER...AM I GETTING OLD?
5.30PM...CIRCUIT COMPLETED...WELL NICE SCENERY...IF YOU DO COME TO OZ...COME TO ADELAIDE...ITS CLEAN AND KINDA SMILES AT YOU...AND THERES A FAIR BIT TO DO.
6.10PM...SITTING IN GAZEBO...CUPPA TEA.
7.00PM...PHONED MOTHER AND PAULINE.
7.45PM...RED RED WINE TASTES SO FINE!
8.20PM...RED RED WINE SO DIVINE...I MIGHT BECOME A POET...NOT SURE YET!...PEANUTS AND CRISPS...WE ARE HAVING A PARTY...RADIO PLAYING...EVERY TUNE AS SOMETHING...THEY ARE DOING THE OZ TOP 500 SONGS OVER EASTER...ACDC SOUND GOOD ALL THE TIME...FOR SOME REASON KYLIE SOUNDS ALRIGHT TOO!...THEY LIKE DURAN DURAN HERE...I THINK THATS THE THIRD SONG I HAVE HEARD BY THEM...HAVE OZ FOLK REALLY EVER CONTRIBUTED TO THE WORLD OF MUSIC?
9.00PM...RELAXED...BUT NEVER CONTENT...WE'VE RUN OUTA NUTS AND CRISPS!
24.3.08.
8.55AM...DON'T WANNA MOVE...HAPPY TO SLUMBER.
9.10AM...KETTLE ON.
9.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
9.50AM...SHAVE...I HAVE A NEW BLADE...SHOWER.
10.10AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES...THEY NEVER REALLY FILL ME.
11.00AM...BUS TO CENTRE OF ADELAIDE.
11.20AM...BUS TO GLENELG...JAM PACKED...TRAM OUTA ACTION...TRACK NEEDS FIXING...WHY DO IT OVER EASTER BANK HOLIDAY!?...VERY ENGLISH!
11.50AM...PUB.
1.00PM...TBONE STEAK/CHIPS/SALAD...BOTTLE OF COOPERS STOUT...NEAREST BEER YOU CAN GET TO A PINT OF BITTER.
2.30PM...WALKING BEACH FRONT...WEATHER COOLED.
3.40PM...PUB.
4.45PM...BACK ON BUS TO WALKERVILLE...WHERE CAMPSITE IS.
5.35PM...PANCAKES...OUT OF A PLASTIC BOTTLE...WISH I HADN'T BOTHERED.
6.40PM...TIME TO FINISH WINE...RADIO PLAYING...THEY'VE FINISHED THE TOP OZ 500...WE WERE NOT HERE FOR THE FINAL COUNTDOWN...SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER ONE WAS...ITS ALL SO IRRATATING!
9.00PM...ANOTHER DAY SORTED...GONE CHILLY.
10.00PM...HALF ASLEEP...NEED TO SLEEP.
25.3.08
7.50AM...ANOTHER DAY...ON THE MOVE AGAIN.
8.05AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.20AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
8.40AM...CUPA TEA/CORNFLAKES...FANCY PORRIDGE.
9.10AM...PACKING UP ZEBO[GAZEBO].
9.40AM...VAN LOOKS MORE PACKED THAN USUAL.
10.00AM...SAID OUR FAREWELLS...OFF WE SET.
10.30AM...DRIVING ON RING ROAD AROUND ADELAIDE...LOADSA TRAFFIC LIGHTS...GOTTA FIND A13.
11.10AM...A13...HOW MANY MORE TRAFFIC LIGHTS!
11.40AM...CHRISTIE BAY/BEACH...NU WANTS TO HAVE A LOOK.
12.25PM...SHOPPING CENTRE...NEED POST OFFICE...SUPERMARKET...BREAD/CHEESE.
1.10PM...SITTING IN VAN ON CARPARK...FRENCH STICK/CHEESE/CAN OF SPRITE...TASTE BUDS TINGLING.
1.50PM...OFF WE GO...WE GONNA TAKE THE A15...COASTAL ROAD...ITS VERY BLUSTETRY,GUSTY,WINDY...TAKING IT STEADY.
3.00PM...DRIVING DOWN LAZY LANES TOWARDS FERRY POINT FOR KANGAROO ISLAND.
3.30PM...SPOT SIGN FOR KANGAROO ISLAND FERRY...NO MORE SAILINGS TILL TOMORROW...8.30AM.
4.00PM...SEARCHING FOR CAMPSITE.
4.15PM...TWO SEASONS CAMPSITE...ITS A BIT BLEAK...YOU CAN HEAR THE SEA...ONLY TWO OTHER PEOPLE STAYING THERE...IT'LL DO.
5.00PM...NU COOKING...TOMATO/ONION/MINCE/PEPPER/PASTA...I'M MAKING THE CUPPA TEA.
5.45PM...VERY PLEASANT MEAL...DID TO MUCH PASTA MIND.
6.40PM...ON JETTY...WATCHING THE CRASHING WAVES...QUITE ROMANTIC!
7.35PM...GONE COLD...BACK IN VAN...BRANDY IN HAND.
26.3.08.
6.00AM...ALARM.
6.15AM...KETTLE ON.
6.25AM...SHOWER.
6.40AM...LOVELY CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
7.00AM...VAN IN A MESS...HAVE TO SORT IT LATER.
7.30AM...FERRY PORT HERE WE COME.
8.05AM...IN QUEUE TO BOARD.
8.30AM...BOAT ONTHE MOVE.
9.05AM...BACON/EGG BUN...CUPPA COFFEE...PRICEY BUT WELL NICE.
9.30AM...BOAT ROCKING...NOT KEEN ON FERRY TRIPS.
9.45AM...SEMI DOZED/HALF ASLEEP.
10.40AM...ANNOUNCEMENT...10 MINS TO KINGSCOTE[KANGAROO PORT].
11.00AM...IN VAN WAITING TO DRIVE OFF FERRY.
11.55AM...BROWNLOWS CAMPSITE...OLD BUT TIDY...VERY GREEN...BOOKED TWO NIGHTS...MAY STAY LONGER.
12.30PM...ZEBO IN POSITION.
1.00PM...CUPPA COFFEE.
1.30PM...EVERYTHING COMING OUTA VAN...NEEDS A GOOD CLEAN.
2.00PM...ONE CORNER OF THE BED IS LOOKING WEAK...NEED A PIECE OF WOOD TO STABILISE IT.
2.10PM...SEARCHING CAMPSITE FOR WOOD.
2.20PM...ITS FUNNY BUT TRUE...I ALWAYS FIND WHAT I WANT.
2.35PM...ASK CHAP IN SITE OFFICE IF HE AS A SAW I CAN BORROW...HE SAYS HE'LL POWER SAW IT FOR ME...JOLLY DECENT CHAPS THESE OZZIES!...THANKS MATE.
2.55PM...BED STABLE...NU REPAIRING MATTRESS...LONG STITCH.
3.25PM...NU GONE FOR SHOWER...I'VE DELEGATED MYSELF TO PUT EVERYTHING BACK IN VAN...WELL ITS FOR THE BEST...THEN I KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS...PLUS I KNOW WHAT WE NEED IMMEDIATLY AND WHAT CAN DISAPPEAR FOR A WHILE.
4.10PM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
4.30PM...HAVING A BEER.
4.50PM...IN VAN.
5.15PM...PELICAN FEEDING AT KINGSCOTE BAY...NU CAMERA HAPPY.
6.05PM...WISTERIA LODGE...STEAK NIGHT...WE ARE A BIT EARLY...DOESN'T KICK OFF TILL 6.30PM.
6.50PM...GLORIOUSLY LARGE STEAK/CHIPS/SALAD...NU HAVING FISH...KING GEORGE WHITING...BOTTLE OF ROSE.
8.05PM...BACK IN VAN.
8.15PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
8.40PM...SITTING AT TABLE AT BACK OF VAN...TO COLD OUTSIDE.
9.00PM...READING NEWSPAPER...TERRY PRATCHETT AS ALTZHEIMERS...SAD...WONDERFUL SATIRICAL INTELLEGENCE...I COULD HAVE BEEN TERRY...PROBABLY NOT...I COULD HAVE BEEN KEN FOLLET...AN IMMENSE KNOWLEDGE...PROBABLY NOT...FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN BY MITCH ALBOM...I WISH I HAD WRITTEN THAT...I COULD HAVE BEEN JK ROWLING...BUT I'VE GOT A WILLIE BETWEEN MY LEGS!
27.3.08.
9.30...ITS BEEN RAINING ALL NIGHT...IT DON'T HALF MAKE A NOISE AGAINST THE VAN.
9.45AM...KETTLE ON.
10.05AM...SHOWER.
10.20AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.45AM...ANOTHER CUPPA/CORNFLAKES.
11.35AM...WE SET OFF FOR PENNESHAW.
12.20PM...PENNESHAW?...POST OFFICE/SUPERMARKET/3 RESTUARANTS...WE THOUGHT IT WAS A MAIN TOWN!
12.40PM...HAVING A LOOKAT THE BEACH...CAN'T FIND FRENCHMANS ROCK...APPARENTLY WAY BACK...18 CENTURY...WHEN THE FRENCH NAVY ARRIVED THEY ALL CARVED THERE NAMES ON THIS BOULDER.
1.50PM...BACK IN VAN...ITS A WET DAY...WE ARE GONNA TAKE A SLOW DRIVE BACK TO KINGSCOTE...NU LIKES A SLOW DRIVE.
3.10PM...KINGSCOTE...ATM...SUPERMARKET.
4.05PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE...WE HAVEN'T DONE MUCH TODAY...NIETHER OF US FELT LIKE DOING ANYTHING.
5.30PM...HIPPY DISH WITH POTATOES.
6.30PM...CHATTING WITH FELLOW TRAVELLERS...DRINKING WINE.
28.3.08.
8.00AM...TIME TO MOVE...WE ARE HEADING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND TODAY.
8.15AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
8.40AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
9.25AM...ZEBO BEING DISMANTLED...WE ARE GETTING INTO A RYTHM...SO ITS GETTING EASIER...PLUS THE VAN IS SORTED TO OUR LIKING...SO WE ARE FINDING IT EASIER TO PUT THINGS AWAY.
10.00AM...OFF WE SET...DARK SKIES ABOVE.
11.10AM...SEAL BAY.
11.15AM...GUIDED TOUR OF SEALS SLUMBERING...PUPS PLAYFULLY FIGHTING...NU HAPPY SNAPPING...BOUGHT TWO BOOKS...THIS VAN WILL SOON BE A MOBILE LIBRARY!
12.05PM...OFF WE SET FOR FLINDERS CHASE.
1.00PM...FLINDERS CHASE...A CAMPSITE SET IN A WOODED AREA.
1.30PM...KOALA WALK...ONLY SAW ONE KOALA...LOADSA WALLABIES.
2.30PM...BACON/MUSHROOM/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
3.00PM...HAVE MET TWO OZZIES...ROSS AND HELEN...HAVING A BEER OR THREE...NU ON CHAMPAGNE.
5.00PM...ITS GETTING COLD.
6.05PM...IN CAMPERS KITCHEN.
6.40PM...PORK/CAULI/SPUDS/GRAVY...WONDERFUL.
7.30PM...STILL GASSING WITH ROSS AND HELEN...THEY WANT US TO COME AND VISIT THEM AT THERE HOME IN GOOLWA...FINISHING WINE.
10.00PM...I'M A BIT WOBBLY...TIME TO HIT THE PILLOW.
NICE WINE.
BYE FOR NOWZ.
10.45AM...SLEPT WELL.
11.05AM...KETTLE ON.
11.15AM...CUPPA TEA.
11.30AM...ANOTHER CUPPA TEA.
12.05PM...SHAVE...STRUGGLED WITH BLUNT RAZOR...SHOWER.
12.40PM...BACON/MUSHROOM SANDWICH...CUPPA COFFEE.
2.00PM...NU RELAXING/READING...I WALKED INTO TOWN...NEED SPUDS...GOT FOUR LITRE BOX OF WINE/BOTTLE OF BRANDY/SIX BOTLES OF BEER AND A TOMATO.
3.10PM...BACK WITH NU AT HER BECK AND CALL.
4.00PM...NICE WINE.
5.00PM...VERY,VERY NICE WINE.
6.05PM...PEELING SPUDS...PREPARING CABBAGE AND CARROTS.
7.00PM...EXCELLENT MEAL...BEST WE'VE COOKED YET...DID PORK TO PERFECTION...3 SLICES OF BREAD WITH GRAVY...AWESOME!
8.00PM...STILL GOT HALF A BOX OF WINE LEFT...STILL TASTING GOOD...RADIO PLAYING SOME TUNES FROM FORGOTTEN ERA...ALL IS WELL IN OUR WORLD.
23.3.08.
9.10AM...UP WE GET...GONNA DO SOMETHING TODAY...TORN BETWEEN BAROSSA VALLEY[WINE REGION]...OR GLENEGL[SWIMMING/BEACH].
9.30AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.00AM...SHOWER.
10.30AM...BACON/MUSHROOM/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA COFFEE.
11.20AM...DEBATING WHAT TO DO...THE SUN IS OUT...WE BOTH FEEL LETHARGIC.
12.05PM...STILL DEBATING.
12.40PM...AFTER ANOTHER CUPPA WE DECIDE ON THE BAROSSA VALLEY.
1.35PM...IT WASN'T AS NEAR AS IT LOOKS ON THE MAP...NOTHING EVER DOES.
2.10PM...SPOTTED A SIGN...'CHEESE PLATTER' ...NEXT TO A SIGN SAYING'TREVOR JONES WINE'...I NEED CHEESE!
2.25PM...WINE TASTING...NU HAPPY...I'VE GOTTA TAKE IT EASY BECAUSE I'M DRIVING.
2.40PM...CHEESE/CHUTNEY/BISCUITS GOING DOWN WELL.
3.05PM...NU'S BOUGHT TWO BOTTLES...EXPENSIVE ONES AT THAT!
3.20PM...BACK IN VAN...DRIVING THRU JACOBS CREEK...WE ARE GONNA DO THE CIRCUIT.
3.50PM...STOP OFF AT SOME WINE STORE...THEY ARE EVERYWHERE...BOUGHT MYSELF A 4 LITRE BOX OF DRY RED.
4.05PM...DRIVING ON...TRAFFIC PILING UP BEHIND ME...I'VE BECOME A SUNDAY DRIVER...AM I GETTING OLD?
5.30PM...CIRCUIT COMPLETED...WELL NICE SCENERY...IF YOU DO COME TO OZ...COME TO ADELAIDE...ITS CLEAN AND KINDA SMILES AT YOU...AND THERES A FAIR BIT TO DO.
6.10PM...SITTING IN GAZEBO...CUPPA TEA.
7.00PM...PHONED MOTHER AND PAULINE.
7.45PM...RED RED WINE TASTES SO FINE!
8.20PM...RED RED WINE SO DIVINE...I MIGHT BECOME A POET...NOT SURE YET!...PEANUTS AND CRISPS...WE ARE HAVING A PARTY...RADIO PLAYING...EVERY TUNE AS SOMETHING...THEY ARE DOING THE OZ TOP 500 SONGS OVER EASTER...ACDC SOUND GOOD ALL THE TIME...FOR SOME REASON KYLIE SOUNDS ALRIGHT TOO!...THEY LIKE DURAN DURAN HERE...I THINK THATS THE THIRD SONG I HAVE HEARD BY THEM...HAVE OZ FOLK REALLY EVER CONTRIBUTED TO THE WORLD OF MUSIC?
9.00PM...RELAXED...BUT NEVER CONTENT...WE'VE RUN OUTA NUTS AND CRISPS!
24.3.08.
8.55AM...DON'T WANNA MOVE...HAPPY TO SLUMBER.
9.10AM...KETTLE ON.
9.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
9.50AM...SHAVE...I HAVE A NEW BLADE...SHOWER.
10.10AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES...THEY NEVER REALLY FILL ME.
11.00AM...BUS TO CENTRE OF ADELAIDE.
11.20AM...BUS TO GLENELG...JAM PACKED...TRAM OUTA ACTION...TRACK NEEDS FIXING...WHY DO IT OVER EASTER BANK HOLIDAY!?...VERY ENGLISH!
11.50AM...PUB.
1.00PM...TBONE STEAK/CHIPS/SALAD...BOTTLE OF COOPERS STOUT...NEAREST BEER YOU CAN GET TO A PINT OF BITTER.
2.30PM...WALKING BEACH FRONT...WEATHER COOLED.
3.40PM...PUB.
4.45PM...BACK ON BUS TO WALKERVILLE...WHERE CAMPSITE IS.
5.35PM...PANCAKES...OUT OF A PLASTIC BOTTLE...WISH I HADN'T BOTHERED.
6.40PM...TIME TO FINISH WINE...RADIO PLAYING...THEY'VE FINISHED THE TOP OZ 500...WE WERE NOT HERE FOR THE FINAL COUNTDOWN...SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER ONE WAS...ITS ALL SO IRRATATING!
9.00PM...ANOTHER DAY SORTED...GONE CHILLY.
10.00PM...HALF ASLEEP...NEED TO SLEEP.
25.3.08
7.50AM...ANOTHER DAY...ON THE MOVE AGAIN.
8.05AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.20AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
8.40AM...CUPA TEA/CORNFLAKES...FANCY PORRIDGE.
9.10AM...PACKING UP ZEBO[GAZEBO].
9.40AM...VAN LOOKS MORE PACKED THAN USUAL.
10.00AM...SAID OUR FAREWELLS...OFF WE SET.
10.30AM...DRIVING ON RING ROAD AROUND ADELAIDE...LOADSA TRAFFIC LIGHTS...GOTTA FIND A13.
11.10AM...A13...HOW MANY MORE TRAFFIC LIGHTS!
11.40AM...CHRISTIE BAY/BEACH...NU WANTS TO HAVE A LOOK.
12.25PM...SHOPPING CENTRE...NEED POST OFFICE...SUPERMARKET...BREAD/CHEESE.
1.10PM...SITTING IN VAN ON CARPARK...FRENCH STICK/CHEESE/CAN OF SPRITE...TASTE BUDS TINGLING.
1.50PM...OFF WE GO...WE GONNA TAKE THE A15...COASTAL ROAD...ITS VERY BLUSTETRY,GUSTY,WINDY...TAKING IT STEADY.
3.00PM...DRIVING DOWN LAZY LANES TOWARDS FERRY POINT FOR KANGAROO ISLAND.
3.30PM...SPOT SIGN FOR KANGAROO ISLAND FERRY...NO MORE SAILINGS TILL TOMORROW...8.30AM.
4.00PM...SEARCHING FOR CAMPSITE.
4.15PM...TWO SEASONS CAMPSITE...ITS A BIT BLEAK...YOU CAN HEAR THE SEA...ONLY TWO OTHER PEOPLE STAYING THERE...IT'LL DO.
5.00PM...NU COOKING...TOMATO/ONION/MINCE/PEPPER/PASTA...I'M MAKING THE CUPPA TEA.
5.45PM...VERY PLEASANT MEAL...DID TO MUCH PASTA MIND.
6.40PM...ON JETTY...WATCHING THE CRASHING WAVES...QUITE ROMANTIC!
7.35PM...GONE COLD...BACK IN VAN...BRANDY IN HAND.
26.3.08.
6.00AM...ALARM.
6.15AM...KETTLE ON.
6.25AM...SHOWER.
6.40AM...LOVELY CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
7.00AM...VAN IN A MESS...HAVE TO SORT IT LATER.
7.30AM...FERRY PORT HERE WE COME.
8.05AM...IN QUEUE TO BOARD.
8.30AM...BOAT ONTHE MOVE.
9.05AM...BACON/EGG BUN...CUPPA COFFEE...PRICEY BUT WELL NICE.
9.30AM...BOAT ROCKING...NOT KEEN ON FERRY TRIPS.
9.45AM...SEMI DOZED/HALF ASLEEP.
10.40AM...ANNOUNCEMENT...10 MINS TO KINGSCOTE[KANGAROO PORT].
11.00AM...IN VAN WAITING TO DRIVE OFF FERRY.
11.55AM...BROWNLOWS CAMPSITE...OLD BUT TIDY...VERY GREEN...BOOKED TWO NIGHTS...MAY STAY LONGER.
12.30PM...ZEBO IN POSITION.
1.00PM...CUPPA COFFEE.
1.30PM...EVERYTHING COMING OUTA VAN...NEEDS A GOOD CLEAN.
2.00PM...ONE CORNER OF THE BED IS LOOKING WEAK...NEED A PIECE OF WOOD TO STABILISE IT.
2.10PM...SEARCHING CAMPSITE FOR WOOD.
2.20PM...ITS FUNNY BUT TRUE...I ALWAYS FIND WHAT I WANT.
2.35PM...ASK CHAP IN SITE OFFICE IF HE AS A SAW I CAN BORROW...HE SAYS HE'LL POWER SAW IT FOR ME...JOLLY DECENT CHAPS THESE OZZIES!...THANKS MATE.
2.55PM...BED STABLE...NU REPAIRING MATTRESS...LONG STITCH.
3.25PM...NU GONE FOR SHOWER...I'VE DELEGATED MYSELF TO PUT EVERYTHING BACK IN VAN...WELL ITS FOR THE BEST...THEN I KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS...PLUS I KNOW WHAT WE NEED IMMEDIATLY AND WHAT CAN DISAPPEAR FOR A WHILE.
4.10PM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
4.30PM...HAVING A BEER.
4.50PM...IN VAN.
5.15PM...PELICAN FEEDING AT KINGSCOTE BAY...NU CAMERA HAPPY.
6.05PM...WISTERIA LODGE...STEAK NIGHT...WE ARE A BIT EARLY...DOESN'T KICK OFF TILL 6.30PM.
6.50PM...GLORIOUSLY LARGE STEAK/CHIPS/SALAD...NU HAVING FISH...KING GEORGE WHITING...BOTTLE OF ROSE.
8.05PM...BACK IN VAN.
8.15PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
8.40PM...SITTING AT TABLE AT BACK OF VAN...TO COLD OUTSIDE.
9.00PM...READING NEWSPAPER...TERRY PRATCHETT AS ALTZHEIMERS...SAD...WONDERFUL SATIRICAL INTELLEGENCE...I COULD HAVE BEEN TERRY...PROBABLY NOT...I COULD HAVE BEEN KEN FOLLET...AN IMMENSE KNOWLEDGE...PROBABLY NOT...FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN BY MITCH ALBOM...I WISH I HAD WRITTEN THAT...I COULD HAVE BEEN JK ROWLING...BUT I'VE GOT A WILLIE BETWEEN MY LEGS!
27.3.08.
9.30...ITS BEEN RAINING ALL NIGHT...IT DON'T HALF MAKE A NOISE AGAINST THE VAN.
9.45AM...KETTLE ON.
10.05AM...SHOWER.
10.20AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.45AM...ANOTHER CUPPA/CORNFLAKES.
11.35AM...WE SET OFF FOR PENNESHAW.
12.20PM...PENNESHAW?...POST OFFICE/SUPERMARKET/3 RESTUARANTS...WE THOUGHT IT WAS A MAIN TOWN!
12.40PM...HAVING A LOOKAT THE BEACH...CAN'T FIND FRENCHMANS ROCK...APPARENTLY WAY BACK...18 CENTURY...WHEN THE FRENCH NAVY ARRIVED THEY ALL CARVED THERE NAMES ON THIS BOULDER.
1.50PM...BACK IN VAN...ITS A WET DAY...WE ARE GONNA TAKE A SLOW DRIVE BACK TO KINGSCOTE...NU LIKES A SLOW DRIVE.
3.10PM...KINGSCOTE...ATM...SUPERMARKET.
4.05PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE...WE HAVEN'T DONE MUCH TODAY...NIETHER OF US FELT LIKE DOING ANYTHING.
5.30PM...HIPPY DISH WITH POTATOES.
6.30PM...CHATTING WITH FELLOW TRAVELLERS...DRINKING WINE.
28.3.08.
8.00AM...TIME TO MOVE...WE ARE HEADING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND TODAY.
8.15AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
8.40AM...CUPPA TEA/CORNFLAKES.
9.25AM...ZEBO BEING DISMANTLED...WE ARE GETTING INTO A RYTHM...SO ITS GETTING EASIER...PLUS THE VAN IS SORTED TO OUR LIKING...SO WE ARE FINDING IT EASIER TO PUT THINGS AWAY.
10.00AM...OFF WE SET...DARK SKIES ABOVE.
11.10AM...SEAL BAY.
11.15AM...GUIDED TOUR OF SEALS SLUMBERING...PUPS PLAYFULLY FIGHTING...NU HAPPY SNAPPING...BOUGHT TWO BOOKS...THIS VAN WILL SOON BE A MOBILE LIBRARY!
12.05PM...OFF WE SET FOR FLINDERS CHASE.
1.00PM...FLINDERS CHASE...A CAMPSITE SET IN A WOODED AREA.
1.30PM...KOALA WALK...ONLY SAW ONE KOALA...LOADSA WALLABIES.
2.30PM...BACON/MUSHROOM/TOMATO SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
3.00PM...HAVE MET TWO OZZIES...ROSS AND HELEN...HAVING A BEER OR THREE...NU ON CHAMPAGNE.
5.00PM...ITS GETTING COLD.
6.05PM...IN CAMPERS KITCHEN.
6.40PM...PORK/CAULI/SPUDS/GRAVY...WONDERFUL.
7.30PM...STILL GASSING WITH ROSS AND HELEN...THEY WANT US TO COME AND VISIT THEM AT THERE HOME IN GOOLWA...FINISHING WINE.
10.00PM...I'M A BIT WOBBLY...TIME TO HIT THE PILLOW.
NICE WINE.
BYE FOR NOWZ.
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