MT. BARKER, SOUTH AUSTRALIA – DAY 8

MONDAY 16th MARCH 2009 – MT. BARKER, SOUTH AUSTRALIA – DAY 8

I phone our friends Helen and David and arrange that we will see them today. They invite us to their lovely home at Lower Mitcham a lovely suburb on the outskirst of Adelaide, for lunch. We still can’t get our TV to work so we inquire at the Office and are told there is a caravan handyman living on the premises. They arrange for him to see us within the hour.

About 10 minutes later a delightful young man arrives by the name of Glen. After explaining our problem he has a look and tells us he can fix it. Having left the van unused for over 12 months there is a great deal of corrosion in the aerial. He spends about 10 minutes cleaning it, another 10 minutes checking all the points, and probably another 15 minutes getting it all working perfectly. I tell Nick I bet this visit will cost about $150-00, Nick says about $100-00. Taking into account his time! The final cost $20-00. We were stunned. In Sydney for a television repairman to come out just to turn up would be $100-00. We gave him the $20-00 showed him how grateful we were and he left.

Before long we were on our way to meet our friends for lunch.

We spend a lovely day catching up on the comings and goings of each of our children. Our future plans for travel and show lots of photos. We have a lovely day whilst also enjoying a lovely lunch.

They have an adorable little dog called ‘Roxy’. She is a maltese x miniature poodle and beside Lucy the prettiest little dog I have ever seen. There are a few problems when we first put them together but before long they are great mates and happily romp and play together.

We head for home around 5pm after a lovely day and we enjoy our evening watching Australian Story Underbelly and Crime Scene Investigation Australia before retiring to bed.