Leaving Day

I thought we were pretty much under control after dealing with the containers, but Dunc still hadn’t sorted his clothes or packed his computer up and my wardrobe was still full of stuff I wasn’t taking.

Our final day was once again marked with wonderful assistance from family and friends. Mum and Dad and Dunc’s mum spent the entire day helping sort clothes and tools, Katie helped ferry the entire kitchen from the house to Bertha, and Dunc’s friend Roo returned to help load all the tools and equipment that Dunc was taking. Roo and Jaki had popped past to meet Bertha the night before and been roped into helping load stuff already – that guy was a sucker for punishment!

The children had their stuff all sorted by bedtime the night before, but only having 2 small cupboards-worth will make life easy for them! Dunc and I, on the other hand, had rather a lot more to sort out.

We spent the morning loading stuff and I lost the plot when I lost track of time and thought we had 3 hours less than we really did. The sense of relief I felt when I realized it was only 1pm and not nearly 4pm was insane! Monica went on a final fish and chip run to Harry so we could enjoy his cooking one last time (Harry’s Fish and Chips on Middleborough Rd, right near Eley Rd – DELICIOUS! Give them a try and say “Hi from Duncan” 9808 8055).

We loaded Baby Bertha into the trailer and took the opportunity to start the map trails that the children will be filling in – Angus on Baby Bertha and Lexie on the back of Little Bertha. I got an exciting text from the Spirit of Tasmania and started to freak out that we were running out of time.

We ended up leaving Dunc’s mum with a large keg of Port to babysit and my Mum and Dad with rather a lot more ‘stuff’ than anticipated. And cleaning up to do. Our parents are absolutely amazing and support us in soooo many ways – we LOVE you guys!!

In the end we left almost right on schedule. We aimed for 4pm and had the neighbours all there to bid us farewell. I think it was just about 4.15 when we pulled out and Dunc didn’t grind a single gear on his way past the Driver Buslines departure committee! Yay!