We were up and going before the sun had thought about
getting up, errr...well not quite but by our standards we were up and going
early, hitting the road before 8. Nana and Shelby, De’s sister, are flying in
today and meeting us in Margaret River so we need to get there early and get
everything organised.
On the way to Margie, we got to our second left turn. Our
first one was way back in Queenscliff Victoria where our patch changed from
heading south to west, well now we are changing from heading west to north! We
are not quite as far away from home as we can be but we are pretty bloody close
to it!
Yesterday we tried to book into one of the van parks in Margie
but my ‘silly’ mobile phone was on the blink again so I decided to do it the
old way and used the telephone in the glass box on the side of the road. I took
a handful of coins with me, about $4, thinking it is only a couple of hundred
ks so it might even be a local call. The last time I used a pay phone it was
20c a call, now the minimum amount you can put in to make a call is 50c and
once I got through, I was so bloody busy feeding this machine coins I could
hardly concentrate on what I was saying. After what felt like 60 seconds I was
out of coins, had confirmed the van booking and was most of the way through the
cabin for the girls when it cut out. Oh well I thought, shouldn’t be a problem
they knew what I was looking for! Sorry, we don’t have any 2 room cabins left
as there is an event on this weekend and we are all booked out.....oh
shiiivers....this is not going to be good.....luckily enough the other van park
had exactly what we were looking for!
We set up and did all the usuals but I went on a cleaning
rampage wiping down every flat surface of the van with a wet rag and doing the
floor three times – it needed it after three months! We chilled for the rest of
the afternoon while we waited for the ladies. Jack and Sam were just about
jumping out of their skin and every time a car drove into the park they were up
out of their chairs. It was great to see their excitement and love for the
Nana, and Shelby! When they finally arrived they were mugged with lots of
kisses and cuddles!
The remainder of the day and into the night was spent
sitting around the van telling stories of where we have been and what Nana and
Shelby have been up to. De cooked up a big lamb roast and a few beers and wines
were had. With WA being 3 hours behind NSW the night was drawn to a close
pretty early and it wasn’t long before the freight train was passing through
the Margaret River station!
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