Thursday 25th November, (55th Birthday), Melbourne.
An eventful day was had today to celebrate my birthday. We visited Barry and Ida and they took us to a hotel for lunch, and this was a function where a lot of Barry’s old Jazz band mates meet. This was a regular meeting of his Jazz mates and all […]
Sunday 21st November, (Melbourne).
We had a trip around the area today looking for suitable caravan parks to stay in on our trips to and from Tassie because Ashley Gardens is now far too expensive. The park we are in now, Apollo Gardens, is ok but there are no shops in the immediate area and whenever […]
Monday 15th November, (Melbourne).
Now in Melbourne for our last travel leg and last stay before we head back to Tassie in 3 weeks time.
We intend testing an annexe that Barry and Ida have, and no longer need, to see if it fits our van. If it does we are going to give serious consideration to […]
Friday 12th November, (Swan Hill).
The time has come to countdown: My appointment with the super adviser is on Monday week and then I should be able to work out our finances for the duration of our lives thereafter.
We have changed our travel plans once again; this change is not a big one as we have […]
Monday 8th November, (Swan Hill).
The bearing cover seems to be an odd size so nobody in Mildura could help me, so there is probably no other alternative but to leave it until we get to Melbourne.
We did enjoy our stay at Mildura although it did rain a fair bit over the last week. We moved […]
Saturday 6th November, (Mildura).
Still raining, as it has for the past couple of days: not that they don’t need it in this area. Although there does not seem to be any water restrictions here, as the water comes from the Murray, the countryside is fairly dry with the lack of rain.
On a completely different subject: […]
Wednesday 3rd November, (Mildura).
Linda is happy now, as she has had a ride on the paddle steamer on the Murray River. We went down that way the other day and observed the lock and weir in action with the paddle steamer going through and she then decided that she wanted to be on the boat […]