Conculsion

This year we didn't do that much sightseeing, more about keening warm and catching up with family and friends.

We traveled a distance of 10,472 km with a fuel cost of LPG $2652.00 and ULP $519.00 total of fuel expenses $3171.00. We had 145 nights away leaving a week later than last year and home a week earlier, the cost $3,155.00 an average of $21.00 per night.
Groceries were $2717.00 and dining out $460.00.

We had a wonderful time and will probably head north next year. No where in particular, just keeping warm and catching up with family and friends.

Hope you enjoyed reading this and apologies for being a bit slack at times.

Cheers
Lee

Day 146 We Explore Aust Part 2 2010

After the meal last night there was no way we were going to waste more money on that excuse for food. While we were waiting to go through customs Gerald boiled the kettle and we had a cup of tea...cost nil....taste the best.

In Launceston Gerald went to Harvey Norman and brought his 3D TV. I brought him a new GPS for his belated birthday present.

Home about 11.30

Day 145 We Explore Aust Part 2 2010

Ty had to go over to the rail yards to check some things and Gerald went too. When he got back he said he had the best time poking round and Ty had keys to everything. Pat and I looked at our family history and she showed be how to use the net to look for links.

Had to wait a little while to get on the boat, but that was ok. Gerald did wonder if we were going to Pakistan, it seems that all the workers were Pakistani.

We went and had tea and they had changed it to a set price $24 a head and it was the WORST MEAL THAT WE HAVE HAD ANYWHERE. Gerald said we should had got a pie from the bar that would have been better.

Bit rough going through the heads...lovely....we both slept very well

Day 144 We Explore Aust Part 2 2010

Left at 9.30 am we are having lunch with my cousins in Williamstown. We all arrived at Pats about the same time.

We went to lunch and caught up my cousins Pat, Virginia, Richard and his wife Louise. Unfortunate Ty (Pats son) had to do a steam train trip, if we had got our act together Gerald would have love to have gone too. Ty didn't get home till after 9 pm.

Day 143 We Explore Aust Part 2 2010

We were going to head down to my cousin Pats today but she texted to say the ground opposite was very wet and we would probably get bogged. It had rained here in Benalla all night too. Gerald wasn't looking forward to driving those conditions so we stayed another night.

Gave me a chance to catch up with the washing and this is the first time I have had to use a dryer. It was a gas dryer and did the job very well most impressed.

Just a coincidence but there were three Tassie vans and bus' lined up together.

Day 142 We Explore Aust Part 2 2010

It was very noisy last night with trucks going past and they seemed to stop at 5.45am. Really shitty day rain and wind, always seem to have a head wind over the last few days.

Decided to stay at the Benalla show grounds. Gerald rang and got the message "Ah KB here, I am not here be back later". We went to the information centre in Benalla and found that the show was on and we couldn't stay there...out of all the weekend of the year, oh well. Into the caravan park.

Day 141 We Explore Aust Part 2 2010

Had the tyres balanced and left about 12.45 pm. Bit of a dreary day and we decided to stop at the place we stopped on the trip back when we got the bus. I thought that it was Tarcutta when we got there it was in a town and then I remembered I was where we brought sunglasses last time that why I knew the name.

The Hume highway has changed so much since we were last Nat our GPS showed us driving through the paddocks. So a lot of the rest stops have changed and most are close to the road and have truck parking. We chose one that on the sign just said rest area. And it was pouring with rain and we both had had enough. So Woomargama it was.