A word or two (or three) from Rosy

It’s about time I did a post to the blog. It’s the Easter long weekend and there are quite a few people here at the Murwillumbah Caravan Park, but no where near the crowds that there would be closer to the coast. Murwillumbah is a pretty town with a historic township atmosphere and a long block of shops on the main street plus a small shopping centre with Coles. The Tweed River flows through the town and Mt Warning can be seen not far away. This whole area sits in a (well and hopefully truly extinct!) volcanic crater.

Our time at Sandalwood Caravan Park (Wardell) seemed to go quickly and it was sad to be leaving. Staying as long as we do in most places, we become nearly like locals and it‘s nice when friends we’ve made and even the managers give us a goodbye hug. In the caravan park, Stephen became known as the a computer guy so people would stop by to ask questions, sometimes bringing their laptop. I have been a bit slow hanging out my sewing shingle but now with my new Singer I have decided to hang it out while we are here in Murwillumbah to let people know that I'm open for business to do sewing, dressmaking and some alterations. This site is ideal for sewing as we are on a double concrete slab - no dirt!

We seem to set up the annex a little bit differently at each caravan park we visit, largely due to which direction we are facing and what the weather is like. Inside the annex it’s all about making it a doggy leash tangle-free environment. We quickly found we need to block Angel’s multiple access routes to underneath the caravan so that she only goes to and fro from one spot near the door.

As we’ve said before, everywhere we go, we pick up some new tips about caravanning and find out something we didn‘t know about our van. A couple we met in Wardell had their 3 annex walls made of shade cloth. They told us that in this climate they are better than using the canvas annex walls which are better in winter. The shade cloth walls give them much needed airflow plus shade and even keeps most of the rain out too. I know that often when the sun would hit our annex it was just too hot to be in there. Our annex doorways didn’t let much air through and the canvas seems to hold the heat. Now that we are here in Murwillumbah, we have only put up the long wall of the annex with the big window open so that the air will flow through each end. A canvas and shade cloth company in Lismore is making up 2 shade cloth side walls and a 4m long wall for us and they should will be ready at the end of the week. The 4m wall will go on the opposite side of the caravan to shade our fridge and Stephen‘s work area.

I had a short trip down to Sydney while we were at Wardell as it was in easy reach of Ballina airport. I stayed at the YHA for 4 nights which was an experience, but a good one. My main reason for the trip was to visit my podiatrist. They were able to do a small adjustment to my orthotic plus tell me that the shoes I was wearing were too flexible and not giving my foot enough support. Aaaagh!!!! So now with ANOTHER new pair of shoes (Brooks this time) and an adjusted orthotic, I’m determined to FIX THIS FOOT and wear them 100% of the time until the pain is gone. Wish me luck!!! While in Sydney, I also got to spend a day with my father and have lunch overlooking Narrabeen Beach. Well, that’s all I can write for now but will try to get some photos of the area and update them to the blog in the next few days.

Till next time….take care and have fun over Easter everyone.