Weekend at Killarney

On Thursday we paid a visit to the Caravan and Camping Show. We wanted to buy some CGear matting for outside the van. We had been assured it would be on special there and we would get it for a good price. We did well so it was worth going. We had a good look around at all the gadgets and what a variety - all sorts of things. We also looked at the different chairs as we need some new ones. We had a good talk to a fellow from Sprenger's about solar and we will pay them a visit when we are ready for solar panels.

While at the show we went to have a look at the Aussie Swag Camper that Lynne and Rob, friends of ours in Canberra, have ordered. They take delivery in October. It looks really well made and they should get a lot of use out of it. We will be able to meet up with them on the road somewhere which will be great.

We set off for Killarney on Friday morning, stopping for morning tea along the way. We had booked in at Killarney View Caravan Park for 2 nights over the long weekend. It was a lovely caravan park with a great lawn area where the vans were parked and cement slabs next to the vans. The gardens were well looked after. The amenities block was clean and the showers were great. We had a nice view out to the mountains as we were parked in the first van spot, but the trouble with that was, that when the winds came up on the Saturday, there was nothing protecting us. You can't have it every which way. Luckily we had a beautiful day on the Friday and as you can see, we took advantage of it.

It was raining when we got up Saturday morning, so we headed up to Queen Mary Falls Café and had morning tea. There is a caravan and camping park at the back of the café so we had a stroll through there to see what it was like. It is in a lovely setting but we preferred where we were

We called in to the supermarket in town to buy some supplies. The supermarkets in some of these little towns are great. What a variety of goods they have. Not only do you have food items, but there are gardening supplies, electrical, plumbing and many other varieties of goods. We then visited the newsagent across the road and what should we spy - a saxophone player. David, my brother in law, collects saxophone players and we usually keep an eye out for them on our travels. He now has another to add to his collection

David says this is the last one but I think we will wait and see

Sunday was drizzly so we were quite happy to be heading home. We had quite a bit to do to prepare for our month long trip at the end of the month. This time away had made us realise that the way we had packed the van was not the best we could do. It would need to be repacked. We spent Monday cleaning out the van and started on the big job of repacking. As we will be away for longer, we will take a wider assortment of items.

It was a chilly weekend overall so it was a good test of our bedding. We wanted to make sure it would keep us warm enough as next trip we will be in Armidale and Tamworth, among other places, but those 2 places can get very cold. We were very snug and our heater worked a treat as well. We had bought a little Sunbeam ceramic heater and it heated up our small area really well. Bruce would get up first in the morning and turn it on again and take the chill off the air before I got up! Got him well trained.