d21 – 3wk shakedown
Melting: Last night was possibly the hottest and most humid sleep either of us have ever had. With the aircon not working, and all of the windows except the small one under the awning needing to stay closed because of…
d20 – 3wk shakedown
Sleeps: Another night of musical beds, and containers and bags catching water. Despite that, plus the bed-hopping dog, and the oppressive humidity, we all slept pretty ok. Wheehee: – we finally copped a break! Mid morning this morning, and…
d19 – 3wk shakedown
Musical beds: Last night was a bit of a free-for-all when it came to who was sleeping where… Mabi got the best of it, as she got to swap around to different beds every couple of hours throughout the night,…
d18 – 3wk shakedown
Travel days: We’re trying to make a point of only driving a couple of hours each day, for a couple of reasons. – Our big ole motorhome Henry travels better and is more economical at a speed of around…
d17 – 3wk shakedown
Incoming!: It absolutely poured rain overnight! When it was finally time for us to get up and during the usual morning stretch (as ya do), we realised that all the underneath of the Short Ones pillow, the mattress and…
d16 – 3wk shakedown
Heading North: We got quite a bit of the packing up done last night before we settled down to watch part of a movie, so we didn’t have as much to do if it ended up being super hot and…
d15 – 3wk shakedown
Whatever the weather: Woke up to thunder and rain, with the odd bit of lightening thrown in. Going walking in the rain for Mabi to poop was a very damp little wander, despite the rain jacket. We needed to get…
d14 – 3wk shakedown
Ring ring: At 8am we got the call that our parts were finally at the workshop, and we could go in and they would fit them as soon as they could. We promptly started packing up Henry ready for travel,…
d13 – 3wk shakedown
A new home: Yesterday, we were told that we would need to move sites today, as someone had booked our site previously, and they will be arriving sometime through the day, so
d12 – 3wk shakedown
Laundry: We got to sleep in fresh sheets last night, as we also did laundry yesterday. In all the turtle excitement, we forgot to tell you! The washing machines are actually
d11 – 3wk shakedown
Soooo … it seems our part has gone missing… Hands up those who are surprised. Anyone? No one? Nope – us neither. ~sighhhhhh~ We’ve told the workshop
d10 – 3wk shakedown
Frustrating: We’re still no closer to finding out where the part that is coming from Melbourne is. We were planning to stay in Bowen for 2 nights, and have just had to extend for yet another night, which will…
d8+9 – 3wk shakedown
The Weekend: Saturday has been a mostly overcast and windy day, and we spent the day doing little chores around the house, and doing computer work, reading, researching and relaxing. Because it’s us – you knew this was going…
d7 – 3wk shakedown
Parts Order: We ordered the parts for the awning this morning and will pick them up next week all being well, from a town about an hour away. If worse comes to worse
d6 – 3wk shakedown
When we hadn’t heard anything from the Auto-Elec by around 9am, the Tall One gave him a call just to check in with them. Anticipated: As we expected, the part hasn’t arrived yet, and whilst they will try and…
d5 – 3wk shakedown
We’re not expecting to hear anything from Tim – our Auto-Elec today – so we’ve been having another mostly relaxing day. Breakfast: We spoilt ourselves by going
