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| Building the storage unit |
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| Finished unit in the Paj |
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| Details of the electrics |
Hi All,
Having arrived home on December 3rd our preparation time for this trip was delightfully punctuated by grandparenting duties of Abella while Stephanie gave birth to Arleigh. We had Christmas with both Simon's and my families which was a great time to regale them all with our adventure tales. From their glazed looks our expectation to have them look at all our photos was too ambitious!
Alyce turned 21 so no we have no more "children" only "adults". We met Amelia, Tim's friend and Kit, Jono's friend and had too little time to have chats and get to know them. We managed to catch up with about a quarter of the friends we promised to see, time just escaped us, sorry guys......
Having decided to travel for the next 12 months we decided to rent out our house and set about finding a tenant, Tony (realestate guy) who sold me the house did an inspection and gave us some pointers. In the end we did not need to use a third party as Mike our friend, Danielle's dad, needed a place to stay and was happy to take the place with furniture saving us storage space at UStore it. Packing up our personal belongings reinforced that we collect too much "stuff" when you stay in one place for any length of time. Who ever said you should move every 8 years was probably right though every 2 would probably be better. Come to think of it travelling the highways and byways is the best way to keep "stuff" to a minimum. I actually found the busyness of the city and the all the "stuff" a bit stressful, guess I am cut out for life on the road after all.
Hopefully our Laurel and Hardy moments will be kept to a minimum with Simon's handiwork to build a storage unit for the back of the Pajero. Camper trailer was repainted, canvas bags for fish and crab nets purchased. The brake master cylinder on the trailer was found seized the day before we left. It was disassembled and repaired under floodlights on Tuesday night. Hopefully the replacement cap will prevent ingress of moisture and subsequent seizures.
Plan for the year - Tasmania for 2 months, HelpX at Parson Bay for 4 weeks, hike to Cradle Mountain (Overland Track) 8 days, More HelpX TBA, then depending on notification regarding census collection work head north following the sun, probably via WA.
......So finally we are ready to leave, see you all ON THE ROAD...............
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| "Hit the Road Jack..." |
Cheers Susan
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