Drive away day!

Hello from Cape Jaffa!

It's day one of Bob and Bel and the mini B's Big Adventure and we have made it a whole 250kms from our old home!

We didn't get away quite as early as planned as we still had quite a few jobs to be finished off before we could drive out. There was grocery shopping, laundromat ting, car dropper off-ering, packing, cleaning and goodbye-ing. It was 12.00 before we hit the road, but what a relief it was to finally be underway. It seems like it has been such a long time getting to this point but I know that realistically it most definitely hasn't been long at all - about 14 weeks since the day we made the decision in fact!

So, day one involved a quick stop by our container to throw in the last few things that couldn't come with us and to pick up the BBQ. After that however we hit the open road. Our first stop was a late lunch on the shores of Lake Albert at Meningie. Being the last day of a long weekend it was a very busy place. Caravans, campers and 4x4's everywhere. Oh my goodness we were praising the simplicity of a caravan compared to our previous campers. Sure it's bigger and heavier, but we were able to pull up, hop in and make lunch and boil the kettle for coffee then shut the door and keep driving! Ahhhh, so easy and convenient.

Driving along the coorong was quite interesting. Observing the changes in flora and dreaming of getting the car across to go and play on the HUGE sand dunes!!! Our next point of interest was the encounter with a cow - on the wrong side of the fence! Thankfully he or she must have thought we were an even bigger black cow and promptly ran away.

The kids were starting to get pretty restless by now so we had to play eye spy until we finally could spy our first "big thing" of the trip - Larry the Lobster, standing proudly at Kingston SE! We of course took our obligatory photos then hit the road for the last half an hour of today's driving.

It was getting close to dark by the time we arrived at the caravan park in Cape Jaffa. When I went in to reception the manager asked where the kids were and could they be quiet? Oh dear, I'm thinking, this is not going to be good, my children don't know how to be quiet. It was ok though, he just wanted to show them the two kangaroos grazing just outside the reception building. Vey cool. We also have the pleasure of being the only guests in the park tonight so have spread out over two sites and have the amenities to ourselves! Nice!

Anyway, we have survived our first day on the road, our first meals cooked in the van and our first round of showers. Time for a cuppa and bed so we can be ready to take on tomorrow's adventures.