Lots of towns and cities pass us by ...
Carried on with our route, stopping where we please and staying for as long, too. It's a great feeling - am feeling so free and easy!
After our rain fest in the north of Queensland, I got ready for action on our smelly van! We found a laundrette and there we stripped the bedding and mattresses and gave everything a really good wash! It was super hot that day, too, so we grabbed the mattresses and put them in the sun to bake and boy, after about an hour of the sun treatment, it was all hunky-dory!
Set to fixing our various leaks in the van, too and discovered that the main leak was due not to the door sealant being old, but there actually being a hole in the roof! Not big, but big enough! Anyway, some joker had stuffed a bit of tissue in it - yeah, that will keep the rain out... I fixed in a most expertly manner though. I used two big pieces of ductape and put it on crosswise. Hooray! No more rain! Yay! Also found that they had used a glue gun to fix some other leaks in the back - I didn't know you could actually do that... hmmm...
We're on our way to Townsville now, which looks really big on the map but when we get there, we realise that it's not really. It's only bigger than its neighbours which doesn't count for much. We just end up picking up supplies and having a bit of a stroll around which is cool. Managed to spend a couple of nights free of charge in various rest areas and yes, we did pick the one that had the most mosquitoes in the world!
It all began so well and ended so badly ... the rest area was fine, really easy and so we cooked up a nice dinner and settled in for the night. It began with just a few mozzies, but that soon escalated into a major attack! It was so hot and we were sat in the van boiling! At one point I couldn't stand it anymore and we opened the door for a while to get fresh air and then closed it again.
As soon as we did that, we could hear all the mozzies in the van humming away! We went on the hunt and as soon as we had squished one, we could hear another and another and another and another!!! We killed so many of them and squished so many against the ceiling, it's now covered in yucky spots... so satisfying! We spent about an hour squishing them all.
I like being on the road - it's really good fun and very liberating, too. If we see a sign that we like the sound of, we just bumble along until we get there and everywhere is an adventure. It's so easy to drive here too as the roads are all fairly big and very empty for most of it. Totally used to the van now too and we really adore the Cookie Monster. It's great and very good to us. We've gotten used to the space as well and now that we're settled in it, it's the best thing in the world to know you got all your bits and bobs with you whenever you might decide you need them - let me tell you girls, a handbag is nothing compared to a camper! heheheheh ...
After our rain fest in the north of Queensland, I got ready for action on our smelly van! We found a laundrette and there we stripped the bedding and mattresses and gave everything a really good wash! It was super hot that day, too, so we grabbed the mattresses and put them in the sun to bake and boy, after about an hour of the sun treatment, it was all hunky-dory!
Set to fixing our various leaks in the van, too and discovered that the main leak was due not to the door sealant being old, but there actually being a hole in the roof! Not big, but big enough! Anyway, some joker had stuffed a bit of tissue in it - yeah, that will keep the rain out... I fixed in a most expertly manner though. I used two big pieces of ductape and put it on crosswise. Hooray! No more rain! Yay! Also found that they had used a glue gun to fix some other leaks in the back - I didn't know you could actually do that... hmmm...
We're on our way to Townsville now, which looks really big on the map but when we get there, we realise that it's not really. It's only bigger than its neighbours which doesn't count for much. We just end up picking up supplies and having a bit of a stroll around which is cool. Managed to spend a couple of nights free of charge in various rest areas and yes, we did pick the one that had the most mosquitoes in the world!
It all began so well and ended so badly ... the rest area was fine, really easy and so we cooked up a nice dinner and settled in for the night. It began with just a few mozzies, but that soon escalated into a major attack! It was so hot and we were sat in the van boiling! At one point I couldn't stand it anymore and we opened the door for a while to get fresh air and then closed it again.
As soon as we did that, we could hear all the mozzies in the van humming away! We went on the hunt and as soon as we had squished one, we could hear another and another and another and another!!! We killed so many of them and squished so many against the ceiling, it's now covered in yucky spots... so satisfying! We spent about an hour squishing them all.
I like being on the road - it's really good fun and very liberating, too. If we see a sign that we like the sound of, we just bumble along until we get there and everywhere is an adventure. It's so easy to drive here too as the roads are all fairly big and very empty for most of it. Totally used to the van now too and we really adore the Cookie Monster. It's great and very good to us. We've gotten used to the space as well and now that we're settled in it, it's the best thing in the world to know you got all your bits and bobs with you whenever you might decide you need them - let me tell you girls, a handbag is nothing compared to a camper! heheheheh ...
posted by Phil and Tanja @ 2:39 AM
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