Sorry for the delay - we have been in and out of range for the last few days and driving quite long hours. So blogging has not been on the agenda. So let's start the story...We had stopped for the night 7 kms out of Border Village. It is quite windy along the edge here, as we are still on the Great Australian Bite, there were two other caravans in the rest stop, but we slotted in nicely. We awoke to a fabulous morning, we can hear and see cars on the highway, bustling past, already on their journeys. It doesn't take us too long anymore to get moving and while James is cooking up breakfast ( eggs on toast), Naomi walks to the view point to take in a long look at the ocean and beach/cliff front. It is amazing, the ocean is huge and blue, carrying wave upon wave to the shore, the waves aren't too big, but you know that deep out into the sea, there are mysteries no-one has ever seen.
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| At the rest stop. |
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| On the way to the view, the ocean is mesmerizing, it helps with a good vantage point too. |
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| View looking east with the sun rising up. You can slightly see the headland fading in the top. |
So now we are all in and I have an amazing tale to tell before we head to the pictures below. It all begins on the start of our journey ( well even in preparation..) we bought sandals for the kids, not thongs ( as toes begin to get sore..) and they each had a pair, until the border..... Ben was jumping back into the car (after taking happy snaps of crossing our first state!) and he would slip off his thongs before jumping over into the back seat. Well, as it turned out, his sandal had slipped out of the door and onto the gravel, as it was nowhere to be seen after we needed them at out next spot...Oh well, live and learn..
Well here it comes......a good bit....just wait...you may have already guessed but let me keep going....A s we have been traveling we have also been geocaching and finding the boxes hidden along the Nullabor. So we are good lookers this Wheat family ( in of course!) and we decide to have a look for Ben's lost sandal, 3 weeks later, just in case.... Who knows??.... well we do...look at the next two pictures. The picture tells the rest of the story quite well and captures the miracle nicely....
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| Amazing find for the whole trip!! WE couldn't believe it. |
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| Geocaching in pyjamas. |
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| Geocache at Eucla. |
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| On the road again - we have been passed by many road trains. We are fantastic at staying on the edge! |
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| Lookout at Madura. |
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| The geocache is in the stump in the background. |
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| Writing in the book to say we found it. |
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| Great Driving weather. A little cloudy. |
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| These are Sarah's feet hanging out the window getting a little bit of the rain. |
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| Jame's feet needed a good wash. |
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| That's about how much it rained on the way to Norseman. |
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| You know what this means...we are on the way home! |
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| We were about to overtake this caravan but he pulled over. |
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| Another geocache hidden underneath the bark. |
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| What you can find in the box. You can take something but you must leave something. |
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| Putting it back. |
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| It's not all "Black tracking". |
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| It is wonderful country out there and we are blessed to see it and be here in Oz. |
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| Victorian driver who was driving erratically in front of us. He later did a drive-off at the Norseman Servo witnessed by James. |
We had the most excellent showers at Norseman ( for a small fee) which revitalised us and a yummy meal there. It was worth it and if you ever go to the BP Norseman have the chicken parmesian - yummo! The Aboriginal lady who served us there was terrific and Sarah thought she reminded her of aunty Joy... aaawww. It was also my chance to buy the "I've crossed the Nullabor" sticker and put it onto the caravan. That felt so good!
Traveler's tip: when having a shower, teach your kids about different kinds of light switches. Sarah had a push in timer light ( she had forgotten about Aunty Erin's one) and so half way through her shower, the light went out. So.....In order not to be afraid, she started singing really loudly all the Sunday school songs she could remember ( darling...) It traveled all the way through the corridors! Naomi had to stop her shower to make sure that it was nothing serious.
We then made our way to the next rest stop, fresh and full.
Tomorrow we pick up our fridge - hopefully it is fixed!!
