Day 9 - 10 22nd February - 23rd February 2012

Day 9 - 22 February 2012

Packed up home today.  We are moving on to somewhere around the Grampians.  We stopped off at Hamilton to top up groceries and found a Catholic Church.  I have been searching for a Saint Christopher (Patriot Saint of Travel) since we started our trip and Oscar got us one for the car and one for my chain around my neck.   He also had them blessed by the priest.  That finally completes the total requirements for the trip.

We went to a camp site called Cherrypool.  What a disappointment.  Our first, disappointment that is, and I am sure there will be many.  However approx. 23 km SW from Cherrypool is another camping ground called Mountain Dam.  We travelled down the beaten track to this location and struck gold.  So three out of four is not bad at all.  Set up camp and went for a walk to familiarise ourselves with our new environment.  We are approximately 55 km’s north of Hamilton and 36km South of Horsham. 

Oscar took a dip in the lake and I watched as I had sprained my ankle the day before on a walk.  Nobody laughed this time.  Oscar is way too serious.

Went out last night to look at the stars, wish I had a camera that could take pic’s of the night sky it is absolutely amazing.  Will try soon.

Day 10 23 February 2012

Well day started great but couldn’t wake lazy bones.  He was not in the mood to get out of bed early.  Good sign though, as it is a sign that he is finally de-stressing and relaxing.  Eventually got him out at 10:00am.  We decided that today was a camp day.  This life is really hard but somebody has to do it and Oscar and I have decided that it might as well be us.

Oscar decided to take me out to show me how to use my camera properly.  So I will share photo’s with you that I have managed to take with my new found talent.

 I took a dip with Oscar in the lake today.  Not a total fan as the bottom is slimy but I none the less have to give it a go.  Had a barbeque for dinner with veggies, must have my veggies.  We have been using the generator much over the last two days as we have discovered that the Waeco has been progressively running  down the Auxiliary Battery and that it needed to be charged back up to full.  The inverter that we have been using to charge the computer and mobile phones had suddenly given up the ghost so we are now charging that through the generator connected to the van.

Have been using the longdrops for the last past week and I have got to say that if there is one thing I miss about home it has got to be the loo.  I keep wanting to flush and there is nothing to flush.  We are still free camping and the generator has pretty much paid for itself by now.