Uploaded my assignment Thursday night, then started to pack. I got most of my packing down by the time Alex came home from work. It was around 10:30pm. I went through my list to check what still had to go into the car in the morning ad headed off to bed.
Woke usual time and took the dog for her last walk for a month. Meanwhile Alex started packing. We finally got the car packed by 11:30am. Alex seemed to take forever. The longer we stayed there more stuff went into the car.
It was raining most of the way down. Got to the Gold Coast and Alex remembered that in fact he had forgotten to pack the maps that he had obtained from RACQ so a quick phone call to Sandy to look up the nearest RACQ store on the coast. We found one in Nerang St and just before we pulled in Alex saw the Queensland Transport Department. He remembered that he hadn’t paid the rego and it was due this month. So we would be driving around in an unregistered car. So he got the forms and we were able to drive through the pay window and pay. Then in next door to RACQ to get maps etc.
Finally we got on the road, took the Tugan bypass and headed south. It didn’t stop raining and in some places it was really heavy we could hardly see the road.
Finally arrived at Coffs and found Jamie’s house. Luckily they were not flooded out. If we had arrived Wednesday morning we would not have been able to get down their street as their street was under 2 feet of water. House was fine. We had a great dinner and lots of catch up. Finally got to bed around 10:30 for us. It was still daylight saving down there until midnight tonight.
We woke around 6:00pm our time and Jamie cooked us a great breakfast after we sat in the garden drinking coffee for about an hour. Their garden is lovely, the fish pond is great and Trish has nearly finished the mosaic mural in the outdoor entertainment area.
We then headed into coffs for a look around and finally headed south to Sydney about 12:30. It rained most of the way and there was lots of roadworks so travel was pretty slow. We decided to stop just south of Sydney on the Hume Highway Bass Hill. Alex wants to look at Cataract Park where the Jamboree is going to be in Sydney January next year. We got to the motel around 8:20pm our time, cooked some steak on our BBQ and now getting ready for bed. Alex has gone to the bottle shop for a bottle of port as he fancies one. He had a couple at Jamie’s. So I thought I would update my blog. We should get to Albury tomorrow night to see Alex’s half-sister.
Hope the rain stops sometime as it is not great sight-seeing weather.
Woke usual time and took the dog for her last walk for a month. Meanwhile Alex started packing. We finally got the car packed by 11:30am. Alex seemed to take forever. The longer we stayed there more stuff went into the car.
It was raining most of the way down. Got to the Gold Coast and Alex remembered that in fact he had forgotten to pack the maps that he had obtained from RACQ so a quick phone call to Sandy to look up the nearest RACQ store on the coast. We found one in Nerang St and just before we pulled in Alex saw the Queensland Transport Department. He remembered that he hadn’t paid the rego and it was due this month. So we would be driving around in an unregistered car. So he got the forms and we were able to drive through the pay window and pay. Then in next door to RACQ to get maps etc.
Finally we got on the road, took the Tugan bypass and headed south. It didn’t stop raining and in some places it was really heavy we could hardly see the road.
Finally arrived at Coffs and found Jamie’s house. Luckily they were not flooded out. If we had arrived Wednesday morning we would not have been able to get down their street as their street was under 2 feet of water. House was fine. We had a great dinner and lots of catch up. Finally got to bed around 10:30 for us. It was still daylight saving down there until midnight tonight.
We woke around 6:00pm our time and Jamie cooked us a great breakfast after we sat in the garden drinking coffee for about an hour. Their garden is lovely, the fish pond is great and Trish has nearly finished the mosaic mural in the outdoor entertainment area.
We then headed into coffs for a look around and finally headed south to Sydney about 12:30. It rained most of the way and there was lots of roadworks so travel was pretty slow. We decided to stop just south of Sydney on the Hume Highway Bass Hill. Alex wants to look at Cataract Park where the Jamboree is going to be in Sydney January next year. We got to the motel around 8:20pm our time, cooked some steak on our BBQ and now getting ready for bed. Alex has gone to the bottle shop for a bottle of port as he fancies one. He had a couple at Jamie’s. So I thought I would update my blog. We should get to Albury tomorrow night to see Alex’s half-sister.
Hope the rain stops sometime as it is not great sight-seeing weather.
1 comment:
Hi Jay
I hope the weather improves for the rest of your travel, although it is supposed to set in up here for Easter. Look forward to reading about your trip on your blog.
Drive safely. Tanya
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