2 lucky ducks on the road again

When we woke this morning we found Tanya wasn't very well she had arrived home with what appeared to be bad vertigo, I went to help her as she had her family coming for Christmas dinner, she had a phone consultation with her doctor who said he believed it was an inner ear infection and sent a prescription to a chemist which Will picked up for her. In the afternoon we went to stay with Paul and Esther, we take the camper and stay in that, in the evening Adam my nephew and his wife Dot came around, we had lots of laughs  Esther putting out 2 magnificent grazing boards over the afternoon and evening. Christmas morning Esther and Jackie banged on our door as they went to church so we went in and had breakfast with Paul. Esther did a very delicious Christmas lunch, she had roast pumpkin and carrots with my favorite pinkeye potatoes she grew herself, the pavlova she made was to die for, she had made fresh lemon curd to serve with it this is something I  will always do now it was del...

It was a beautiful morning, Colin had been checking the weather and it looked as though it should be really great camping up the east coast so the four of us headed off for a couple of nights away camping.  We stopped at Sorrel to pick up a couple of things before heading up the coast. The east coast highway is very windy and hilly in places so we took it easy and enjoyed the trip, we all stopped at Swansea for lunch at the fish and chip shop, Merv and I had chips and scallops, yummo. When we arrived at the camp we were awhile behind Colin and Tanya as we were hit by a large rock from the tray of a truck which hit Merv's side window and shattered it so it took some time to tape it up so it wouldn't fall out, it made it hard for Merv to drive.  The camp was nice right near a lagoon at the beach with good clean toilets.  We went for a good walk on the beach after setting up. Next morning Merv and I walked to the far end of the beach, Merv spinning as he went, he lost 2 lure...

It was such a relief to arrive at Colin's for a break and great too see them.  In the following days we walked on the beach, walked to the blowhole and had an ice-cream from the van and a challenging walk to Cash's lookout with Colin, quite a walk but the views are worth it. We visited Gavin and Emma at Copping on a day that wasn't quite so sunny, they have a nice property with ducks, geese, chooks, sheep a goat, dog and cat. We have had some delicious vegetarian meals with Tanya and Colin. The views from Cash's lookout  Beach walking

The final dash today through Victoria to the boat, we completed our paperwork got the all clear then left before rules changed. We stoped in Bordertown to pick up some take away meals for the boar as we were told we must stay in our rooms and there wouldn't be any food or drink served, I also took a thermos for coffee. The trip was uneventful apart from the extremely rough roads, I thought they would improve when we hit the dual carriage way out of Ballerat, but no they seem to have got worse. When we got to the boat it was a pretty quick checkin, the bio security is carried out in Melbourne now, I had bought 2 bananas for dinner they told us we could eat them there and leave the skins or leave the whole banana, we ate them. I also forgot I had oranges and sald for dinner. After checking into the room wee found out the rules had changed so we went up stairs and had a beer while we departed.  It was an extremely calm night. After disembarking that is when all the checks were carried...

Time to make the final dash to the border, today  is going to be a long one we want to stay in a little town near Bordertown. We went into town before we left to pickup a script for Merv and fuel, we couldn't believe  how busy it was yesterday was Sunday and not a soul anywhere this morning you had to be careful crossing the street. While we waited for the script we went into a collectors shop, it is just as well we were in the camper as there was so many beautiful old things. On the way between Burra and Berri we went into no.2 lock on the Murry River, a lovely spot for a picnic, we could not believe the amount of pelicans and shags that were there, it means there must be an awful lot of fish there We stopped after a couple of hours for lunch and give Merv a break from fighting the wind and rough road, he said he was ok to drive. When we got to Mundulla after setting up we walked up townto see what the local shop had that we could buy in the morning fo...

Merv's favorite 

Burra