Blogs from Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 2

29TH September 2t i012, Packed up the campsite after making Alyssa a pancake breakfast for her 11th birthday. Decided to accept Kylie and Quentin on their generous offer to celebrate Alyssa's birthday at their house and spend the night. Yeah!!! running water and long showers was the words expressed by Princess Sasha. Arrived at the Stein house and was greeted by the beautiful girls, Grace, Lily, Anais, Eve and georgeous Jonah. Special thanks to the Stein's for making my baby girls birthday such a memorable one.... read more

27TH September 2012 Woke up this morning to the sound of the Murrumbidgee River flowing at Oura Beach Reserve camping grounds. Just 20km out of Wagga Wagga and a picturesque view. Enjoyed breakfast before we went or a walk around the campgrounds. Made Malaysian noodles with egg and scones for lunch. I am not going without the modern ammentities and good food. Camping the Nicoll style. The weather however turned nasty in the early evening, it stormed and rained with such strong wind. I thought our roof top tents were going to fly away (luckily they are attached to the car). Two more days till my baby's (Alyssa) birthday.... read more

Left Ballarat after a fairly horrendous night. A storm began just as we were going to bed. We have been in heavy rain before while in the van and it has never been a problem, however this night it was. The old tin can has sprung a leak. As Ian was Lying in bed he had a constant drip, drip, drip on his chest and Xavier had water just seeping into his bed via the back wall. So some major moving around had to be done. Ian removed the table and set up a bed on the floor. I slept with the baking dish, collecting the water and waking every so often when a big splash made it to my face or the remant odours of baked dinners long gone wafted across the bed. Poor Xav ... read more

Continuing on from the last edition - late August. 21st August was the day of the Federal Election. We both worked as polling booth attendants at Eden Marine High School. This was a very interesting job, though tiring at the end of a long day. We’ll line up for the next election…whenever that is. Mel, Gareth and Maya returned home from Europe towards the end of August. We stayed on for another 10 days and therefore were still down the south coast when it was buffeted by gale-force winds and many roads were blocked by fallen trees. We were quite sheltered and were able to enjoy cooking a camp-oven roast in the back yard. After enjoying Fathers day with family, we departed the following day. It was hard to leave but we had been there for ... read more

DAY 389 Andy was up and out first, I was snug and warm in bed, I could not see the sunshine as we had all the flaps closed on the tent to keep warm last night, I cannot believe how cold it was last night. I got up at about 7.30, the birds were tweeting, I could see a glimmer of sunshine on the canvas and could hear Andy in the camp kitchen chatting to someone on Skype, I knew it was on Skype as I could only hear one person talking, he was chatting to his sister Jane. Wow the first day of summer and we are sat in the camp kitchen wearing a fleece, the sun is shining but the morning is cool, the sky looks full of promise today with barely a cloud ... read more