Sunday, 27 June 2010

Okay, so by the time we packed up our things being left behind, hooked the trailer up, got ourselves organised and said our goodbyes to our family and Tripper it was about 10.30. So that is not too bad. We headed to the first servo we could find to check our tyre pressures and pump them up for the highway drive.

I hate goodbyes. I think it is worse to be the ones being left behind because at least the ones leaving have the excitement that comes with leaving, whatever the reason is. This one was hard. And yes, I cried.

The suspension has worked out really well. Nice smooth comfortable ride that holds the weight pretty well. I think we still sag a little, but it is definitely better than it was.

We set the cruise control to 90 and settled in for the long road ahead. No point in stressing the vehicle when we are not in that much of a rush. Nathan then bumped it up to 95 in 4^th gear to keep the revs above 2500. More power for the hills.

Our lunch stop was at Tom Cat Creek Rest Area, 20km south of Kew at 2.45 pm, quite late, but the kids went to sleep and we had a really good run. We had sandwiches and a run around and hit the road almost an hour later.

We had a sick Missy at the south side of Kempsey, so we quickly pulled over into the large rest area there to clean up and change drivers. She was alright for ages after that, but then just before we got to Coffs Harbour she was sick again.

Dinner was at McDonalds on the south side of Coffs, which is where we are currently connected to their Free WiFi. After dinner the kids went in the playground and Hendrix found himself a second course of burger. He was eating someone else’s burger!!! Yuck. He was scolded for that. Gross and Disgusting don’t even begin to describe it. Since I have been writing this he has since found someone else’s apple juice and helped himself! How on earth are we going to control this boy for 8 months….

We are about to roll out, so I will upload this before we go. We plan on staying the night around Woodburn or Broadwater in a rest area or off the beaten track somewhere.

Expenses to date:

Diesel             111.21 L         $137.57

Take Away                             $19.45

Until next time…. Happy and Safe Travels.