As we were packing up to come home this morning, an older lady who resides in the caravan park, walked past pushing a pram. Bruce thought she must have been looking after a grandchild. He had a look in the pram as she went past and there was a dog in there. The dog was even covered with blankets.
There were lots of road works so the trip was a bit slow. We called in to see Mike and Mandy and arrived in time for morning tea, having stopped in Lismore on the way through. We had a winning Scratchie and wanted to cash it before leaving New South Wales. We spent a few hours there before heading up to the Gold Coast where we caught up with Jan and Steve. They have recently moved there and we had a look through their new house, which is really good.
From there it was home where we unpacked the car and van.
We had really enjoyed our first long trip away in the van. Apart from the leak in the roof, everything went smoothly. We need to reorganise our cupboards under the sink and hot plates, and will get a spice rack to attach to the inside of the cupboard which will free up a little bit of room in our single grocery drawer. Having a small (13') van, we don't have a great deal of storage space. Before our next big trip next year, we will be ready for free camping. We will also get an outside door on the van to give us access to under Bruce's bed. With having the innerspring mattress it is too awkward to access it from inside. That will give us a bit more storage space.
My next addition to the blog will not be till September, when we have 10 days in Tasmania.
Total mileage for trip: 2,883 kms
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