Cant believe we are one week in today! We have done and seen so much we could just about come home now and say we've had an amazing time away! But we still have 25 weeks approx. left so we had better see what else Australia has to offer!
Biggest highlight of our trip to date is meeting other travellers on the road. We meet a lovely family in Mt Gambier who come from Geraldton in WA and we hit it off great. They had an 8 year old daughter and 6 year old son so the kids were in seventh heaven. They were heading off to Tassie for 2 weeks and pity they were going the opposite way to us, but we are going to visit them when we get to WA so we are looking forward to that. Another couple we met in Mt Gambier were also from Perth and were travelling in a huge old coach converted to mobile home. They were heading to the Gold Coast and had great stories of how their bus has broken down so many times in so many different places. They got stuck on the Nullabor in 65 degree temp for a fatality on the road and lucky for them they had a generator and airconditioner! We are so looking forward to having our own stories in the many weeks to come.
The kids are going awesomely well. They are making friends as we go and also amusing each other really well. We have had a few moments with the kids getting a bit niggly in the 45 degree in the shade heat (he he) but they are great little travellers and adapters to the changing environments. That is one of the big things for us. when we set up in a new place it feels foreign for a short while and then feels like normality. Then we pack up and do it all again. Takes some getting used to but already we are just going with the flow and taking it all in our stride. Thankful I have my portable loo, my little touch of home!
Highlights so far:
- Seeing the Blue Lake at Mt Gambier - it really is soooo blue!!!
- Realising why they call this area the Limestone coast - that stuff is everywhere!!!! (yes i am really a blonde underneath!!!)
- Meeting a family from Alexandra in Mt Gambier at a nighttime possum feeding at a cave in town, couldnt believe our eyes!
- Going to Glencoe - those who know us from the past will know Mark & I got engaged in Glencoe Scotland, and we just had to see Glencoe in SA!
- Going to the Naracoorte Caves World Heritage Fossil Site - and going into Alexandra Cave - felt just like home!!! (Yes it was named after Princess Alexandra just like our Alex)
- Playing Pokemon Monopoly with the kids (bought it on ebay about 4 months ago and wouldnt let them play it till we came away!! Mean mother i am!)
- Going boogie boarding at Beachport - The kids are little naturals, I had my very first go yesterday, kept losing balance for the first hour and finally managed to stay on for a couple of waves...but I was so sore! Especially my ribs! Give me a bit more practice and I'm sure I'll be at least 50% as good as Mark!!!
- Loved Beachport - relaxing, nice beach, quaint town.
- Going to a salt lake yesterday where the salt concentration was 7xthe ocean, quite an experience!
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