Heading off on our holiday next Sunday - after the footy, only to Swan Hill, but a big day on Monday. Camper is packed. Car is nearly ready (Luke (nephew) is putting a UHF in tomorrow night). The photo is Millie (short for Matilda because we'll be waltzing across Australia) and Essengnome. These are our travelling companions and should feature in some of our photos. We'll be visiting gnomesville (google it) and Essengnome will decide if he wants to stay, or ...

Day 22 - Saturday 14th July 2012 - Adelaide to Tongala Today is the last day of our holiday - we are both very sad. We enjoyed sleeping in a real bed and slept in. I worked on a jigsaw with Lois while Merv got the headlight fixed. We had lunch with Lois and left at 1pm. It was raining. We drove straight through, swapping drivers, and fueled up and had tea at Ouyen. We stopped at Echuca for some groceries and arrived home at 10:30pm, leaving the unpacking for ...

Day 21 - Friday 13th July 2012 - to Adelaide Today is the last day on The Ghan and I am sad about that. When we woke up (the speaker music came on at 7:30) Merv said he had hardly slept and we stopped for about 5 hours over night. I told him there were scheduled stops and he had slept between them. I slept really well. I got up and went to the lounge car to give Merv room. I heard that the train had stopped for 5 hours so we were running 5 hrs late. The brakes ...

Day 20 - Thursday 12th July 2012 Neither of us had a good night. Merv had trouble with the rocking and I was worried about my car and how the broken window was holding out. I decided that I couldn't do anything about it so I would not think about it any more. We went down to breakfast which was available until 8am. Another menu with choices. We introduced ourselves to the ladies we sat with - they were from Canberra. We both had a cooked breakfast (I could get u...

Day 19 - On The Ghan - Darwin to almost Alice Springs We didn't sleep much. It was muggy but cold with the air conditioner or fan on, plus we were scared we would sleep through the alarm. We were up, had breakfast and at the station by 6:20am. We were the first passengers. The staff were all very friendly and checked the car, making notes of scratches etc. They were happy with the way the window was taped (I was very nervous that the tape wouldn't hold). I aske...