Day 3

Hello

The rain didn't stop all last night and it continued for most of the day as we headed further south. Sydney has had the wettest June in 6 years. By mid afternoon it started to clear and we actually saw a glimpse of the sun.

We left Tuncurry just after 9am. Our intention was to go to Gosford, but after lunch and a short rest, Peter decided he could drive south of Sydney, so we ended up at Shell Harbour just south of Wollongong. We travelled on the freeway which takes you to the western parts of Sydney and out of all the traffic which is great. I'm not good at reading maps but it is very easy with the maps and directions on the ipad. Peter said they must be designed by a female as I don't have to turn the maps around as we go - it does it itself. We arrived here at 5pm. The park is right on the waterfront. It will be lovely hearing the waves tonight hopefully instead of rain. These are a couple of photos I took from the park before I ran out of light.










As we were on the road all day I haven't got much to report again today. We have changed our travel plans for the next couple of days. We were going to continue down the east coast but have now decided to go via the Hume highway, through Albury and Wangaratta and onto Melbourne, cutting our travelling time by a day.

That's all for today.
I'll be back tomorrow

Love from Lesley and Peter.



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Day 2

Hello again,

We woke this morning to lovely sunshine and a beautiful day. We hit the road by 9.30am. This is a little lake at the caravan park at Grafton. I thought the ducks on the water were very quiet, till Peter told me that they were fake - they looked real.








It's the start of school holidays here in NSW so the roads were very busy again today. We had some rain on and off today but not as much as yesterday. Many of the towns are bypassed, so staying on the highway you miss seeing all the touristy things. We also missed the turnoff to Taree where we were going to stay tonight so ended up at Tuncurry which is a bit south of Taree. The caravan park is located right on the river so a very pleasant place to stay. This is the view from our van overlooking the Manning River.









After a walk around the park and some talks with other caravaners, we headed back inside as it was getting a bit cool outside, so settled down with a glass of wine and rum (for Peter) to warm up before dinner.

That's all for today,

Love from
Lesley and Peter.


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Melbourne trip - day 1

Hi everyone

We had an early start this morning to finish packing the van and it was 9.30am as we drove down the driveway.





We headed south to NSW and just over the border, stopped for lunch and Peter had a short snooze before setting off again. That's the great thing with the caravan - being able to stop, eat and rest at almost any time in comfort. The roads are very busy with lots of trucks and caravans - most caravans heading north ( very sensible for this time of year.) Also there are a lot of roadworks happening on the Pacific Highway, so it slows the traveling down a bit.
The further south we travelled the more it rained and we arrived in Grafton about 4pm to a wet, miserable and dull afternoon. We had a trouble free run.
Tomorrow we are off to Taree, so hopefully the rain eases a bit but by the forecast don't think it is going to improve.

Till next time,
Cheerio and love from
Lesley and Peter .





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