Good Morning from Melbourne

We haven't fallen off the end of the world, it's just that nothing of interest has happened. Melbourne is all about getting Miss G 2 ready to roll which with luck will happen on Monday. No pictures as my Canon G9 decided to do a total failure so it's off at the doctors. Ron has come down with a cold so we are just getting the important things done and will try to catch up with friends etc on the return around xmas.

It's a BIG 2 ton girl

Surgeon Bruce aided by Ron delivered the new bouncing baby without tooo many complications. She is 24 feet from tow ball to bumper full of luxury just waiting to hit the road and get dirty. Each end drops down to reveal a queen size bed at the front (Rons) and a double at the rear (moi) with toilet, shower, full size fridge, microwave, wardrobes and lots and lots of space. On introduction to RT they both got on well but when fully packed (how did we ever get soooooooo much into Miss Guided 1) RT was not impressed with dragging 2.5 ton around town but he will get over it as soon as we all hit the road again. If all goes well we are planning a quick trip down the road to visit Noddy and Paul and may even drop across the border to Narracoote for a drink with Malcolm - the trip continues.

What a strange state this is ..........

As you can see we are back inland and after the last week on the coast we are happy to be leaving the waves behind for a while. After a very windy Port Lincoln (only saved by the lovely Lyns) and a warm and barren Cowell (no beach or Restaurant) we headed up the coast to Port Augusta to see Gail and Graham. Day one at Augusta was 40 and the pool was compulsory LOL, day two was 35 followed by the most amazing electrical storm. We had a wonderful dinner at Gail and Grahams but had to end the evening a little short as the storm was increasing in intensity and we couldn't remember if we had locked down Miss G or not (dementia is starting). On arrival back at the park we quickly discovered that the storm had blown all the power to the park so we at least got to switch over the fridge to gas (those that went to bed early would have woken to a mess in their fridges). Today is 20 degrees and we have headed down the road to Clare on route to Mildura on Sunday. This is Miss Guided's last trip for us as "Miss Guided 2" will be ready and waiting in Geelong on Thursday.

Thankyou Hans for the opera's they arrived safe and sound. How was the holiday ???

My new pet?????

There is nothing as graceful as an eagle in full flight. We have spent the last 3 days in Port Lincoln being wined and dined by the two lovely Lyns, so a very very BIG thankyou for a great time. It must also be noted that Lyn D and moi were the winners of the inaugural Bowl-off (even if there was some cheating involved)Rules are subject to change and open to interruption at any time and that includes the score, although we await the results of the drug tests with much nervousness.

Off to Cowell (WHERE) today, hopefully for some oysters and crab. Miss Guided 2 is in the beauty salon getting a perm and will hopefully have the facial and nail job by the 26th and be ready to hit the road running.

OOOOOPS Forgot

The bet on when we would pass the scotsman:

Joe - by the third roundabout

Yvonne - 10 klms mark

Ron - 30 klms mark

Moi 50 klms mark

and the winner is RON we passed them at the 29klm mark.

It's off to see the Lyn's

We finally got on the way from Esperance and headed off to Norseman. On the way we stopped off at Salmon Gums where we dropped into the pub (the only open building in town) for a toasted sanger and coffee and had an interesting chat with the publican, just like ol' times LOL. His advise was that Norseman was a BIG NO NO and that we should continue on to Fraser range sheep ranch and stay overnight there which we did. Just outside town we stopped and dialed up the Lyn's on Tom Tom and above is what we were presented with. You can see the distance is 1620 klms which will take 18.44 hours and we did this in Kuhlmann street, but the killer was we had to be on the lookout for the left hand turn which was in 1197 klms - Tom is good at pre warning us for dangerous and unexpected situations LOL.

It's Sammy

Now I am not saying we are just up the road from Antarctica but you have to wonder when you walk along the pier and up pops "Sammy" who is only at home in cooler climates LOL. Esperance is a lovely place and reminds me of Old Coolangatta, when it was still a quiet seaside place without all the highrise etc. Yesterday we went to the fish tanner and what an amazing place that is. When we are next in your neighbourhood ask me about my "Barra" belt and "Stingray" wallet, they are just amazing.

Albany, windy one day, freezing the next

Well good morning and the good news is that we are NO longer at Albany. We were due to leave on Thursday but we were so wet that it was just not possible to pack, so we extended for another day in the hope that the weather would improve enough for us to be able to pack up dry. Friday was a little better but we still had to pack in the drizzle but as we headed out of town the sun broke through a very small gap in the gloom so we new we were heading the right way. The trip here was adventurous with RT fording streams that had decided that the road was a much easier path than the countryside. We arrived at Esperance and what a change 500klms makes LOL. The temp was up to 17 and the sun was sort of shining. Today is the trip around the coast and in search of the fish skin tanner.