Chapter 18
Return to travel in 2003.
Thursday 30th January 2003, (Melbourne).
Our boat trip back to Melbourne last evening was one with a difference and one we will remember. We had a trip over by booking seats only rather than a cabin, mainly due to the cost difference, and are wondering whether it was worth the savings. […]
Thursday 30th January, (Melbourne).
We are now back on the mainland to resume our travels and it would be an ideal time to start a new chapter. Before I do though, I could sum up the visit home by saying that we managed to achieve what we intended by seeing heaps of the grandkids and visited […]
Friday 24th January.
Time to start preparing for our departure, making final visits and such, making a final trip to Beaconsfield to store what needs to be, making sure everything in the van is still in its proper place, etc.
I think that Ellie has finally accepted that we are leaving again because she is now asking […]
Monday 12th January.
The end of our couple of weeks on our own has now arrived with us returning to Matthew’s back yard tomorrow. We have a little over two weeks before we head off again and will enjoy this time with the grandkids, trying to get them to accept that we are leaving once again.
A […]
Thursday 9th January, (Launceston).
My end result of thinking about the caravan park in Hobart is that it is not a bad park after all, it was just that we were put in an area that wasn’t the best as the park was rather full. Up on top of the hill there were some rather good […]
Sunday 5th January, (Hobart).
Painting is finished and looking at the finished job makes the effort all worthwhile.
On our way to Hobart today I called on brother-in-law, Freckles, and utilised his skills, and welder, to do a couple of jobs for me. The second gas bottle bracket on the draw bar needed welding on to the […]
Friday 3rd January.
I have been busy for the last two days, after our Georgetown visit yesterday, painting the container and I have learned one thing; I have forgotten what it is like to do a days work. It was a good idea to paint the container, as it did need it, but this idea of […]
Wednesday 1st January 2003 (Kelso).
Well here we are in the new year, and hopefully this year will be a new adventure for us as we plan a trip to cover the rest of the round trip of the large island that we have not done yet. We plan on travelling to South Australia on our […]