Gismo Queen and her King

Days 33 and 34 - Euroa to Geelong, Devonport to home - Friday 31st May & Saturday 1st June

All good things must come to an end - and so here we are, home sweet home.

Yesterday morning in Euroa dawned clear and cold, with the rain all gone from the night before. We had already planned to go out for breakfast with Lisa and Paul so after our traditional cuppa in bed (the last we could do on this trip), we all piled into the Landcruiser and headed into town. Plenty of coffee, more catching up and a yummy breakfast wiled away the morning. We had arranged late checkout so after arranging for Neill and Jude to come for our last elevenses together this trip, we started the packup. Lisa and Paul needed to head home so we waved them off with lots of hugs and thankfulness for their visit.

Ironically, we even enjoyed our elevenses in the sun before it was time to hit the road. Down the Hume, through our old home town of Broadford, stopped for fuel in Romsey at an awkward patrol station that had me doing lots of manoeuvring to get in and out, a snack and toilet stop in Riddells Creek and then into Geelong just before 4pm. We knew we would be too early for check in but planned to park up in the carpark, have afternoon tea in the van (with the heater on as it was cold and windy) and join the queue closer to departure time. We were still on board by 6pm before drinks and dinner. However, the smooth sailing finished once we got out the Heads and we were rocked in our uncomfortable beds for several hours until the wind eased and the seas settled. Disembarked by 6:45am so we drove just around the corner to park up on the beach, put the heater and coffee machine one, and watch the sun rise while we had breakfast.

Home to a very happy dog and cat - we had such an enthusiastic welcome! The new van got parked up, and we had a quiet but relaxing day. We realise all good things must come to an end so we look forward to our next trip in the wonderful new van. 

Some people to thank for making this trip as great as it was:

- Neill and Jude, our travelling partners for 2 1/2 weeks of the trip.  Such dear friends, with whom we have shared so many trips, and this one was no exception.

- Wayne and Heather, for being such awesome housesitters. We have felt so reassured that our fur kids and home is being looked after well and super blessed to have had Wayne complete so many extra jobs around the farm!

- Lisa and Paul, for making the effort to come and visit for such a short period of time. A real pity about the rain but we made it work and we enjoyed time together while also being able to show off the new van!

- people from our Sunlandian family who helped out at various stages of the journey.

- Andrew and Courtney for hosting us

- Julie and Garry for the birthday catch up

- Clare and Justin and the girls for allowing us to gatecrash Clare's birthday dinner

posted by Tracey @ 5:43 pm