We are finally home. We have been away for nearly 17 months travelling 42,500kms.

Been to some amazing places, seen some fantastic sights, met some great people but its great to be home. 

Had to spend the first night in the caravan as all the furniture was locked up in the garage. It’s been a long week moving everything back in and getting the garden under control. 

Great to be able to sit on a proper sofa, have a bath and have a proper kitchen to cook in.

That’s it for now for our travels until our next adventure.

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Went to meet a Scottish Terrier breeder, as we are getting a puppy in February so met the Mum and Dad. Mum due in two days. Met some other puppies whilst there.

We then had a week of catching up with friends. Played golf with a school friend Connie at Mornington Golf Club where she is the ladies captain. Fantastic views of Melbourne across the Bay.

Simon had a day as a diesel train driver, he drove the train from Moroduc to Mornington and back then shunted and attached the passenger cars. Our friends Sam and Nat joined me as passengers. Had a lovely lunch to celebrate.

We then moved to Warrandyte north east of Melbourne so that we could catch up with family Pat and Robert.

Stopped off in Blackwood to see Di and Fraser friends from Corinda. Love it here it is so peacefuland I have never been anywhere so dark at night. one of the days we had thick fog all day long and you could barely make out the kangaroos.

Had to make sure we had no fruit and vegetables onboard as we headed to Mildura this is a no fruit fly zone. Camped on the Murray River and could watch the riverboats going past including a paddle boat. 

Mildura is a great town with excellent restaurants and lots of roof top bars. It hit 39C when we were there but the next day it dropped to 20C.

Had an issue with the caravan. The fuse cover for the invertor started smoking, luckily Simon was in the van at the time so he quickly disconnected and got an auto electircian out to fix it. According to the auto electrician it happens all the time. Very worrying when sleeping on top of two lithium batteries!

Simon had more wine tasting this time at Penfolds and Elderton. I went to Maggie Beers farm and had got to go into her kitchen. Beautiful farm with gorgeous produce could have spent a fortune there.

Back in wine country. Simon had his own personal chauffeur around the vineyards for his wine tastings. Lovely lunch in Skillogalee. 

Stopped to see the steel works and the amazing circular jetty. The water was crystal clear.

Had to stop here to try the oysters and they were delicious. They even had emus in the middle of the town.

Drove across the Nullarbor and bumped into some Sherwood people, Katie and Kieran Moss! It’s a small world. Some seriously wide loads on this stretch.

Went to a deserted ghost town called Cook which is 100kms of dirt track away from the highway. Why? Because Simon loves trains and this is where the Indian Pacific gets refueled and the only people who live here are a caretaker and train drivers swapping shifts. Simon was in his element.

We saw a dingo close up he came within 10m of the caravan and was quite happy to sit down and just watch us, probably trying to work out if we would make a good feed.

The Bight was amazing colours and very windy didn’t want to get too close to that cliff edge.

Our last stop with Ed and Julie. We were hoping for some sun but the heavens opened and it rained all day. So much so that our tour of the Superpit was cancelled as it was too wet. Very annoying. We did however get to see the Superpit from the look out, armed with our umbrellas.

It has been great travelling together for the last 5 weeks, will miss them.