Lightning Ridge – Shepparton (September 19th – 24th)
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| Trip finished - 16 848kms. |
We are finally home.
We had a quick trip home (our longest days of driving for
the whole trip) with just a couple of overnight stops. Both from the free camps
book - our first one was at Terramungamine Reserve near Dubbo and the second
beside the oval at the Nerrandera Boat Ramp. We’ve been through both of these
places numerous times before without realizing it was possible to free camp
there! Our drive through this area of New South Wales let us know that Spring
has arrived as we had to drive through thousands of hectares of very yellow
canola – time for the antihistamines!!!!
We made a lunch stop at West Wyalong to visit Sonja’s aunt
and uncle before heading back into Victoria and spending our first night back
in the state at Dunolly. We have made a note not to do this again! We had
forgotten the trains that go through the town at around 3am! Taking Tom Tom’s
directions to Ballarat, we followed lots of narrow, country roads through areas
we hadn’t travelled before. It was interesting to pass through a number of
small country towns – reminding us a little of some of the smaller out of the
way places we had travelled when we did our US trip.
After spending a couple of days catching up with Claire (and
collecting four months mail!) we finally arrived home after 16848kms.
A bit of a disappointment when we arrived. The next door
neighbour’s son was going to mow the lawns while we were away – didn’t happen
(Will pay a professional next time).
We had forgotten to leave a car key for the Elantra with
someone and consequently had to replace the battery. The dishwasher decided it
wasn’t going to work (repair next week) and the toilet decided to leak from one
of the seals (silicon sealant is great)!
The caravan is booked in for a service in a couple of weeks
and has now been cleaned inside and out (discovered it IS white, not pink and
red!), the lawns mowed, the car doesn’t know itself – no towing and had a good
clean inside and out as well.
We are now looking forward to the rest of the year and
catching up with everyone. We are also thinking very seriously about where we
will go NEXT year.
Thank you to all who have followed our travels. We’ve
obviously enjoyed ourselves and hope you have as well. Best wishes to all…until
next time!
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