We spent christmas with our hosts Darryl and Colleen at their house and it was a very relaxed and happy time, despite the weather.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Christmas Day
It's nearly 8.00pm so most of December 25th 2012 is gone, but there is still time for us to wish you all A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
We spent christmas with our hosts Darryl and Colleen at their house and it was a very relaxed and happy time, despite the weather.
We spent christmas with our hosts Darryl and Colleen at their house and it was a very relaxed and happy time, despite the weather.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Crookwell for Xmas
Aah no more dramas on the way.
Stayed a night in Wagga Wagga at a rest area by the river. This is a neatly mowed area of about 5 acres with a few trees, some hills and hollows and a track through the centre. It has a nice new ablution block and water from a tap. Heaps of campers stay there in everything from tents to buses.
I really wanted to spend a few days in Wagga to have a good look around, but time was pressing and we had to go.
It was really good to reach Goulburn on Sunday and then on to a cattle station managed by Daryll and Colleen where we will stay in the bus over Xmas.
the temperature is a bit of a cultureshock, after 40o + temperatures in the centre and now down into the low 20s
Monday saw Maureen have a day at the doctors ..... all day.....and pretty much got an all clear, Yaah!
Heaps of stuff to do here. Maintainance on our house at Crookwell, the bus lights need attention and there is much to do on our other bus to get it ready for sale.
Mollie loves this place. She pretty much has the run of it, so we have put her in charge of rounding up the hares and rabbits!
Have spent my first few days here detailing the car after all the red dirt we went through up there.
Stayed a night in Wagga Wagga at a rest area by the river. This is a neatly mowed area of about 5 acres with a few trees, some hills and hollows and a track through the centre. It has a nice new ablution block and water from a tap. Heaps of campers stay there in everything from tents to buses.
I really wanted to spend a few days in Wagga to have a good look around, but time was pressing and we had to go.
It was really good to reach Goulburn on Sunday and then on to a cattle station managed by Daryll and Colleen where we will stay in the bus over Xmas.
the temperature is a bit of a cultureshock, after 40o + temperatures in the centre and now down into the low 20s
Monday saw Maureen have a day at the doctors ..... all day.....and pretty much got an all clear, Yaah!
Heaps of stuff to do here. Maintainance on our house at Crookwell, the bus lights need attention and there is much to do on our other bus to get it ready for sale.
Mollie loves this place. She pretty much has the run of it, so we have put her in charge of rounding up the hares and rabbits!
Have spent my first few days here detailing the car after all the red dirt we went through up there.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Home at last
It was great to arrive at the property that Daryl and Colleen manage.
We love staying here, its so peaceful and quiet, yet central to everything that we have to do while we are here.
This is a great property.It has good soil, is well grassed, has abundant water and excellent infrastructure.
Theres nothing I like better than to sit on their back verandah looking over the hedge at the symmetry of the lone eucalypt, so straight and strong and watch the cattle graze in the afternoon light.
We love staying here, its so peaceful and quiet, yet central to everything that we have to do while we are here.
This is a great property.It has good soil, is well grassed, has abundant water and excellent infrastructure.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
December (life after Alice)
At last we brushed the dust off our shoes, heading south into a stiff headwind.
The plan was to make for Goulburn at flank speed so Maureen could keep her appointment with the specialist in Sydney on 17th Dec.
We left on Thursday after lunch and all went well until Friday afternoon when the tront left tyre blew out nearly pulling us through a bridge railingand into a dry creek bed about 12 feet below. It took 3 hours to change the wheel. We were thankful for assistance of railway gangers who put the blown tyre and wheel in the back of the Suzuki.
fellow travellers Dave and Karen also in a Denning stopped to help which was fantastic and they looked after us until we got to Port Augusta. They were a godsend and went above and beyond for us.
I bought 2 new steer tyres at Port Augusta.
We set out for Renmark and Mildura and got nearly to the hamlet of Spalding when the engine lost power and stopped!! We had run out of fuel. I hadn't taken the headwind into account.
We were parked on a narrow road with fences close and on the upside of a hill with the left wheels in a gutter so the bus was sitting with the left rear canted down at a fair angle. Decided it was too dangerous to sleep in the bus in it's position plus the angle it was on would have made sleeping a problem.
Booked into this really cute pub in Spalding. It was a very old long low stone building with walls about a foot thick Although it was fairly original there had been a lot of renovation work done on it recently, so although the rooms were "basic old"they were freshly painted and comfortable.
The second night we were there, they were having their "monthly social" which was Bingo and supper afterwards ( Maureen says "it was bingo like I've never seen it played before I tell you" ) but she really enjoyed herself.
After 2 nights staying in the pub and many calls to the mechanic in Adelaide who tried to get us going over the phone with much wrestling with the engine, it was decided he should come up here.... but not until this afternoon. Hope all goes okay.... time will tell.
This is Bruce Donaldson who did the inchassis rebuild on the engine. He provided one of the most pleasant transactions I have ever had. We were able to live in our bus in his yard for 10 days while he did the rebuild and nothing was too much trouble. So if you need your detrioit motor fixed, just ask and I will give you his details.
The plan was to make for Goulburn at flank speed so Maureen could keep her appointment with the specialist in Sydney on 17th Dec.
We left on Thursday after lunch and all went well until Friday afternoon when the tront left tyre blew out nearly pulling us through a bridge railingand into a dry creek bed about 12 feet below. It took 3 hours to change the wheel. We were thankful for assistance of railway gangers who put the blown tyre and wheel in the back of the Suzuki.
fellow travellers Dave and Karen also in a Denning stopped to help which was fantastic and they looked after us until we got to Port Augusta. They were a godsend and went above and beyond for us.
I bought 2 new steer tyres at Port Augusta.
We set out for Renmark and Mildura and got nearly to the hamlet of Spalding when the engine lost power and stopped!! We had run out of fuel. I hadn't taken the headwind into account.
We were parked on a narrow road with fences close and on the upside of a hill with the left wheels in a gutter so the bus was sitting with the left rear canted down at a fair angle. Decided it was too dangerous to sleep in the bus in it's position plus the angle it was on would have made sleeping a problem.
Booked into this really cute pub in Spalding. It was a very old long low stone building with walls about a foot thick Although it was fairly original there had been a lot of renovation work done on it recently, so although the rooms were "basic old"they were freshly painted and comfortable.
The second night we were there, they were having their "monthly social" which was Bingo and supper afterwards ( Maureen says "it was bingo like I've never seen it played before I tell you" ) but she really enjoyed herself.
After 2 nights staying in the pub and many calls to the mechanic in Adelaide who tried to get us going over the phone with much wrestling with the engine, it was decided he should come up here.... but not until this afternoon. Hope all goes okay.... time will tell.
This is Bruce Donaldson who did the inchassis rebuild on the engine. He provided one of the most pleasant transactions I have ever had. We were able to live in our bus in his yard for 10 days while he did the rebuild and nothing was too much trouble. So if you need your detrioit motor fixed, just ask and I will give you his details.
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