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