April adventures

Hey so another month has flown by.. We had a great time in Kangaroo valley over Easter free camping along a river. We (well Neil) caught a few bass (and I a few snags:). They made for good eating. We enjoyed the quaint village of Kangaroo valley- and it's free camp was super spacious with river frontage.

We headed to Canberra after Easter for a week. We froze- caravans don't have much insulation. Outside temp zero equalled inside temp 2 degrees...brrr. We saw the tourist sites- Questacon, old and new parliment house,National Australian museum and the autumn colors of Lake Burley Griffin. The war memorial was a hit- we got to see my Great grandfathers medals on display and then we had a private viewing of his war relics.

We saw a few old friends and some new ones too which was fun. From Canberra we headed to Wagga (my old uni town). We stay with some ex Armidale ppl and enjoyed catching up with some old uni mates- felt like old times. They were all keen to meet my "MR Right" as they apparently remember my standards been so high they were amazed I ever found some one to marry- had to wait a while but wasnt settling for second best :).And Yes he opens the doors for me (which was apparently high on my list which I have long since forgotten :)). From Wagga it was onto the Murray river- free camping through the fruit crops and then onto Echuca and the paddle steamers. We stayed with family north of Melbourne and saw where my dad was born and grew up for the early years.

We had a smooth sail to Tas (despite a very rough ride predicted). Praise God no seasickness :).

Tassie turned on nice weather for the first few days and has froze us ever since :) but it is nearly winter. We stayed with old friends in Devonport (Belinda Ingram and her new bub and hubby for those Armidalites). We have travelled across the North West coast and down the the remote Arthur River on the rugged west coast. On route we visited Cradle Mountain- beautiful, cold and full of wombats :). 100km per hour winds met us on the west coast which made for some blowy camping.

Tomorrow we are off to tassies equivalent of AgQuip (and agricultural show for those not from the New England). It is supposed to be very wet so we have the wellies out and the thermals too. Oh and did I mention we both got a year older (and hopefully wiser ;)