After a lovely night sleep we have breakfast and Jan and Alan have decided to leave Mildura. They didn’t really enjoy the night as there were some noisy hoons street racing across the river. We could slightly hear it but as our van has a bit more padding than their canvas camper the noise for them was enormous and they had broken sleep during the night first with the street racing then with the police sirens. We decide it would be much quieter at the Gol Gol Caravan Park, where we had originally stayed but who was to know!!! They decide to leave and by-pass Adelaide and head to the Yorke Peninsular over the bay and to the Western side of Adelaide.
It is Alans birthday on Monday 17th March so we decide to give him his present now. I give him the “Gerilla” – exactly the same as the one I have for us (the inside of a washing machine) used when you are in the bush, stoke it with fire wood, and it makes a lovely bush camp fire. He appears pleased with it and endeavours to find a ‘spot’ for it for travelling. He attaches it to the top of the camper – it almost looks like the rocking chair strapped to the top of the camper on the movie National Lampoon’s Vacation. It is perfect and we are sure he will get a lot of use from it. (Watch this space for some photos)!
Nick and I go leave Lucy in the cool of the van and head into town. We are aware that shops in the country towns close at 12 midday on Saturdays so with our list of things we need to buy we make our purchases. Nick spots a shop selling (copy Crocs) rubber shoes which are used for the beach, gardening etc. He spots a bargain at $7.50 so decides to buy each of us a pair. From here we need to go to the Optometrist. I brought some love Fendi sunglasses when we were in Kuala Lumpur last year – I paid $30-00 for them and had my own prescription lens put into them. The side had broken so I needed to have them repaired. The fellow in the shop said they were unable to be repaired but he could use my lens. The cost $399-00. We were stunned!!! Thank goodness I can claim on insurance so the man fitted them and before long we were sitting in a coffee shop enjoying a coffee and lunch in this pretty little town.
During the afternoon Nick decided he would do some jobs around our camp and I decided to head into town to find Spotlight. I was keen to do some craft and purchased fabric and materials to make a small patchwork quilt.
When I arrived home Nick had invited our new neighbours – John and Marion over for a drink. They were a delightful couple from Swan Hilll in Victoria. We enjoyed their company immensely and were interested in ‘their story’! They were going to be away for 6 weeks – heading to South Australia for a while.
By 8pm we decided to have some dinner and get ready for ‘another early night’!
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