We are currently in Adelaide, eagerly awaiting the arrival of Richard, Catherine, Neavey, Fred and Sue. We are in a wonderful caravan park, chosen for its attractions for the children. It’s so good that locals even come and use them for the day. Last night there was a little boy’s birthday party held near the splash zone, and the entire guest list made their way past Bertha, marveling at just how big she was. They went home right on dinnertime and could see in since our internal lights were on (I hadn’t closed the blinds yet). They had a lovely perve at us sitting down to dinner and we had a lovely chuckle at all of their comments.
We’ve had a relaxing past few days. From Pimba we
headed south to Port Augusta and stayed in a caravan park there since we had heard
and read things which concerned us about security. They lock the gates at
9.30pm and the fence surrounding the park is tall and topped with barbed wire.
Comforting. And yet not. We spent a good few hours in the Information Centre at
the Wadlata Exhibit. It was fascinating! Not cheap, at $40 for the family, but
well worth the money. We could easily have spent another 2 hours there. It
shows the entire history of South Australia, from BEFORE Gondwana broke off to
the current day. There are Aboriginal dreamtime stories and exhibits,
geographical exhibits, European settlement and exploration exhibits and soooo
many movies and interactive things to do.
The next
day we headed off and stopped to empty our black water tank - ahhh it’s a glamorous life! The dump point was at a
little motorhome ‘free’ camp and there was another big rig bus in there! We haven’t seen that many of them (I think they’ve all been at the annual meet-up in NSW) and
we are always so excited to see one. This one was super special as it had been
raised to almost double decker height and BEST OF ALL there was a family on
board! We met the father quite quickly and he invited me in to check it out. As
soon as I saw his kids, I took them right out of his bus and over to mine –
Lexie and Angus have not really seen many children since we left Healesville!
The children had a fine time comparing each other’s busses and watching each other’s screens while Dunc and what’s-his-name talked about busses.
I am having
a really hard time keeping track of people’s names! We meet so many people and give so many tours of Bertha and I
just can’t keep them in my head. We see,
experience and learn so much that we are sleeping a lot more and both Dunc and
I are finding it difficult to keep track. The things we did in Tasmania seems
sooooooo long ago! Anyway, the kids all had a ball catching up and showing off
their own spaces. Their bus was originally the same as ours (well 2 years
younger) but had a lot of extra height added and was quite luxurious inside.
Even so, I wouldn’t have swapped Bertha for it in a
million years! So lovely to know that. J
After Port
Augusta, we headed to a caravan park in Wallaroo that we had read great reviews
on. And boy was it worth it! We stayed 2 nights and spent time lazing at the
beach and chilling out for a bit. The kids did the last of their schoolwork for
the term, as we are now on school holidays – yay!
The beach
was just lovely and warm and the kids went swimming. I chose to recline on the
hammock and just appreciate the view, and Dunc chose to do the beach “his way” – on wheels!
Best of all, Dunc took the children fishing
while I had some “me time” to
work on an artwork. FINALLY after many many many times casting their lines in
over and over and over again since we started this trip, they caught something
– yippee!! A calamari squid which was bbqed the following night and eaten with
much enthusiasm by the 3 seafood-eating members of the family… ie: not me!
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