Destination unknown!

Well since the last blog from Mt Little station last year, much has happened. We are now the proud owners of a lovely new Torus caravan - we advertised and sold the Lifestyle van very promptly then had a long wait before we took possession of the new one. So we’ve had one short shakedown trip and have now begun our trip to who knows where!

                         
We set off Friday after lunch and met Dennis & Tops in Moulamein then travelled onto Hay. We had booked into the Hay caravan park and had a great spot amongst all the Winnebago’s - set up for cast and crew of the new Mad Max movie which is being shot out on the Ivanhoe road. However, the park was relatively quiet and we assumed most had gone home for the long weekend - so we didn’t spy Chris Hemsworth! 

How lovely it is to be sitting around the campfire again 🙂.
The reason we chose Hay as our first stop was that Murrabit was playing footy & netball there so we had a very pleasant Saturday watching grandchildren and Jess play sport and catching up with family before we head away. We were particularly impressed with this goal umpire! 

The senior football had a rather unusual ending as the score board showed a draw at full time. The crowd and players were subdued and silent - then after about 5 minutes, the siren sounded again and the scoreboard flashed up a revised score, which had us up by a point. So instantly the Murrabit boys were happy - probably the Hay boys weren’t! To finish off a successful day, Port finally had a win so it was celebrations all round.

Hay is a beautiful outback town with lovely old buildings - the courthouse is magnificent, and we enjoyed a lovely morning tea at ‘The Convent’

Our original idea was to travel onto Lake Menindee to see the lakes full, but the forecast of rain has scared us off - we have experienced a wet camp along the lake and it wasn’t much fun camping in the mud!! So instead we have traveled east towards Griffith. We took the back road which is so interesting with cotton beginning to look very pretty. We even had an opportunity to replenish our wood supply (once Darryl found the right key to unlock the box) 

We are now set up in a lovely spot at LakeWyangan - which is  a few Kms from Griffith. It’s very relaxing overlooking the lake - which was once a gypsum mine & natural swamp area. We’ll stay here a while and have a look around the area then where we go will be dependent on weather and road conditions. Without any definite destination, our idea is to not race from place to place, but to setup for a few days and explore places we’ve previously just traveled through. 

 We’re loving the new van, loving the relaxed 

lifestyle and enjoying the company. (as much as the grandchildren think we must get sick of each other 😜) It’s exciting really not knowing where our next camp spot will be. 

Today we’re also thinking of Nick Hein and Matt Webb who are celebrating their special birthdays 🎉🎂. 

Until the next blog, the travellers sign off ❌❌❌