Packed up the loan caravan (so glad this is the last time we pack up this trip!) and drove to the dealer to pick up our caravan. We were there for a few hours checking over the work that we had done and transferring what we had taken to the loan caravan back to ours. We finally headed back to the caravan park and spent the afternoon reorganising and decorating our new home with our new brightly coloured furnishings we have bought this week - towels, sheets, car...

Today we had the chance to take a breather and relax from the stresses of buying a new caravan while living on the road. But not until we dropped off the bags and box we are sending to Melbourne with a removal company. Then we headed towards the city and had a look around the lovely Swan River and city precinct. Then it was time to visit our friend's new rental house in Cottesloe, as she has just moved to Perth. The house is so close to the beach you can see t...

More to do today, this time our car is booked into Ford to have a part replaced on the aircon unit. Gadi dropped the car off in the morning and came back with a loan car. We went to Spotlight to see if we could find some new linen, cushions and towels to help brighten up our new caravan. We were keen to base the colour scheme around a bright burnt orange, which would look good with the chocolate colour of the built in cupboards. The shopping proved quite stress...

Early start today as we had to pack enough belongings for three nights (clothes, bedding, cooking gear etc) and have our caravan at the dealer at 9am. We spent some time there going over some minor faults that needed repairing and then collected a second hand caravan as our replacement home for the next few days. By the time we got back to the caravan park and set up the caravan it was mid afternoon and we decided to see if we could find some new linen to spruc...

Lucky we had a rest day yesterday as we needed all our energy today as we collected all our contents from the freight company and spent the entire day sorting through the hundreds of bags and boxes to work out what to keep, what to send back to Melbourne and what to throw out. It proved to be a mammoth task as we also had to pack enough belongings as our caravan goes back to the dealer tomorrow for a few days - and we are getting a replacement loan caravan. By ...