Starting to struggle

Sigh… we’re finding it a bit tough at the moment. Everyone wants to be back at home – on Bertha where we belong. Particularly our youngest family member. Angus is my little neat freak and he is finding it hard moving around so frequently. He very much likes “everything in its place” and moving every 2 days means that nothing has a place.

Don’t misunderstand me. We are all still having fun and seeing SO much of Tassie. We are very fortunate to be in this position and loving life. But we are all finding it a little frustrating too. We left Duncan’s favourite cup at the last caravan park and Lexie really misses Bertha the bus. She misses Bertha herself. Angus misses knowing where stuff is and Duncan and I miss the cookware and knives that we specifically packed so we wouldn’t have to deal with the crappy stuff at caravan parks!!

Bertha’s engine has been removed and is in the process of being changed over. We have continued our travels, but paying for accommodation on top of sight seeing and the prospect of paying for the new engine is slightly freaking me out. Tonight we are saving over $100 by staying in a caravan and annex rather than a family unit. We’ve decided its not worth it – the gas wouldn’t work, there was ONE saucepan and we are living in a caravan – the thing that Duncan didn’t want to do! We had budgeted for a disaster on the trip (jokingly mentioning a new engine – hah!) and I just have to bite the bullet and pay a bit more so we are all comfortable. We have got our camping gear and pretty much any other part of the year/trip we could be camping. But its effing freezing here at night. I just can’t do it!! I’m currently cold and right now I’m in an enclosed annex with carpet and curtains, fully dressed and wearing a fleece jacket.

So we have been busy sight traveling and sight seeing. Since the last update, we’ve been to:

Hobart – staying in Battery Point and going to the Salamanca Markets

Hobart Airport – LOL. It was the Australia Day weekend so there was NO accommodation anywhere picturesque or exciting. It gave us a good chill-out day. The kids hung out watching telly and playing on screens and just relaxing. We very much need those regularly at the moment. Dunc got to go to a pub and catch up with someone from his work.

Snug – A caravan park on the beach! Bliss. The kids got to swim and Angus got to dig and wallow in sand.

Bruny Island – we are currently here. It is absolutely GORGEOUS! The beaches are that stunning blue/green of the Whitsunday Islands. Tomorrow we have a boat cruise booked. A 3 hour tour. (you can imagine Dunc and I singing the theme to Gilligan’s Island. The kids are sick of hearing it. Lexie is now wishing that boat tours were not 3 hours – 2 or 4 would be better!)

Today is Angus’ birthday, but that deserves a post all of its very own. Tomorrow is also a big day – the first day of school! Their friends start back at BLPS, so they need to start their 1 hour a day. LOL. I have it all planned…