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4-5-10 Tuesday Off to Mildura today about 140 km . Booked into the Buronga Riverside Caravan Park, which is a great park on 23 acres, we are lucky we got river front sites. But it has turned very cold. On the way to Mildura we ran into a dust storm & it is coming in to town, you can hardly see anything & the car is covered in red dirt. Poor Jakes leg Is playing up again & he needs to go to the vet, as well as Jessie as she Is coughing with her heart. Early night as it is cold. Wednesday 5-5-10 We did some washing & took Jessie to the vet, she has a 5-6 grade heart murmur & has been put on a heart medication $138 per 50 days , oh well she’s worth it. Then we went & got the cars wheel alignment done , got two new chairs as I nearly ended up in the river, doing a summersault at Renmark (just a sore neck luckily) , went to Centrelink & came back & cooked tea for everyone. We had a great night with Tony & Cheryl. Poor Jake has hip displacement & Arthritis so
he has to be kept quiet & has to have injections weekly for the next 3 weeks. Thursday 6-5-10 Den went to get the car rego check done & I cleaned the van & washed the girls, went shopping , ready to go again tomorrow. We have to have the van in for a service at 9am tomorrow, so we are packing up as much as we can this avo. We had great fun feeding mother, father & 8 chick ducks this afternoon. We went out for tea ( our last supper ) with Tony & Cheryl as we leave them tomorrow, we had a great time. 7-5-10 Friday, up early & said goodbye to Tony, Cheryl & Jake & then off to Hall’s Jayco to get the van serviced & things fixed. They were very good & changed locks, fixed the leak in the loo door, adjusted the main door latch, checked everything over & did the service. The other things needed parts & we will get them done at Nowra. We filled in the morning, seeing a few things at Mildura & had a coffee & we ran into Cheryl & Tony again. We said goodbye & got
on the road again after picking up the van. We got to Balranald & stayed just out of town at camp site 796 Yanga Creek , a good site by the river & not too close to the road. Den set up the satellite dish so he could watch the football test. We went & had drinks with another couple that we had met at Mildura, then we got tea & Den watched the footy. We have an early start tomorrow as we want to see if we can be home for Sunday, Mothers Day to surprise everyone. 8-5-10 Saturday Happy Birthday Margy, have a good day .Left at 7.30 am & we had lots of fog for the first hour, then it cleared to a nice warm day & we hit some Locusts. We went through Hay, Narrandera, Wagga Wagga then onto the Hume Highway, all duel road, to Gundagai & Goulburn where we were getting tired & tried to find a free spot. We got to Moss Vale & saw a caravan park & pulled in there for the night. A long day 725 km . 9-5-10 Sunday Happy Mothers Day to all you Mum’s. We left at
9.15 am , feeling excited about seeing the family again. We went down Macquarie Pass, a very steep & winding narrow road, with a lot of U bends, but we made it & just our brakes got a bit hot. We got to Jim & Merry’s & parked the van around the corner, I wished I had the camera, we met Jim in the driveway & he was surprised , then we sneaked into the kitchen & we just hugged & hugged each other. (I am sure by the end of the week we will have sore gums from talking) After phone calls from our boys & the grandkids , which was nice , we all sat talking. We then inspected their new van & car (very nice) & then Dad, Ivy & Dean arrived & we hid in the van, they were so surprised I was hoping that we did not give them a heart attack. The dogs remembered everyone & made a big fuss. After that we talked & talked & Merry had made a really delicious lunch & we all had a great time catching up. Dad & Ivy left & then poor Jim had to turn
his van around, but all ended well & we fitted in nicely in the driveway. We had happy hour & then went to bed . Good to be back, will have to make heaps of phone calls tomorrow. We have done 37,000 km so far.
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