Off to the East!!!

Hi Again,

Well we are now well and truly on our way to Brisbane.  We left Kalgoorlie on Wednesday the 15th of Oct and 1st stop was Cocklebiddy for the night and the next night we stopped just before Penong in SA.  Next stop Whyalla!!!  But not before car trouble...................It was 5pm on Friday and we were 70kms from Whyalla just passed Cowell and the engine light came on and it was blowing out black smoke, we stopped in 36 degree heat in the middle of nowhere and there was oil in the engine bay.  Thank god we have roadside assist, so a quick call to them and out they came an hour and a half later from Whyalla and they checked it out and said they would follow us into town.  Car ran like a dream (as always) lol, no smoke no nothing hahahaha.  Anyway by the time we got to Deb and Pete's it was nearly 8pm, but was so good to see them and Ziggy.  And Deb was doing us dinner too so that was wonderful :)
Went into the Mitsubishi place in the morning and couldn't get booked in til Tuesday so we had a weekend of sight seeing, Andrew gave Pete a hand with some work around the caravan park, went to the pub for dinner a couple of times and a quick go on the pokies hehe.
$283 later the car is fixed and the problem was when we had the service done in September they had overfilled the oil !!!! so they drained 1.5 litres out lol.  I emailed Rockingham Mitsubishi and they have credited us back the $283 so that was good of them.  So all is now good :)
We had such a great time with Deb and Butt Monkey (Pete) hahaha and Ziggy but it was soon time to leave :(.
We left on Wednesday the 22nd and followed the Murray river, boy there are some beautiful places there.   Stopped overnight on the river bank just outside Waikerie just stunning.  We have spent the last 2 days here in Buronga Riverside caravan park (best caravan park we have ever stayed in and only $29 a night for a powered site).  Mildura Victoria is on one side of the river and the caravan park is in NSW on the other side lol.  Went on a Paddle steamer river cruise up the Murray today and through a Lock, which was really good and interesting.

It has been so hot for the last week and a half, I don't think the temp has been below 33 degrees,  the aircon in the van is getting a workout lol.

Well it's 9.30 so I better go as Andrew is snoring his head off haha and we are on the road again tomorrow off towards Dubbo to go to the zoo :)
I will try and add a few photos to this post, if they are not on here you know I can't remember how to do it hahahahaha!!!!!

Love and miss you all.
The two of us xxxxxxxxxxxx

 Our camp at Niagara Dam near Kookyne.

 The friendly horse wandering around Kookyne that came up to the car.

 Having a drink at the Kookyne hotel.  They are huge WCE fans, there is all sorts of memorabilia.

 The beach front at Whyalla SA.

 The Murray river at the Buronga Riverside caravan park NSW.

The beautiful sunset at Penong SA.

Greetings from Kalgoorlie:)

Hi All,

Well our week of prospecting with Chris and Kevin finished today and they have gone to travel home.  We have had such a great week and stayed at some beautiful bush spots.

We had a great couple of nights just outside of Mt magnet and watched the eclipse and it was so clear it was very bright.  We then moved onto Niagara Dam 9 kms before the ghost town of Kookynie and what a great spot.  You can swim in the dam, go bushwalking, there is a day picnic area and loads of different camping areas.  We will def go there again.

Then we spent the last 2 nights at Lake Douglas 10 kms past Kalgoorlie and another fantastic camp.

Oh both have toilets too which are very clean:)

We met a couple Mal and Val whose mate lives at  Bouldercombe Qld (where Shane lives) small world hey!!
He does prospecting and took Andrew and Kev out for a couple of hours but still nothing hahaha.
I don't know all the gear and no idea hahahahahaha.

We are staying in a caravan park in Kalgoorlie tonight to charge everything up and fill the water tanks as we start our trek over the Nullabor tomorrow.  We will stay at the Fraser rest stop tomorrow night and then on we go.
Look out Deb and Pete we are on our way to Wyalla!!!!!!!

Saw my first live Witchety Grub in the bush today as we all packed up camp..........mmmm juicy lol, I don't think so hahahahaha.

Hope everyone at home is well and we miss you all so much I don't know how I am going to go for the next 8-9 weeks lol, but I haven't had any moments yet !!  Also it is bloody fantastic NOT SWEATING hahahahaha good old HRT my saviour :)

Well bye for now as we are going to make the most of a long hot shower while we can hahahaha (I have had to wash my hair in a bucket outside the van to not use too much water) so it will be lovely tonight :)
Oh and Andrew's beard, eyebrows and lashes are all ok hahahahaha!!!

Til next time
The bit more experienced apprentice nomads xx

Loads and loads of love and kisses to Kalani, Zavier and Alanis xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

On the road again!

Well good morning from sunny Mt Magnet:)

We left on our newest adventure yesterday.   Chris and Kevin are with us for the first week and then Andrew and I are heading off for a couple of months to Queensland and then down the coast and back to WA.

We are prospecting this week and hope to find us some gold!!!!  Andrew said Chris and I look like a couple of chooks bent over scratching the ground lol...............but they won't be laughing if we find something haha.

Well we had an eventful 1st night as Chris and Kevin's water heater in the van wouldn't light so the boys thought aha we will fix it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  So they are both bent over the outlet and Andrew said I will just blow in here and WHOOSH it lit AND so did his beard, eyebrows and lashes hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.  He put his hands over his face and rubbed it and looked at Kev and said "Am I on fire?????".  Chris and I ran out the van to see what had happened and they were both laughing so hard I said wait let me take a picture lol.  We must have laughed for about an hour it was soooooooo funny.   So Andrew now has a singed beard, half a left eyebrow and tiny little stumpy eyelashes............and he didn't burn his face:)   But god it was funny!  And he won't shave his beard off..........

Well I am off now for bacon and eggs and a day of gold hunting, wish us luck.
Bye for now Love Me and Singey hahahahaha xxxxxxxxxxxx

On the way down through NSW......

Hello it's been a while,

Well we stayed at the Gold Coast for 5 nights and had a ball.  We went to SeaWorld, Movieworld and Outback Spectacular (which is awesome).

Andrew and Kevin went on all the rides at both parks and I went on one hahahahahaha and screamed my head off the whole ride...........the  sad thing is that it was the Looney Tunes roller coaster which i'm pretty sure is the kids ride lol as there were kids about 4 on there having a great old time!!!!!  It has been nearly a week since then and every now and then Chris will msg me and it is just a pic of my screaming face and we all just crack up as it is sooooooo funny.  What a friend!!!!!!  Hahahahaha.

Andrew and I went to Coolangatta on Saturday while Chris and Kevin visited their friends in Noosa.  We watched Alan Lyn and Shane dance in the rock and roll parade and then looked at all the cars in the Cooly car show.  We found a great pancake place and Andrew had eggs benedict on pancakes Yum.  It started to rain so we left and drove to Southport to visit Andrew's Aunt Mavis.  His Aunt Val and cousins Leanne, Lorraine and Lyndell were there too and Lyndell's 2 girls.  It was great to catch up after 20 years:) Andrew and I went out to dinner later at the Saltwater Creek Tavern.

On Sunday the weather was beautiful so we went to Surfers Paradise and wandered along the markets and then had lunch and a look around, after we went to the Pacific Fair shopping centre and YAY I finally found a phone cover to fit my phone.  We all went to the tavern tonight and had a play on the pokies.

We left Surfers about 9am and it started raining and didn't stop til the next morning but it wasn't cold or windy just dark and wet.

Called into Byron Bay and a few other places and stopped at the Grafton greyhound track for the night.  It is starting to get colder now and we had to wear coats this morning and I had long leggings on and then changed back into shorts later. 
We went to the Big Banana and Andrew said I always thought it was much bigger...........it always is when you are a kid haha.  Went to Coffs Harbour and it is a beautiful place, watched the whales frolicking off the beach, they were slapping their tails and blowing out water and jumping right up in the air they were awesome.
Stopped overnight in a roadside camp and it was really foggy in the morning.
Tonight we are at a caravan park in Dural about 20 k's from Sydney and it is very cold, Andrew and Kev have popped to the pub next door for a drink and play on the pokies and I am in my Jim Jams snuggled up in bed:)   We had to go over the mountains to get here and I was so scared I had a panic attack.............I am so lucky Andrew knows what I am like!!  I could have taken some fantastic photos but only my eyes moved to look, I couldn't make my head turn to look out the window lol.

Ok bye for now.   Lots of love to everyone am missing you all heaps xxx

Hi from sunny Hervey Bay

Hello all,

We have had a great time in Rockhampton catching up with Shane and Alan and relaxing for 5 days.  The weather was a bit hit and miss but mostly the sun decided to shine:) 

We did some sightseeing, we went to Yeppoon and to the Heritage Village which was great.........until I got a migraine (which I think was from the cheese platter the night before oops), but it didn't last long so that was good.

We also went to the Botanic Gardens and Zoo which are all in the same place and are free so it's great for kids.....young and old cos we all had a good time hehehe.

The wedding was a fabulous day and the sun shone at just the right time, the gardens and waterfalls were just beautiful.  And I must admit the boys all looked good in their Hawaiian outfits!!!!
Alan ended up getting me on the dance floor to rock and roll...............well there are no pics of that as I think everyone was laughing too much lol, I was knackered but hadn't done anything hahahaha, BUT Alan succumbed to MY way of dancing before the end of the song.......so I won YES!!!!!!

Andrew took me up to Mount Morgan on THAT road and it was pathetic......don't know what all the fuss was lol...piece of cake!!

We left Rockhampton Monday morning and we are now at Hervey Bay for a few days to do some touristy things and then we will base ourselves for about 5 days between Brisbane and the Gold Coast for some fun YAY.

Better go we are off to the Marina and the beach front for a look see.  Miss you all and hope at least some of you are missing us!!!!!
Oh and my weight watchers is still on target as wait for it........I am now 69.7 kg  WOOHOO haven't been under 70 for about 10 years I was soooooo excited hahahahahahaha.

Ok bye for now love to you all.

The two of us xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

It's raining it's pouring.....

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

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.
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