We did get our heater fitted, deciding on a diesel one instead of the gas that we thought we would get. In the end it came down to it's location in the van and the outlet exhaust point. We are so happy with our purchase, as expensive as it was, it was money well spent! After that, we headed to Caringbah where we parked the van in Betty's drive for 12 days. I used to work with Betty and have known her for as long as we have been in Australia. Thanks for your hosp...

We had a great time in Candelo at our housesit, enjoying the animals and the property. Chris was able to make good use of the Foxtel, watching lots of sport and especially the soccer World Cup from Brazil on TV. We explored the area, driving around the beautiful countryside with the green rolling hills that is the Bega Valley, a great area for dairy cows producing good quality milk and cheese products. We passed many fields of cows and sheep and had to smile eve...

As I'm writing this entry of the blog, we are sitting in a beautiful home near Bega, NSW. We have decided to try the new experience of "house sitting" Way back in September when we were in Broome, we registered on the housesit website and within days we had this stay organised, 6 weeks looking after the house and very friendly animals, 2 horses, 3 dogs and 4 chickens, while the owners are overseas. But I need to recap on our adventures since Murray Bridge and o...

Where has the time gone since I last wrote on the blog? So much has happened in this time. We spent 10 days back in Caringbah at our house and all is well there. The place is not as tidy as I would like but we can accept that.The tenants are taking reasonable care of the place, they are paying their rent on time and don't object to us going back occasionally so what more can we expect? Chris had fun doing some gardening to get it in order again! While we were a...