Around 9am, while we still lay in bed, we decided to be decadent and turn the TV on to
watch some of the morning TV shows and news. It is the first time we have had the TV set up in the van, and working, since Geraldton in WA more than 2 months ago....and I can’t say we have missed much!
We were a little bit late to leave and then made another
donation for some ridiculously over priced goods at the store. However we also
bought a loaf of bread from the now world famous pork chop butcher and rolled
out of town, covering a massive 70kms on bitumen before pulling up at the
Leichardt River Crossing.
For those unfamiliar with the methodology of free camping,
the gray nomads usually are gone by 8 or 9am driving for a few hours, having
morning tea and then another hour or so before finding a spot to set up for
lunch, AND the night, resulting in them always getting the prime sites. Our
modus operandi is slightly different is we have a little sleep in and usually
struggle to be moving by morning tea, stop somewhere for a late lunch and start
to look for somewhere around 4, by which stage all the 'good' free sites are
gone. I say 'good' as any 'fee' site is 'good'! However despite getting a late start we decided that was far enough, this
looked like a nice spot, so we got (one) of the primes sites; there were
already three other vans set up. We had lunch, had a nana nap, did a bit of
school work and then the boys went off on an adventure while I attempted to
catch up on my blogs! I gave grown to take pity on any cattle, or any living beings, that we camp near now as the boys are of on foot or on their bikes rounding them up with the whip cracking all the way.
In the afternoon we half heartedly threw a few lures in the
puddle in front of our van, the boys went on an adventure on a long distance adventure on their bikes, as
well as getting the fire going. It was a magical afternoon with the eastern sky
painting a picture reflected in the still waters of the Leichardt infront of
our camp...maybe the oldies have got this figured out! It had been a late night
last night so it wasn’t long before we all turned in.
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