Feeling the Flow

Suki 19 months Yarrongabilly Caves Village Camp. Koscioszko National park

I feel as though we have just really begun our trip. We all have become familiar with our caravan and each other- sounds a bit strange, but true, as we all have never spent this much time together. The last time Rod and I spent this much time together was travelling overseas 1995-1998. We are no longer having daily battles with gadgets, inverters, tiny and little space, batteries, technology and personal space. We installed a solar panel, which has improved our power supply by 100% and we no longer have to constantly monitor our power output, unless we have many consecutive days of cloud cover/rain.

We have formed a packing and unpacking routine which works smoothly and we have all relaxed and surrendered,'it is what it is' the children adjusted very quickly with Mummy and Daddy especially Mummy lagging behind. Rod even went fishing tonight. This speaks volumes to me as he has never liked to fish, to boring, maybe if I had three lines going at once, he says. Me on the other hand, I love to fish.

We are currently travelling through Tasmania, north west of Hobart. We had contemplated moving here a few years ago, however decided to stay in Queensland. We have only been here 9 days and I am already in-love. Such beautiful country. I'm surprised how beautiful it is considering how dry it is. There are fields, hills and farms of golden grass, that run straight into the blue ocean, small seaside villages that could have come straight out of England. Beaches laden with driftwood; our minds are running wild imagining a house made of driftwood. Can't you just picture it. Superb! You can take the driftwood off the beach here at Arthur River as the beach is thick with it. Huge logs everywhere. Rod and I have even discussed how to get it off the beach with a 4WD truck and crane and even discussed how to cut it to get the best look on the outside. If you cut a straight edge on each side and have the natural side showing.

Arthur River Beach

There are huge oysters to eat and sweet Australian Salmon. Cool most of the year, and Melbourne a short flight away. Sounds enticing. Maybe?

What's on our Gallery Wall

These little Diary collages will be nice to look back on, years down the track. Little snippets that will trigger memories of our time travelling around Australia. If you click on the image it will be enlarged to a size that is readable. Candyxx

Airing out the dirty laundry

 Yachting Point near Talibingo

Yes that is our dirty washing, we won't see a washing machine for at least another 4 days. The bottom of our washing bag got soaked in the overnight rain and all the clothes got wet. To avoid everything going mouldy I had to dry everything out to put back in the washing bag to take to the laundry in 4 days. Fun Fun Fun!

Sacred Spaces

I had my niece Mad and her very good friend Missy here on the weekend. The girls had a sleep over in the caravan. It got me thinking about my teenage years and how anxious, they were and how I would have loved to have had a little caravan as my sacred space.

Song of the year

I have just discovered my song for 2009. How joyful and jazzy is this French, electro swing band. 'Caravan Palace'what a great name very Moulin Rouge. I want to make a hat film clip with my feathered friends to this music.