Hi from wet Rockhampton,
We arrived at Shane's about 2.30 on Tuesday afternoon (we could have been here earlier but I was having a panic attack and wouldn't let Andrew go the Mount Morgan way as the road had been partially washed away in the last floods and they have made a detour..........which is ok as all the trucks and everyone is using it.....buuuut.....not me hahahahahah) so my darling man went the long way round, told you he is so good to me :)
Well sunny Rockhampton my arse!!!!!!! It started raining about 5pm yesterday and hasn't stopped. It's not cold though but just constant rain and not heavy rain either.
We went to the Bouldy Pub for dinner with Chris, Kev, Shane, Alan and Lyn and had a nice meal and a laugh. Was home and in bed by 8.30 though lol.
Andrew has put the side annex up to stop the rain getting in so it is nice and cosy while I sit here listening to the rain while Andrew is washing the car.
We are going to try and go to Yeppoon today if the weather clears a bit, if not will go into Rocky and do Yeppoon tomorrow.
Shane's patio looks like a chinese laundry as Chris and I have our washing lines set up under there but it's doing the job, just need a fine day so we can wash the sheets!!
Ok I am off now to make Andrew a coffee as he looks like a drowned rat and then he can have a nice hot shower.
Until next time
Love and miss you all, give my grandies a big cuddle
Love us
xxxxx
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Hello from Theodore.
Hi,
Well we left Tara at about 11am....................now I know what Andrew described is right lol. Enough said!!!!!!! We went through a couple of beautiful places, Chinchilla and Miles, on the way to Theodore.
We have found a free camp spot on the side of the Dawson River which is just fantastic. It even has free hot water showers and to stay here you just put a donation in the tin. We parked on the side and had to put the van on blocks as it was down hill, but we couldn't get it straight enough so I felt like I was going to slide out of bed and the slightest movement in the van made me feel sea sick lol. In the morning a few vans that were beside us were leaving so up came the legs and over we moved to flatter ground.............aaaahhhh that's better I don't feel sick anymore hahaha.
Andrew made me bacon and eggs in bed this morning..................I am so lucky I have the best hubby in the world who does anything for me and treats me like a princess..........even though I am the Queen lol!!!
We walked into town which is only 1km up the road and got some more bread and stuff. Andrew bought himself a new waterproof jacket (cos he left his at home..............I knew I shouldn't have brought any shoes hahahahahahahaha) You should see the high heel welly boots we saw today...WOW they were awesome!
I am writing this as I sit in the beautiful sunshine while Andrew is just at the river with Kev fishing, we shall see if the Hunter Gatherer can bring us some dindins............I have chicken on standby lol.
We shall be in Rockhampton tomorrow (Tuesday) at Shane's place where we will stay until Monday 3rd June.
Hope everyone is good and Brodie how is my house???????? You can't have squatters rights lol.
Has anyone heard how Mum and Dad are getting on on their cruise?
Well I might settle back and have a Nanna nap :)
Bye once again, love and miss you all,
Love us.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Well we left Tara at about 11am....................now I know what Andrew described is right lol. Enough said!!!!!!! We went through a couple of beautiful places, Chinchilla and Miles, on the way to Theodore.
We have found a free camp spot on the side of the Dawson River which is just fantastic. It even has free hot water showers and to stay here you just put a donation in the tin. We parked on the side and had to put the van on blocks as it was down hill, but we couldn't get it straight enough so I felt like I was going to slide out of bed and the slightest movement in the van made me feel sea sick lol. In the morning a few vans that were beside us were leaving so up came the legs and over we moved to flatter ground.............aaaahhhh that's better I don't feel sick anymore hahaha.
Andrew made me bacon and eggs in bed this morning..................I am so lucky I have the best hubby in the world who does anything for me and treats me like a princess..........even though I am the Queen lol!!!
We walked into town which is only 1km up the road and got some more bread and stuff. Andrew bought himself a new waterproof jacket (cos he left his at home..............I knew I shouldn't have brought any shoes hahahahahahahaha) You should see the high heel welly boots we saw today...WOW they were awesome!
I am writing this as I sit in the beautiful sunshine while Andrew is just at the river with Kev fishing, we shall see if the Hunter Gatherer can bring us some dindins............I have chicken on standby lol.
We shall be in Rockhampton tomorrow (Tuesday) at Shane's place where we will stay until Monday 3rd June.
Hope everyone is good and Brodie how is my house???????? You can't have squatters rights lol.
Has anyone heard how Mum and Dad are getting on on their cruise?
Well I might settle back and have a Nanna nap :)
Bye once again, love and miss you all,
Love us.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Arrived in Tara !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi All,
We have had a couple of long days on the road to make up some time since we don't have to play the golf anymore.
It has finally stopped raining and we have had lovely sunny days for the last two days with temperatures ranging from 9 - 24.
Went through Cobar and Bourke and then camped at a roadside Parking at Cunnamulla with 6 other vans and 2 semi trailers and the cleanest long drop toilets I have ever seen!!
Left Cunnamulla at about 7.30am and the 3 different highways we went on were the bounciest roads in the whole of Australia I think lol. Went through a town called St George and it was lovely, had a big river going through it with parks all the way along the edge so we stopped and had lunch in the park in the sunshine.
Got to Tara...............oh boy hahahahaha and got to Andrew's Mum and Dad's about 5pm. We were going to take them to the Tara pub for dinner but Andrew forgot to tell me that they live 30 k's from the pub!! So we went to the Country Club for dinner instead as that was only a couple of roads away. All I can say is what INTERESTING people you meet in Tara! You know what I mean don't you Brodie .........
We are leaving at about 10 am tomorrow so we can take a few days to get to Rockhampton before the wedding on Saturday.
Well I am all snuggled in bed in the van while Andrew is having a cuppa with his Mum and Dad in the house, I can hear the dogs barking and then Clive yelling at them to shutup.................is it 10 am yet hahahahahaha.
Bye for now,
Love the Apprentice Grey Nomads xxxxxxx
We have had a couple of long days on the road to make up some time since we don't have to play the golf anymore.
It has finally stopped raining and we have had lovely sunny days for the last two days with temperatures ranging from 9 - 24.
Went through Cobar and Bourke and then camped at a roadside Parking at Cunnamulla with 6 other vans and 2 semi trailers and the cleanest long drop toilets I have ever seen!!
Left Cunnamulla at about 7.30am and the 3 different highways we went on were the bounciest roads in the whole of Australia I think lol. Went through a town called St George and it was lovely, had a big river going through it with parks all the way along the edge so we stopped and had lunch in the park in the sunshine.
Got to Tara...............oh boy hahahahaha and got to Andrew's Mum and Dad's about 5pm. We were going to take them to the Tara pub for dinner but Andrew forgot to tell me that they live 30 k's from the pub!! So we went to the Country Club for dinner instead as that was only a couple of roads away. All I can say is what INTERESTING people you meet in Tara! You know what I mean don't you Brodie .........
We are leaving at about 10 am tomorrow so we can take a few days to get to Rockhampton before the wedding on Saturday.
Well I am all snuggled in bed in the van while Andrew is having a cuppa with his Mum and Dad in the house, I can hear the dogs barking and then Clive yelling at them to shutup.................is it 10 am yet hahahahahaha.
Bye for now,
Love the Apprentice Grey Nomads xxxxxxx
Thursday, May 23, 2013
On the road again....................
Hi All,
We left Ceduna about 9ish on Tuesday morning after cooking up bacon and eggs and it is still raining!! We have no more golf til we come back across the Nullabor and do the holes we had to miss cos of the rain and time. We are making good time now and the roads have been great and not too much traffic.
Last night we stayed just out of Orroroo in the hills and it was freezing and wet and windy. We parked up for the night and lay there thinking we were going to be washed down the hill (we were miles away and no way was that going to happen) it was just me being paranoid as usual!!! But then again Andrew was watching a horror DVD and the woman they were rescuing ws attacked as they travelled in their caravan lol.....................and he wonders why I panic hahaha.
Had a great run today and saw lots of emus and goats on the side of the road, I think Andrew and Kev wanted the goats for dinner:) We went through Willcania and WOW we saw the bridge Andrew and I have a photo of us on from 1978!!!! we could never remember where it was LOL. We are camped at a roadside stop in the Mcculloch Ranges and the rain has finally stopped and we have been sitting outside by the campfire. There are 4 other campers here too and nearly every 2nd truck stops as a communication tower is over the road so they all stop and log on or make calls. It's gonna be a noisy night hahaha.
Well we should get past Dubbo tomorrow, so hopefully when we get into Qld the weather is a tad warmer. The temperature only ranged from 10 to 15 degrees today Brrrr.
I don't know what's going on but I have cooked for 8 days...................yes that's right 8 days in a row, I am going to have to have a rest a some stage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok will say goodnight now,
miss my kids and grand babies.
Big kisses for Kalani, Zavier and Alanis Love Nanny and Grandad xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Love Us xx
We left Ceduna about 9ish on Tuesday morning after cooking up bacon and eggs and it is still raining!! We have no more golf til we come back across the Nullabor and do the holes we had to miss cos of the rain and time. We are making good time now and the roads have been great and not too much traffic.
Last night we stayed just out of Orroroo in the hills and it was freezing and wet and windy. We parked up for the night and lay there thinking we were going to be washed down the hill (we were miles away and no way was that going to happen) it was just me being paranoid as usual!!! But then again Andrew was watching a horror DVD and the woman they were rescuing ws attacked as they travelled in their caravan lol.....................and he wonders why I panic hahaha.
Had a great run today and saw lots of emus and goats on the side of the road, I think Andrew and Kev wanted the goats for dinner:) We went through Willcania and WOW we saw the bridge Andrew and I have a photo of us on from 1978!!!! we could never remember where it was LOL. We are camped at a roadside stop in the Mcculloch Ranges and the rain has finally stopped and we have been sitting outside by the campfire. There are 4 other campers here too and nearly every 2nd truck stops as a communication tower is over the road so they all stop and log on or make calls. It's gonna be a noisy night hahaha.
Well we should get past Dubbo tomorrow, so hopefully when we get into Qld the weather is a tad warmer. The temperature only ranged from 10 to 15 degrees today Brrrr.
I don't know what's going on but I have cooked for 8 days...................yes that's right 8 days in a row, I am going to have to have a rest a some stage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok will say goodnight now,
miss my kids and grand babies.
Big kisses for Kalani, Zavier and Alanis Love Nanny and Grandad xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Love Us xx
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Hello from bloody freezing Ceduna!!!
YAY............I have had a memory blast and found my login lol.
Well we left on our new adventure on Thursday the 16th May with our friends Kevin and Chris and headed to Kalgoorlie. We are making our way to Rockhampton for Andrew's brothers wedding on the 1st of June, and then we will work our way down to Brisbane, Sydney and inland towards home and we should be home by about the 28/29th of June as Andrew is making me go to work on the 2nd of July LOL..............Boooo!!! We have been free camping (I wouldn't do it last time as we hadn't done it before and we were on our own)........really I was just scared hahahahaha, but this time it has been great and cheap!!! Tonight is the sixth night and the only night we have stayed in a caravan park cos we needed to do some washing, re charge everything and refill the water tanks and empty the pooper LOL, so we have so far only spent $31 on accommodation and are having a ball.
We are doing the Nullabor Links Golf also as we go across, and I must say I am definitely shit at golf hahahahaha, I think my average is about 11 LOL. When we played the Madura Pass hole a crow nicked mine, Kev's and Chris' balls, we thought we were going mad but then we looked up and saw a crow flying along with a pink ball in its beak............Hey that's mine hahahaha it was soooo funny. We played 2 holes at Ceduna this afternoon in the wind and pelting rain and freezing cold...........we all had coats, beanies, hoodies, umbrellas and we were still soaking wet. But it was soooooo nice to come back to the caravan park to a steaming hot shower aaaahhhhh:)
The weather was beautiful all the way about 25 everyday until we got to the Nullabor Station and it has only just stopped raining for the first time in 2 days.
We are making our way to Port Augusta tomorrow 466 km's away.
Hope you all enjoy reading this and I will try and update when we get signal which hopefully will be more often now as we are getting into more populated areas and now I know what I am doing again hahahahaha.
Okay bye for now
Love The Happy Campers xxx
Well we left on our new adventure on Thursday the 16th May with our friends Kevin and Chris and headed to Kalgoorlie. We are making our way to Rockhampton for Andrew's brothers wedding on the 1st of June, and then we will work our way down to Brisbane, Sydney and inland towards home and we should be home by about the 28/29th of June as Andrew is making me go to work on the 2nd of July LOL..............Boooo!!! We have been free camping (I wouldn't do it last time as we hadn't done it before and we were on our own)........really I was just scared hahahahaha, but this time it has been great and cheap!!! Tonight is the sixth night and the only night we have stayed in a caravan park cos we needed to do some washing, re charge everything and refill the water tanks and empty the pooper LOL, so we have so far only spent $31 on accommodation and are having a ball.
We are doing the Nullabor Links Golf also as we go across, and I must say I am definitely shit at golf hahahahaha, I think my average is about 11 LOL. When we played the Madura Pass hole a crow nicked mine, Kev's and Chris' balls, we thought we were going mad but then we looked up and saw a crow flying along with a pink ball in its beak............Hey that's mine hahahaha it was soooo funny. We played 2 holes at Ceduna this afternoon in the wind and pelting rain and freezing cold...........we all had coats, beanies, hoodies, umbrellas and we were still soaking wet. But it was soooooo nice to come back to the caravan park to a steaming hot shower aaaahhhhh:)
The weather was beautiful all the way about 25 everyday until we got to the Nullabor Station and it has only just stopped raining for the first time in 2 days.
We are making our way to Port Augusta tomorrow 466 km's away.
Hope you all enjoy reading this and I will try and update when we get signal which hopefully will be more often now as we are getting into more populated areas and now I know what I am doing again hahahahaha.
Okay bye for now
Love The Happy Campers xxx
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