Day 39 - Coldstream
Monday, 2 December 2013
Catching up with Dita :) and then off to get the DMax serviced.
Radio Ham [Map] | Engine him no speak broom broom! [Map] |
Day 40 - Vista
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Went to see the Vista RV people today.
Well, we have bitten the bullet. After spending nearly 3 hours with Lou, who showed us around, workshop as well, answered all our questions, we went into the office to sign on the dotted line. In the corner of the office was a playpen with a large pouch tied up at one end, yep inside a Joey inside. Unfortunately the Vista doesn't come with one.
Only frustrating thing, there is a waiting list until May. Never mind give us time to organise ourselves to sell our Travelander. That will be a sad day, it has served us well, but no longer meets our needs for living nearly full time on the road.
Exciting times.
The new home (next year) [Map] |
Day 42 - Mona and Emile
Thursday, 5 December 2013
This is certainly a catch up with old friends. HH drove us to the far side of Melbourne to see Mona and Emile. Mona and I went to school together, it has been 40 years!!
Haven't got the words to describe this day. How do you catch up on 40 years? Mona also had friends/family coming around for a BBQ. They had come from UK for a wedding. It was lovely to meet the extended family.
We had lots in common with Emile having grown up in Lebanon. They are keen vegetable and herb growers. Learnt what goes into making a good Zaatar.
Mona must have worked all week to prepare the wonderful Lebanese feast and there is nothing as good as a kofta, tabouli, moutable and labneh leftovers for breakfast.
Preparing the Feast [Map] | Labour of Love [Map] | ||
Photo 1 [Map] | Friends still after 40 years [Map] |
Day 46 - Back on the road
Monday, 9 December 2013
Sad to say goodbye to Dita and Sid, but I am so excited to finally be on the way to see Ben and Kerry. Has been 13 months.
Not particularly nice weather, cold, overcast and drizzly here and there. Always forget how scenic the high country is in Victoria. However, had a hard time holding on to my stomach as HH DROVE all the up and down twisty turns. A bit green at times.
Felt a bit better when we reach Maffra, out of the hills, and on the Gippsland coast. Improved even more when we found the bakery we had chosen for lunch was an award winner :). Also a couple of good op shops that I felt duty bound to support. Figured I would be roughing it more than usual in a beach fishing environment,so an extra jumper ($1.50) and long sleeved shirt ($2.00) would be handy.
Stopped at the pub in Bemm River, just for ice for Ben's esky' and 10 minutes up the track we found our Christmas camp site.
Breakfast with the Kids [Map] | Lookout over Pearl Point [Map] | ||
Mr Blue Wren [Map] |
Day 47 - Pearl Point
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Ben had helped us demount the camper. It might be fun trying to get lined up underneath when it is time to leave, but will worry about that next year.
Not easy to find a campsite over the Christmas school holiday period! and a free one at that so Ben did well. They have friends joining us next week, so we will be squeezed into the clearing, but I think it will be fun.
Weather a bit ordinary, icey cold wind, but we had lots to catch up on, and with cold beer, none of us were too concerned.
Ben went down to the beach after dinner to fish, us girls went off to snuggle up under our donnas and blankets and HH decided to keep Ben company.
Oh yes, forgot HH managed to hotspot my iPad so we could watch the second to last episode of Blacklist. HH had watched it with Sid whilst Dita and I were busy chatting in the kitchen. Found out Kerry had been following it whilst they were still living in Melbourne. Unfortunately we could only got about three quarters of it. Never mind I thought HH could fill us in.
Pearl Point [Map] | Bemm River [Map] | ||
The Birds ..... [Map] | ...... And the Bees [Map] | ||
Mrs Blue Wren [Map] |
Day 48 - PP 1
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Ben had done well last night and came back with a reasonably sized gummy shark. He was soon set up and had it nicely filleted.
Team effort later saw half of it bread crumbed and cooked up for lunch.
Sun came out and we walked down to the beach to explore. The boys cast out their lures a few times but no luck.
Nice to have someone to share camp meals with. HH manged to get the rest of Blacklist playground for us girls. Glad we did, as his version of what happened in the last 10 minutes wasn't how I would have interpreted it.
Looking forward to the last (for the year) episode in a few days. Kerry thinks it will be a real cliff hanger and is not wanting the suspense of waiting until next year :)
Gummy [Map] | Pearl Point [Map] |
Day 49 - PP2
Thursday, 12 December 2013
Sunshine. :)
Off for a drive into Bemm river. Check out rivers, spot of fishing, catching up with this blog WCT.
Photo 2 [Map] | Photo 3 [Map] |
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