This early start to the day is becoming habitual now, this morning was another 6.00 wake up. Andy was already up and banging away at the keys on the laptop writing up yesterdays blog. Earlier Andy had released the awning pole from the front of the bedroom as the sun was shining directly onto the bed and it was already an exceptionally hot day, there was no breeze at all. That made it much more bearable for a short time, before finally giving in and getting out of bed for a welcome shower. We left to go to Starbucks at 7.30; this also is becoming a bit habitual, a morning coffee and the Internet. We wanted to finish updating the blogs that we uploaded last night and see who was around on Skype. My sister in ... read more

In our infancy of off road driving yesterdays nightmare proved to be a wake up call to us to realise how geared up we needed to be for something that the Aussie’s take for granted. When they go out in their 4WD they have snatch ropes, shovels, air compressors, tyre gauges, 2 spare wheels. They fully understand tide times and how to drive on the sand. Even though we got out of such a difficulty and though not worried about our safety just felt, that maybe we had bitten off more than we could chew. So we convinced ourselves it would be better to ‘get back on the horse’ (one for you Babs!) I said to Andy we had to get back out there and try it and put into practice the things that we learned ... read more

A busy start to the day heralded that today was moving out day from the apartment, after completing some chores we finished our packing. We had to go and get the number plate for the trailer, as we mentioned before the truck and the trailer have different registration plates. We packed all our stuff and had purchased some storage boxes that would be useful when packing up the camper trailer, and when it came to moving the stuff from the apartment to the trailer our theory was confirmed. It al had to be packed logically for obvious reasons. The trailer was finally hitched to the truck, and we were off, our first stop was back to Camping Country to exchange a light we had purchased and to collect the awning, that we forgot to put in, ... read more

It was quite an uneventful day today, after the circus of buying the truck, sorting out our roof top tent vs. the trailer, having the interview at Australia Zoo and on and on. We didn’t feel the need to race around, but just to have a couple of days reviewing what we have done, how far we have got and getting this adventure where we both need it to be. The bread had gone over this morning, no muffins and we couldn’t have a lamington cake, well not before cereal anyway. The only problem with cereal and I am a lover of crunchy nut cornflakes is that in this heat the honey that coats each golden flake basically galvanises itself together, so if you can get them out of the box without the aide of an ... read more

In the early hours of this morning (2.30) Caroline woke me us suggested she would like me to go and see who was breaking in to the bedroom. Being a modern man I jumped at the chance and bounded out of bed and headed towards the window only to see a Possum sitting on the ledge outside. As I couldn’t see any evidence of crowbar or any other implements of breaking and entering I went back to bed, after watching the little furry creature bound away in to a nearby tree. I was pleased to see Caroline fall back to sleep immediately whilst I took at least an hour. Just in case you were wondering about the title of todays blog entry - It’s the first day of Australian summertime! After the usual shower, shave and ... read more