Day 106 I woke up annoyed that the alarm had not gone off, that Caroline was supposed to set for 5.00am. I had had the most dreadful nights sleep, the mother of all arguments had been going on in the distance and I thought that may be a fight had was in progress or even worse. I shook Caroline and announced it was time to get up, she looked at her watch and said it was half past four, Whoops!! I got out of bed and put the kettle on, and beetled about, Caroline went back to sleep for half an hour as I stayed out of the way. We had packed a lot of our stuff away last night, so only had the trailer to pack and all the awning sheets that go on the ... read more

DAY 105 We are both feeling relaxed on this journey, it has probably taken some time to settle into a bit of a routine in what we are doing and get organised. I guess for the both of us working in Project Management we seem to keep thinking of ways to improve what we do and how we do things, but whichever way you look at it this journey is an exciting adventure and is to be enjoyed, albeit relaxed, one thing we do not want to do is lie around all day. So a little late out of bed again this morning, not a problem, as we are not doing too much today, just a little bit of prep for Tasmania. Last night Andy promised me a breakfast of Eggy Bread, it kept me awake ... read more

Day 103 We had completed most of the blog yesterday evening for publishing today, so when I got up at around 7.00 it was kettle on, then boot the laptop up, this gives me a good jump on the day before Caroline gets up. Caroline went to have her shower, however within seconds of going Caroline was back, asking for my camera, explaining that there was a big spider in the ladies shower room she thought it maybe a wolf spider, or something like it so wanted to take a photo. Showing me the picture I was not certain, so Caroline bravely went and had her shower and said when she approached it reared its two front legs up, which I think is just a defence mechanism. C: I have to say that if any of ... read more

Day 101 Today we packed up the trailer ready to leave the campsite, the weather again was cold with a slight drizzle, not the weather we want nor like. Most sites you have to be off by 10.00 am which wasn’t a problem, but that meant dragging the trailer through the city centre. We had all day, to amuse ourselves, however we were heading back to Woodstock later to see Robert and Helen, because today Susan returns from Africa for 6 weeks, she has not been home for nearly 2 years. Caroline and myself, love technological things, Science etc, so today we were off the CSIRO discovery centre. CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world. The Discovery ... read more

Day 99 The last thing I remember Helen saying last night is that she wanted to have a little lie in on Saturday morning, as there were no sheep to feed. I was out of bed at 7.00am and wandered in to the kitchen, Robert and Helen were both there, and Helen had said she had woken up at 4.00am and had not been able to get back to sleep and was shattered. We sat around a little and had tea; Robert asked if I would let the dogs off, which ones should I let off? Oh, Toby, Wally and Trixie, but leave Kimba and Tiny in their huge pen, and Jack was still on his cushion feigning it on the veranda. Helen asked if she could use one of the Toyota’s to take some stuff ... read more