Aussie Road Trippers

We've been in our c/van at Bonny Hills nearly 4 days now and I just love being here. It's a great spot to slip into our new nomadic lifestyle and get used to living in our new mobile home. I must admit I was a bit nervous about driving the c/van from Pt Mac down to here but it really wasn't as difficult as I thought. 2 things I've discovered about towing the van I will share with you: 1) when Navman says turn in 600m don't wait until the next time they say turn to put your foot on the brake as there's no way the c/van will slow down in time; 2) if the c/van salesman says "No, you won't need driving mirrors if you have a Landcruiser", don't believe him.

That discovered, we made it here safely and found a shady spot all to ourselves where we could unhitch the van. This proved to be the next challenge. As it was our first time out with the c/van (apart from the little park at Settlement Pt) we chose a site we could drive through. However, the site had a bit of a slant to it. Stephen did a great job doing all the winding to level the van while I watched little bubbles move around in the spirit level (much less strenuous). Then suddenly, we heard a clunk and saw that one of our front stabiliser legs had buckled. Aggh!!~! It looked like we were going to have to make Bonny Hills our permanent home as there was no way we could raise or lower the leg to move the van. Thankfully, with the help of a mallot, a hammer and much persistence, Stephen was able to bash it into back into shape so the leg can be raised again. We'll get the leg replaced when we move away from here around Nov.

The c/van is now starting to look like a little home sweet mobile home. We've been sorting through all the bags of clothes and stuff we brought up from Sydney. I'm REALLY surprised we've managed to find spots for just about everything we brought, however, we now have a box in the back of the car full of "nice to have's but no room to keep" which will go back into storage when we come back down to Syd in Nov.

We're definitely getting into the swing of this holidaying by the beach lifestyle. Relaxed breakfasts followed by long walks along the beach. Angel loves it too!

More to come later. Bye for now and hope you enjoy reading our blog.
Bye for now, Rosy.