The countdown is on... 12 weeks today until we leave on our next big venture....
Lots of preparation happening in all of our lives at the moment. We have just come back from Brisbane where we have had the caravan in being serviced, new awning put on, solar panel on the roof, extra water storage and a heap of other little bits and pieces to make life a little easier as we free camp our way around Australia..
Our friends John and Barb Ross are now going to join us on the initial start of our trip especially down through the centre of Australia. We were all in Brisbane last weekend so it was a good chance to all get together and introduce them to Ian and Kathy.
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| Barb enjoying their maiden voyage in their van. |
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| John tinkering and fine tuning for the big lap.. |
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| Checking out their van.. |
We checked their van out on the Saturday night and they all joined us for dinner on Sunday night at Sarah and Colin's. Lots of excitement and laughter as we talked about and planned our adventure. The game of Zilch sealed the night. I think that we realize that if we are camping around people we won't be able to play this at night as we had such a ball, the noise and laughter was pretty loud....
All in all, it makes for an exciting 12 weeks ahead as we plan and dream about the Lap.
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| The Ross's and Forwards meet and greet |
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| The blokes |
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| Willow joining us for desert when the others joined us for dinner.. |
We are packing now to head away for a week in the van next week at Tannum Sands. Ian and Kathy will be joining us. A bit more planning, and some fishing and relaxing are on the cards...
All practice runs for the big adventure...
