On the Road Again

CANBERRA ODESSEY August 2012

Day 1                                                     

Friday 10^th August 2012

Well here we go again, this trip will take us through the Riverland across the Hay Plain and into Queanbeyan NSW for the arrival on Monday we hope of our 7^th grandchild, and then back home for the arrival of our 8^th grandchild towards the end of August.

Today we almost left on time just 15 minutes late that is a major record for us.  We took the new Northern Expressway between Pt Wakefield Rd and the Sturt Highway to Gawler, this saves at least 30 minutes.  A trouble free run saw us lunch at Blanchtown with our overnight stop at Bottleneck Bend (34⁰  18. 218S  142⁰ 17. 949E) about 10kl out from Gol Gol NSW, 3 states within 7 hours, are we travelers or what!

As we were entering Mildura minding our own business a plane was coming into land, it was so low Sheryle wanted to s top to see if it left rubber on the car roof, we have not experienced a plane so low previously.

It was beautiful sitting on the bank of our mighty Murray River enjoying the peace and serenity of each other’s company listening to the songs of the local birds and watching their dancing, just beautiful and serene with a great cup of instant coffee in hand just to cap it off, when, you guessed it, a !@#$%^&*( whiz-bang arrived with mandatory radio volume turned up, they were just about to set up behind us when they must have seen or felt my eyes pierce through their low intellect, they then moved about 50 metres away.

Before leaving we fitted new Holland blinds to the caravan, night 1 we cannot get over the difference they make in temperature, there was always a draft through the door that we had to try and block out, sitting with our backs to the windows was always cold and uncomfortable, Meredith and Allen will vouch for this, now it is snug and warm.

On the way we picked up a hitchhiker, we have named him Dexter Too, as our original Dexter was not satisfied in travelling with Sheryle between home and work, he, wanted more adventure and took off by himself, just goes to show you can’t trust any stuffed dog after giving them so much dedicated love and attention.

Keep the shiny side up

John