John n Sonia's Coasting Oz Tour: 08/28/10

Hi everyone,
Well the journey has commenced and we are now onto our third day. I wanted to start writing straight away but by the time we had set up at the end of each day I was sooo tired that once my head hit the pillow it was goodnight Sonia... So here goes and hope you join us. I'll try to make it interesting and use lots of pics.

Nearly time to go

So here I am using the lovely afternoon light here in Kalbarri to see with and to get pen to paper (so to speak) before falling asleep at the end of the day. Our first day did not quite start as planned. We had hoped for an early (about 6am) start but we soon realized the night before that this would not be possible with so much still to do.. So John decided it better to wait until after 9 to miss the traffic. Little Rylee was there to say goodbye and as you can see was very sad to see us go. So after many cuddles it was time to jump in and wave Mundijong goodbye.

Rylee says ta ta nanna

and bye bye Lizzy

The trip out of Perth was great and we had green lights at most of the traffic lights (something that has never happened before). The van towed beautifully with no huge hiccups except that the door flew open just before Dongarra and snapped the locking latch. Also a bit of a dent but not too bad. Could certainly have been worse. We made a few pit stops on the way to stretch the legs and I'm pleased to say there are some very pretty wildflowers out now.

The caravan park in Dongarra is right on the water's edge and so makes for some beautiful sunsets so they told us. But that night the sun was nowhere to be seen as cloud covered the sky. No matter though, the water was calm and after a brisk? walk we were soon enjoying the evening air and peace and quiet.