The Big Smoke

This morning I emptied the second Jerry Can into the tank and took both Jerry's off the roof rack for our trip into the city.

We checked out the morning traffic into Perth City when we travelled on the Great Eastern Highway during peak hour. Although a bit slow at times, traffic is very good compared to Melbourne or Sydney. In barely half an hour we were across the Swan River and on the edge of the CBD were traffic was flowing very well.

We went for a little drive before settling on a suitable car park near the WA Supreme Court. From there we set off on foot into the city with our hiking boots and backpacks. Needless to say, in amongst the tie wearing and very well dressed city slickers we stuck out like a sore thumb.

The CBD is fairly small but has all the typical CBD shops like Gucci and many others were us mere mortals can't even gain entry.

After our visit to the Austrian Consulate we checked out the Apple Store and then sat down for lunch at one of the numerous food outlets.

In the afternoon we walked to Northbridge which is on the other side of the CBD. Once we crossed the Railway line one could notice a distinct change from white collar to blue collar.

It also appears that this part of town is occupied by ethnic groups with most shops displaying advertising in two languages.

Our walk took us to a Jaycar shop in Newcastle Street where I purchased a new rear vision monitor since the old one has died and for the last travel day I had no vision directly behind the caravan.

Walking back towards the CBD we visited an African shop. Reminded me a bit at Border Just Foods in Albury, but with lots more food from all over the world.

On our walk back through the CBD we checked out London Court (photo) which contains lots of little tourist shops and reminds me of Diagon Ally, a place in the Harry Potter story.

I got a very pleasant surprise when I paid for the car parking - $13 for 6 hours - very cheap compared to Melbourne.

Back in the car we followed the GPS directions to Welshpool to visit Camec for a few Caravan bits and then onto Alltools Bayswater and finally back to the Caravan.

We managed to complete all of our tasks in Perth so there is no further need for us to stay but since we're already here, we'll spend another day here before we head further north.

Arriving in Perth

During the night at Hyden the wind came up and we had some rain which made the locals very happy. The morning was very windy with showers moving through but we braved the conditions and hit the road early.

Our drive was a bit slower than normal due to very strong winds and rain showers which were very heavy in parts. This was all part of the cold front which was moving through and bringing long awaited rain to the area.

Along the road we saw a dedicated Dog Cementery, just outside Corrigin.

We also noticed that farmers around here dispose off their old utes in a different way - they arrange them in an unusual position in a paddock so drivers can see them from the road. One was vertically positioned, another was sitting on top of a small hill. We also saw a truck positioned with front wheels overhanging the edge of a hill.

All this makes for an interesting drive.

We saw lots of empty trucks heading in the opposite direction to pick up grain from the many storage facilities we encountered along the way. Around this part of the world every township seems to have grown around a grain facility. I suppose that's why they call it the Wheat Belt.

We approached Perth from the eastern side and as we came down the hills Perth put on a real heavy rain shower to welcome us.

It wasn't long before we found our caravan park in the suburb of Ascot and squeezed our caravan in the tight space which is typical of city caravan parks. Nevertheless, the park is very nice and rather quiet yet very close to the Eastern Hwy and Tomkin Hwy, the main arterials around Perth.

As we were nearly out of fresh food again, we navigated our way to the closest shopping centre to visit Woolworths and have a late lunch in the food court before returning to the caravan park to feed the resident ducks.

The rest of the day was spent mulling over maps and on the net to work out the places we need to visit tomorrow when we head into the city.

Here is the link to today's travel map.

Wave Rock

I was out of bed early today and observed the morning dawn and sunrise turn this into another almost perfect day. The wind was fresh and kept the temperature down in shaded areas.

We left the campsite at 8am, headed back to Esperance and onto Ravensthorpe where we refuelled. The final destination today was Hyden, a little place around 300km from Perth.

The drive took us from reasonably green surrounds in Esperance through a very dry area to this place where we were surprised to see a fire danger sign with the pointer set to "Catastrophic". Not surprising, the temperature was 25 DegC with a strong breeze from the north and everything tinder dry.

Apparently they had a few milliners of rain the other day so all the farmers were out seeding - and hoping for some followup rain.

Over this side the country is still in the strong grip of drought.

After setting up the Caravan and a quick lunch we went for a short walk to the main attraction - Wave Rock (see photo) - and then on to the top of this rock where we enjoyed a great view of the surrounding area.

The tap water here is very nice which is quite unusual for places out west where the water is mostly from underground. However, here they built a 30ML dam in one of the hollows on Wave Rock. A number of little walls run along the big rock and channel the water from all sides towards the dam and thereby provide excellent drinking water for Hyden.

As soon as the sun went down the wind stopped but the overnight temps are forecast to be around 12 or 14 DegC. There are some big storms and flooding rains forecast for Perth overnight. I hope the water is gone by the time we get there.

Link to Today's travel map

Another Day in Paradise

Very little wind overnight and a bright blue morning sky set the theme for the day. The decision to stay for another day wasn't very difficult.

Baked beans on toast with eggs for breakfast got us off to a good start but by time we chatted with the neighbours it was late morning and we had to hurry down to the beach for some surf fishing.

However hard we tried, lures or bait, those big Australian Salmon kept alluding us. We could see them swimming in the waves as they rolled into shore but we could't hook them.

Even the squid, which apparently are plentiful over here, seem to be on the bite when we are not fishing.

The only consolation we have is that other people are not catching anything either.

After a late lunch we returned to the rocks on the edge of Lucky Bay and got rid of the remaining bait, jigged a bit for squid and finally headed back to camp as the sun was setting - unfortunately still empty handed.

Today was very pleasant with warm temperatures and very little wind, just about perfect.

We had to start packing up our camp tonight so we can have an easy (and early) start tomorrow morning.

On our last night here at Lucky Bay we were falling asleep to sound of the waves crashing onto the white beach down below - sure beats watching TV.

Fishing Day

What a glorious sunrise - from our bed we look over Lucky Bay with it's turquoise waters and white sand. The scene looked like something out of a movie because today we had the blue sky that goes with this beautiful beach.

Although the air was fresh the sun was nice and there wasn't much wind. Wind can be a real issue in this part of WA. In summertime, when the inland part heats up to over 40 DegC the winds are howling in Esperance and Cape LeGrand due to all the air getting sucked in from the ocean.

The main activity of the day was fishing. We started at 9:30 and finished when the sun disappeared behind the hills. Although our efforts didn't bring us any fish, we were lucky that a bloke next to us caught an Australian Salmon (Western Species), weighing over 12lb, and gave us half. A couple of hours later the fish was on our plates and enjoyed by all.

Although normally I don't care much for Australian Salmon, the fish book tells me the western variety is somewhat different to the Eastern and it was very tasty indeed.

The camp ground has solar heated hot water which worked very well today as the sun was shining for the most part.

Although we were planning to move on tomorrow, we are considering to extend our stay for another day.

Lucky Bay

The first job this morning was to get the car to the auto electrician for a new connection to the the battery charger (secondary fridge battery).

Whilst he worked on the car I pulled up a camping chair and spent the time studying for my exam.

By 10am the work was finished, I filled up the car, drove back to the caravan park, hitched up and we were on our way by 11am.

After a very short trip, only 60km, we arrived at Cape LeGrand National Park. We headed straight to the camp ground at Lucky Bay wh

ere Matthew Flinders sheltered for a night in January 1802.

We were very lucky indeed to get a spot at the top level overlooking the whole bay. This camp was the first where we set up our awning, floor, outside tables and chairs.

We already knew our neighbours, having met them a couple of days ago when we came out for a look. They were also keen fisher people and provided us with squid for bait so we decided to spend the rest of the afternoon fishing in the bay. Although there were plenty of fish nibbling, I only landed one Wrasp which (apparently) is not a very good table fish - he went straight back in.

Today was another day without rain and the wind wasn't too bad either but with only 19 degC we are still looking forward to the north where we can spend the nights sitting outside the caravan.

A large part of the evening was spent chatting to the neighbours (from Brisbane) and solving most of the world's problems.

After the kids went to sleep we had to pack up the awning due to the strong wind. Once we were tucked up in bed we fell asleep while light rain was falling on the caravan roof.

Here is the link to today's driving map.

Woody Island

We woke to a glorious morning with blue sky and beautiful sunrise. After the usual morning routine we headed off on a tourist boat or a cruise to the outlying islands of which there are some 140.

These islands are a wildlife paradise, we saw Fur Seals, Cape Baron Geese and Dolphins. The skipper also fed the resident sea eagles which were already waiting for their fish.

The boat berthed at one of the large islands called Woody Island were we stopped for a break and a bit of a walk up to a lookout. On the way back to Esperance Alexander got a bit of career advise from the skipper so he can map out his path to Master Class 5 ticket.

Back on land we had a quick lunch and then continued onto Mermaid Leather, one of a handful of companies around the world that make leather from fish skins. Fascinating stuff, very interesting and pretty unique. The owner of this business is also an expert on sharks and imparted some great facts about shares to us. I never knew that sharks had two very large livers - and they don't even drink! Those livers change the viscosity of the liver oil which sharks use to regulate their buoyancy - apparently all other species use air, similar to scuba divers.

We bought a few pieces of fish leather to take home for show and tell.

The kids and I went fishing while Ilse did some food shopping before we retired to our caravan for the night.

Tomorrow I'll try and get a wire in the car replaced and if all goes well we'll move our caravan to Lucky Bay (Cape LeGrand) for a couple of nights. There is no phone or power at Lucky Bay but we should be back in range by Saturday when we move to Hyden and then onto Perth.

Cape LeGrand

Finally, a day of exploring, thats what this trip is all about. Up to now we've fixed lots of large and small problems but I think we're now on top of it.

We packed our lunch and headed out to Cape LeGrand, a 60km drive to the east. First stop was LeGrand Beach where 4WD's can enter the beach and drive all the way to Esperance.

A short walk along the beach and we found lots of Garfish that had been washed up recently, dozens of them. We figured some bigger fish must have chased them into shore and a wave dumped them on the shallow beach.

Further investigation showed good size fish in the approaching waves, not far from the shore. We immediately got our fishing gear and started to cast into the

surf. Alexander had a hook up with something big on the first cast but lost it before he could land it. We suspect Australian Salmon somewhere between 60 and 90cm long.

We explored a number of coves at this spectacular location and found two very nice national park camp grounds.

The sand at Cape LeGrand is white like no other. This makes for very, very beautiful beaches, even on an overcast day. No wonder these beaches have been voted the best in the world by Lonely Plant readers.

We visited Hellfire beach, Thistle cove and Lucky bay where Captain Flinders called in. Although we fished a fair bit, the only take home fish was a Garfish landed by Alexander. I fried him as an entree shared by all - what a nice table fish.

At Lucky Bay we saw schools of Garfish jumping one foot high out of the water - I suspect they were being chased by bigger fish.

We really liked the campsite at Lucky Bay so will try to get there for a couple of nights later this week. Cape LeGrand is a beautiful spot.

More repairs

Another day another technical problem (or two).

This morning I discovered that the power to the battery charger for the fridge battery in the car has been interrupted and later in the afternoon a smell of rotten egg drifting through the caravan was the indicator that the caravan battery has been cooked (overcharged).

The second problem was relatively easy to fix by buying a new battery but the first one isn't so straight forward as it requires removal of drawers form the back of the car and rewiring the connection (which wasn't done correctly to start with).

The weather is still a bit wet with brief showers moving in from the sea multiple times a day.

The tourist information was our first stop for the day before moving onto fishing charter operators, tackle shop and finally to the supermarket for some supplies.

In the afternoon we were off to ARB, Beaurepairs, Bunnings and battery shops to get all the required bits.

A short drive to Bandy Creek brought us to a very nice area with white beaches one km east of the township. We soon had to go back to the shops for our appointment to fix the cracked windscreen in the car.

By the time we finished the rain had set in and we were back in the van for dinner and a bit more catching up on work thanks to the wonders of wireless internet access.

Esperance

Yesterday was a rest day but today we were back on the road by 8am heading West. We reached Norseman by 9am and that was the official end of the Nullarbor crossing, all 1215km's of it.

We refuelled at Norseman, where the Diesel price is back to normal, and turned South where we reached Esperance after another 200km's of travel. Total distance today was only around 300km so we checked into the caravan park by lunchtime and thought we'd head into town to get some fresh food - but today is Sunday, and all shops in Esperance are closed!

We made do with some bought salad rolls - will have to get fresh stuff tomorrow. It appears they take their Sunday's very seriously around here - even the tourist information and all the tourist businesses are closed.

Esperance is a reasonably large town with a population of over 10,000 so has many shops and services. It's set in amongst the nicest beaches in the world.

We went for a scenic drive to explore the area and saw some very impressive beaches, but the weather was still cold and we had a stiff breeze coming in from the sea. The occasional rain shower made sure we didn't venture to far from our car.

This place is very nice and has a number of activities on offer, we might stay here for the next few days before we head into Perth.

Here is the link to todays travel map.

A day on Fraser Range Station

I was told last night was very windy and rainy. Apparently the caravan was shaking in the howling wind - I don't really know because I was sound asleep. We woke to a fairly cold morning with strong winds and rain showers moving through.

The boss got a few loads of washing done but had to rush out when a rain shower passed through. In general, we had a lazy morning with a hearty breakfast of bacon and eggs with baked beans on

toast. The kids played outside for while but then joined us in lazing around the caravan. Well, not exactly lazing, the kids did school work and I did some study for my upcoming exam in Geraldton.

By lunchtime we were the only caravan left at Fraser Range Station but the new arrivals soon started to dribble in.

Lunch is becoming a bit boring as we are still without any fresh stuff since crossing the border a couple of days ago. Fresh food is hard to come by out here.

Normally they have a camp fire every night on this station but due to the rain and wind they decided to put on a movie night in the camp kitchen, so we decided to have an afternoon nap. The kids slept very well but I kept studying in between short naps.

We wanted to go on a 6.5km walk around the station but the rain kept coming and the wind was blowing until late in the afternoon when we finally managed to get out and walk up the hill to the water tank to enjoy the fabulous late evening views over the wide open plains on one side and the station on the other. We also spotted a few Kangaroos before returning just on sunset, which was at 4:57pm.

The cook managed to procure some Silverbeet from the stations veggie garden so we could at least have something green on our dinner plate tonight.

The movie night turned out great, they had a nice wood fire going in the camp kitchen and we watched The Castle - I got the job of setting up the computer and brand new projector as the people on the station were very good with animals but less experienced with computer gear!

Fraser Range

We woke to a rather cold morning at Mundrabilla where a cold easterly had started up during the night. The new time zone introduced a bit more confusion as the road houses run on their own time zone which is somewhere between WA (WST) and SA (CST) time, a difference of 1h 30min.

The first argument of the day was about what time zone to use for our 7am getting up. The sun was up at 5:30 but we finally left Mundrabilla at 7:15.

Now that we are in WA, we don't necessarily get a water connection at caravan parks so we always travel with full water tanks in the caravan.

The first stop was at Madura Road House where we also purchased a loaf of [frozen] bread for the princely sum of $5.50 before moving a bit further up to the lookout at the top of the Madura pass.

A quick stop and a few photos and then onto Cocklebiddy Road House to feed the car with Diesel and the family with a few cakes for morning tea. A bit further up the road, at Caiguna, we stopped to admire the sign which signifies the start of the "90 Mile Straight", Australia's Longest Straight Road (Photo). For the next 146km there was indeed not even the slightest hint of a bend in the road, we drove for nearly 1.5hrs in a straight line.

We did spot a number of Emus, Eagles and other birds on the side of the road.

The distances between refuelling stops out here are 180kms, so with our limited range of 350km we had to put a bit of thought into planning our refuelling stops.

A few more km's along the road we pulled into Balladonia Road House for refuelling and a quick lunch before continuing on another 90km's to Fraser Range Station.

This old sheep station covers some 437,000 acres with 160km between its Northern and Southern boundary. Dry land farming in this part of the country requires 27 acres per head of sheep and this huge property has 150,000 acres of grazing country which supports around 5,500 head of sheep.

There is no phone, television or radio out here (except satellite) and one gets to appreciate the long range of the good old AM transmitters which are luckily still in operation with the ABC. Without these we'd be totally cut off from the outside world.

Travelling in our modern car with it poor AM reception our only entertainment in the car is from audio books and the UHF two way where we listen and talk to other travellers and truckies.

The biggest wide load we encountered on the trip across was a 5.5.mt wide mining truck which took up 80% of the available road width. The pilot vehicles are very good at getting everyone off the road and giving radio advise on the upcoming obstacle.

Today we have also heard of the bad weather which has struck the west of the country with flooding rains and a Tornado somewhere near Perth. They received 30mm of rain - apparently that's one third of the total rainfall this year. They are still in real drought in part of the country.

Here is the link to today's travel map.

Wudinna

We refuelled at Wudinna around 8am and headed West only stopping to refuel at Ceduna and Nullarbor Road House. The border crossing into WA was uneventful and the caravan inspection was nowhere near as thorough as on our last trip, but we still handed in all our fruit and vegetables.

We are now in WA after crossing the border at 5:30pm S.A. time and suddenly we had to adjust the clock to 4pm. But the good part of travelling West is the gain in daylight hours, by the time we finished the day at Mundrabilla we covered nearly 800km.

The most expensive Diesel was purchased at Nullarbor for $2.07/ltr and they collect the drivers license before switching the pump on and return it after the fuel is paid for. Apparently some people drive off without paying - no wonder at those prices, but they've got a captive audience being the only servo on this 300km stretch of road.

Many Road Trains are travelling this East-West route and they are all very professional and courteous on the road, not like some of the truckies we have on the Hume Highway. Our travel speed is 110km/h so we have to pass the slower Road Trains and caravaners which is fairly easy with the long, wide and straight roads where oncoming traffic can be seen for many kilometres.

Another quick stopover today was Bunda Cliffs (Photo), about 75km before the WA border, where we admired the vista over the Great Australian Bight. It is an amazing sight standing on the edge of the 200 foot vertical drop with the endless Souther Ocean below.

At Eucla Pass the road drops down and instead of travelling at the top of the cliffs we are now down at sea level but the road is still long wide and straight.

Our typical travel days are very much like work days at home - get up, have brekkie, hitch up, drive, morning smoko (while driving), stop for lunch, keep driving, afternoon smoko (still driving), stop for the night when the sun is almost down, setup camp, eat, download photos onto the computer and geotag them (using GPS track), write blog, answer emails, shower and then fall into bed and rest so we can do it all agin tomorrow.

I'm not sure how some of the other travellers find time to watch the telly they have in their caravan?

Todays travel map can be viewed by clicking on this link.

Crossing the Murray

Last night was nice and warm again and we drove out of the caravan park at 8:40 heading for Morgan. Mr Google[maps] and our roadmap indicated the shortest road to our destination but just after Cadell we found a ferry instead of a bridge. I immediately remembered another carvaner showing me a large bolt from his coupling that had sheared off when driving on or off a ferry. Looking at the steep approach onto the flat ferry I can well imagine how that can happen. I turned around, went back to Cadell and took the other road to Morgan which didn't cross the river. I discovered that the SA government doesn't believe in bridges - as we came into Morgan there was ANOTHER FERRY across the Murray. We had no choice but to slowly go down the steep ramp and with much creaking and groaning drive onto the ferry. That went reasonably well but getting off on the

other side was a challenge with the back of the caravan scraping on the ferry a loud CRACK sounded very much like the sheared bolt that I had seen. We immediately pulled over and checked everything but couldn't see any visible damage. The only component that broke was a plastic plate at the end of the back support.

Refuelling in Morgan also reminded me of our "outback fuel" issues - Expensive and gives less milage per litre. At Morgan we paid 20 cents / litre more than everywhere else.

The landscape on the drive to Burra was very much dessert-like with only knee high shrubs and sheep scattered thought. Lots of wind turbines indicated that we are in a high wind area and we certainly felt some of that.

A quick stop in Burra allowed us to restock with fruit and veg, but not too much as we can't take any into WA which is (hopefully) only a couple of days away.

Onto Crystal Brook and into Port Augusta for another refuelling stop combined with lunch. We also filled our 2 x 20lt jerry cans so we won't get caught short crossing the Nullarbor. After Port Augusta the road is long and straight but with a 110km/h speed limit and very little traffic, driving is a breeze and km's just zoom by. We again timed our destination to the sunset time and lobbed into Wudinna with about 10 or 15 minutes to spare.

The kids were really impressed when a helicopter crew, staying at the same location, came back from their day's work and landed the helicopter right in the backyard. We'll do it all again tomorrow and hope to camp somewhere close to the WA border.

We are not sure when we'll be able to update the blog next as we may be out of phone range for a little while but you can always get a live view of our location via this link to our GPS tracker.

To see a map of todays travel you can click this link.

One the road

After a rather warm night we were well on our way for an early getaway so we can get a few km's under our belt. However, the first major breakdown occurred when I tried to start the car and the battery was flat. After a bit of investigation I found the battery has been in the car since Dec 2008. Lucky it happened at friends - Ron drove me to Rochester where I bought a new battery (should have done that before I left home!) and jumper leads as I left mine at home.

By 9:30 we finally got on the road and headed west on what I was told is the longest straight road in Victoria. It leads to a little place call Prairie before joining onto the Lodden Hwy. They have odd place names in the area - saw a locality named Bamawm (no idea of the correct pronunciation).

We refuelled a Kerang where I was reminded how nice the country is - the servo toilets are not locked, have toilet paper, no graffiti and no sharps disposal containers. Most importantly, people seem to have time to stop and chat. Along the way we passed Lake Boga and stopped int he same place as on our 2009 trip, right next to Lake Boga Yacht Club. There was no water in sight in 2009 yet now the Lake was full and looking great. Compare the picture in this post against this picture in our 2009 blog - The are both taken in exactly the same spot.

We had lunch somewhere on the Murray River and admired how wide it is on this end.

Out track involved a number of Murray River crossings and by the time the day was out we had been in 3 different states, VIC, NSW and SA. Crossing the border into SA around 4pm involved a quarantine inspection of our caravan fridge for any fruit and veg, but we have done this before so didn't bring much to start off with and ate what was left just before we got to the check point on the border. Now we're in a different time zone - half an hour behind the eastern states.

Our final destination tonight was determined by the sun set time. Thanks to the GPS's sunset prediction we were able to drive into the caravan park at Wakerie just on dusk as the moon was coming up. In total we've covered a bit over 600km today which is not a bad effort considering our delayed start this morning.

Click this link will to see a map of today's travel.

Lockington

After a quick trip to Bunnings at 7 and final packing and preparations at home we finally left at 9 on our short trip to Echuca. It was a rather cold morning at 1deg and not much warmer along the way until we finally saw the sun near Echuca, just before our arrival in Lockington at lunchtime.

The afternoon was spent with a quick trip to Rochester to see where the floodwaters had been a few months ago, check out the old weir and a quick shopping trip to buy the first item we (or more precisely Alexander) had left behind. After a sumptuous evening meal retired to bed at 9:30 and were sound asleep by 10pm ready for a big driving day on Tuesday.

On this trip we also carry a special GPS which transmits our position to a satellite every 10 minutes. The transmitted location can be seen at this website:

link to gps track

It allows you to follow our travel progress live as we are on the move.

Here is a link showing today's travel route.

The day before

Last week saw all the important tasks completed with only a few left for the weekend. The weather has been pushing us along with temperatures as low as 1 deg this morning we are very much looking forward to

the warmer climes of WA.

Today we picked up the Caravan from work and parked it at the neighbours. We fitted the jerry can holders, second spare tyre for the caravan and a second spare for the car. Now with all this gear on the roof rack the car no longer fits into the garage and will spend the night outside.

Not much left to do for tomorrow, but one of my timers (at home) blew up late this arvo so I've gotta go to Bunnings early in the morning and buy a new timer before we depart, hopefully between 8am and 9am. We have a rough travel plan for the first few days but nothing to fixed. We have two timelines to meet on this trip, one is 2nd June in Perth and the other is 7th June in Geraldton after that we have no commitments whatsoever. Although, it would be good to get back home before Christmas!

8 more sleeps to go

The excitement is building and we are slowly completing our ToDo list or more precisely, we are now adding less items than what we are completing so by the end of next weekend I'm hoping to have everything done. During the week we had a UHF radio fitted to the car and acquired an important tool called Tyrepliers.
This weekend saw the installation of a roof platform which required modification of the brackets as they don't make any to fit this platform to our car. We also fitted an additional battery charger to the Caravan so it'll recharge whilst travelling.
All the main components for our trip are now fitted and installed but there is still a little bit of wiring and some testing required before we can take off.
The trip preparation is now happening in earnest with some last minute travel tips from neighbours who went to Broome last year. We have booked our first night in Lockington with friends who are kind enough to provide us with a caravan site on their property. A few more spots along the Nularbor have been earmarked as overnight stops but ultimately we'll be guided by weather and temperature, if it's nice we stay otherwise we keep moving. But before we get to the warmer climes we have to endure this cold for little while longer so we have equipped our Caravan with a small electric heater and ourselves with thermals.
Coming week is shaping up very busy with lots of tasks still to be completed at work, so we'll be rolling up our sleeves to get it all done within the next 5 business days.