Managing to get out of Sydney again without too much stress though the traffic was busier this time, we headed down the Hume to Goulburn for lunch. Spotted the Big Ram on the way out...yep, its big! Then just down the road to a cute little town called Gunning, where you can camp by the river for free for 2 nights and enjoy the swimming pool amenities (with hot showers!) while here. The views are gorgeous.
We had a funny thing happen in the afternoon when 2 small dogs adopted our children in the playground and came back to the van with them. They stayed for dinner and afterwards and we started to wonder then if they had a home to go back to as there were no collars or ID. By this stage the kids had named them and were making plans for them in the car and van, and we decided to see if they were still around in the morning and take them into town to ask about them. They slept outside the van all night (which made the kids very happy!) but we still were not sure if they had owners. A local contacted the Ranger for us and when he came out, he found they were not microchipped, but took them in case someone came looking for them. The kids were devastated as they had become so attached already! To be honest, we all had as they were gorgeous little dogs.
Later, we walked into town to get milkshakes and while at the Visitor Centre we mentioned the dogs to which the lady said a man in the pub earlier was looking for 2 small dogs of the same description! She contacted him to let him know they were with the ranger. A happy ending for us as we thought they would just end up at the RSPCA. So glad the kids could hear that they had an owner! I don't know what it is with stray dogs and adopting us...but no more please!
We stayed one more night at Gunning as it was such a lovely and relaxing spot after Sydney and then headed for Victoria on Thursday morning. A stop at Gundagai to check out the dog on the tuckerbox for lunch and then over the Victorian Border!!!! Very excited! We stopped just north of Seymour to sleep and ready ourselves to drive through the city traffic the next day (not that much sleep happened beside the highway and sharing the stop with the truckies)!
Today, Friday, we made that final leg through the city and over to Mornington Peninsula, Rosebud Foreshore camping to settle for our first week or so. It is a nice spot, but we expect it to get busy over this weekend, being a long weekend for Cup Day on Tuesday. As we pulled in we were alerted to another flat van tyre, so have spent the afternoon sorting that out so we don't have to sleep on a lean tonight!
It is a very strange feeling being here...like we have stopped but not really, still living in Captain Slow and in a van park. But realistically, this is the end of Leslies Aussie Adventures 2012, and we will take a little while to get our heads around that I think. On one hand, we are so excited to be back and to see all our dear friends again soon, but on the other hand, we feel a bit lost and disorientated.
I know there will be many more adventures to come for us, as we still have many more places we want to explore as a family, but for now my friends, we sign off on this blog and maybe catch you later on another one! We hope through our blog that we have encouraged families to get out there and explore together and realise that you can do it on a budget, in an old van, before you are grey and any way you really want to...Australia is your Oyster!
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