Thursday, June 17, 2010

Smooth As Silk

So, how's the trip going?  Any teething problems?

Sat 12 Conargo Sports Reserve
    Left a really good fire poker behind after cooking the porridge in the morning.  The stake of the rabbit trap will do till we can find another good poker.

Sun 13 and Mon 14  Ayson's Reserve, Elmore.
    After a visit to Deniliquin Baptist (the new guy there seems to be a good bloke who is on track (these two things are different) we stopped at Ayson's reserve.  It was here that we noticed that the four bikes were about ready to fall off the back of the van.  A new spring washer and a few good sturdy kicks on the trusty adjusty and I think we can linp down to Warrnambool.

Tuesday 15 The Stephens Place, Kyabram
    The door to the van doesn't lock now, won't even stay shut.  Believe me, in Victoria you want a door that shuts at night.  (What is it with Victoria anyway, how come the sun reckons it only has o show up for a couple of hours each day??)  This predicament is absolutely nothing to do with the guided tours of the van that their fifty boys wanted.  Some creative work with an ocky strap is a good temporary fix.

Wednesday 16  Mt Franklin Reserve
    What a beautiful spot.  Beautiful trees, lovely rain in the night.  Just discovered leak number 187.  Air the blankets, another job for when we arrive in Warrnambool.  Hope we have some time left over to talk to Ben and Lou.

Verdict of the Trip:
James:  I don't know
Lizzy:  Bendigo was pretty boring
Claire:  pardon, Dad.
Katie:  I don't know
Meredith:  depends who you're emailing, who are you emailing.  Brrrrrrrr but beautiful.
Michael:  wouldn't miss it for the world!!!!!!!!



 

4 comments:

  1. Glad you're going well & having a nice time! Keep warm!!!
    There are some requests for you to turn on anonymous comments - Deb & Leah have tried to comment, but they don't want a google account - you can change this in your settings.
    Tell Meredith we missed her last night at KYB - we had a doozy question & we all wished we had her there to answer it. It was however the quickest KYB ever - we all kept having the same answers!
    Keep safe, Keep warm
    And from the kids:
    Only 2 weeks & 1 day til the snow - from Zai
    I miss Katie - from Ellie
    Happy Birthday - from Jud
    Baby - from Eli ( these are direct comments - maybe a sign - LOL)
    God bless
    Renata & Dave :) :)

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  2. Ah.. I meant direct quotes, not direct comments - silly me
    Renata:)

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  3. Sounds like its been lots of fun. I can hear James saying "I don't know!". And Liz, didn't they let you down a mine? Damo & I had a great tour down a mine - we had scones jam and a cuppa under ground :)
    Hope your not too cold and wet (its freezing here and raining too! :)
    See you at the snow!

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  4. Hopefully comments are a lot easier now. I didn't realise the tighter settings were the normal ones. Thanks for passing on the request, Renata.

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