Archive for October, 2007

Launceston

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Monday 29th October 2007, Launceston.
Wondering what we have been doing with ourselves lately? We, or I, have been spending quite some time preparing to get the new vehicle, Tilly, ready for towing, the trailer brakes have been wired, Power to the trailer socket has been provided, I have built a box arrangement for the tray […]

launceston

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Wednesday 24th October 2007, Launceston.
Things are now coming together with “Tilly Truck’, with the trailer socket and brakes having been wired. I have built a box arrangement for the rear tray compartment to maximise storage space and can’t believe how well it turned out. It was difficult to come up with precise measurements for the […]

launceston

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Wednesday 17th October 2007, Launceston.
I can’t remember the last time we were so busy. The container is empty, and even gone to its new owner. This doesn’t mean it’s all over though, as we still have some things we want to take to Melbourne to store that have yet to be packed.
I am now also […]

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Monday, October 15th, 2007

Monday 15th October 2007, Launceston.
We can now see the end to cleaning out the container, with one load to the auctioneers tomorrow and it will be empty. It is amazing how much nonsense stuff we kept. We will end up with a vehicle full of what we want to keep and take it to Melbourne […]

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Friday, October 12th, 2007

Friday 12th October 2007, Launceston.
Linda has now joined me and is starting to regret all the work we have to do. I thought I was exhausted the other day, but things just haven’t eased and we are both feeling that way right now. We are well under way with emptying the container, with a final […]

Back in Tassie

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Monday 8th October 2007, Launceston.
I am feeling rather tired at the moment with travelling on the boat last night, and not sleeping much, and then being awake an hour early anyway with daylight saving in force in Tasmania, but I should put down these words before the moment passes and I wake up tomorrow thinking […]

Melbourne

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Wednesday 3rd October 2007, Melbourne.
What a trip we had today, driving against gale force winds. We were forced back a gear for 80% of the trip and this doesn’t do much for fuel economy. We got here anyway and are now trying to put up with the wind. It seems that it is like this […]

Albury

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Monday 1st October 2007, Albury.
One more leg to get to Melbourne, about 300K, and we have not enjoyed the rapid travel we have had to make over the past couple of weeks. We really would prefer to stop at each place for longer, but at least we have now found a couple of places we […]