Gismo Queen and her King

Fairhaven and Berwick - Thursday 11 and Friday 12 July 2019

Although we love the convenience of the shower in our van, water preservation requirements normally keep our showers short and sharp. So it is fair to say we really enjoyed the big new showers and Neill and Jude's with their rain heads - and for a really long time!


A walk on the beach would have been nice but it was too cold, wet and windy so we settled for watching the ever changing ocean from the wamth of the lounge. After elevenses we headed to Lorne ostensibly for lunch, but there was nothing suitable open so we headed inland to Deans Marsh and had a very good steak sandwich in the Store. We then went to check out Paul and Emily's new house with it's rammed earth walls which was also very interesting.


Our usual routine of pre dinner drinks didn't change and we spent another lovely evening in front of the (fake) fire with a fine dinner.


On Friday Neill cooked a big fry up as we hadn't had one last Sunday and obviously we wouldn't be able to have one this Sunday. It was so good I deemed it the best breakfast of the trip. Neill and I then washed cars as we need to get some dirt off ours before we board the Spirit. After another cuppa, we said farewell to our travelling companions, commenting that it would be strange to wake up over the next few days and not to see them!


We then headed out to Berwick to catch up with the Thomas'. It was a three hour drive but we were rewarded with biscuits and cheese and bubbles and a lovely catch up with everyone including Marg and Karen. Paul had prepared an amazing roast beef so we enjoyed our dinner and feel so happy we could make this time to catch up - it is hard when your best friend of 34 years lives in another state.


Back to Gisborne (yes, we did a lot of driving today) to sleep in the van for our last time this trip.

posted by Tracey @ 7:05 pm