Last day for packing and cleaning house before we go. Have a suitcase full of baby stuff for amy... Elaine popped in with a baby present for amy and Matt..so nice It was Nic tilleys birthday so,we went over there for his birthday party...good time had by all... Liz Hutton picked us up at 8pm and drove us to,the airport...our flight was not open so we hung around for an hour and then checked in Good flight to Hong Kong...about 8 hours

1700 km of flat boring highway in 3 days. At Goondiwindi tonight and home tomorrow. Yeah! Never knew there was so much empty space. Most of our holidays in the past have followed the coast. Took a beautiful detour today and drove thru warrabungle national park with a few bush walks for magnificent views. Camped here when amy and boys were young. In a tent at Easter and it rained all Easter. Much nicer today.

Well first 3/4 of day was repeat of yesterday. Miles of nothing. Managed to find a coffee stop at a bakery after 2 2/2 hours driving. Bakeries are huge here. Only shops in town often and more like take away restaurants. Then to Parkes to lunch where only place open was subway. Good by me as I love their salads! In the middle of nothing on a major highway going 110 km there was a herd of bulls walking along and on the road. Unreal. Only animals we saw in hours and...

Well what a drive. Seven hours of driving to break the camels back and make our trip home 4 days instead of 6 Can't think of how people live here...7 hours of driving from Adelaide across country to Hay and seeing absolutely nothing...towns have 3 houses each...nothing open as Easter Sunday...but probably nothing anyway...no cows, no sheep, no houses...just a vast land of flat nothing...roads so straight you can see for miles. unbelievable!!, and so flat....so lo...

Up early and out to find nice. Real fast spot. Found pedestrian mall and after dining walked up and down it. Got some pills at chemist and some wine and back to room. Then a short stroll down to river front where we went for a walk and took the river tourist boat. Very nice. Then we found a great spot by water for lunch and then went to a lego exhibition which Fred was dying to see. So many people there and nice to see that some kids are not tied to their compute...