Day 25

25 February 2013

There was a pretty bad storm yesterday arvo but lucky for us it didn't really turn into much. Made more noise than anything with the thunder but we woke up to beautiful blue and not a cloud in the sky!

We were going to go fishing this morning for the last time here, but unfortunately the storm had washed a LOT of debris into the river and ocean so there was no chance of that happening. On the bright side we could have scored a bucket or soccer ball if we needed it but we thought we would leave it for someone who actually wanted it. (Only took another 5 mins before someone else took the bucket!)

No fishing, Joel decided to shave his head and I thought it was funny when I saw his little mirror he had hanging off the caravan door so he could see what he was doing. (Reminded me of MASH tv show for some reason when they used tiny little mirrors to shave in the army) That's the kind of tough things out here haha, no full length mirrors for us!

We had to do a "dump" run in town and decided to pick up some supplies for our next adventure so we didn't have to worry when we got there.

We are trying the bulk meat idea this week to see if that saves us anymore money! (So the cryvac machine got a workout today) There is a local butcher in Moruya so we got a pack from them, we also picked up some cheap tarps as if it is still rainy and we have to pack up when things are wet we can put these over our mattresses so our sheets etc do not get wet!

Another interesting thing about Moruya is that all along the Main Street of the town is these "pole carvings with meaning" that were apparently done by the one artist but were paid for by all different clubs, associations etc. They are pretty cool and I think there must be about 12 or more in total. We just had a look at a few of them and each one has a meaning behind it and tells the story on the carving.

We then headed back to camp to start cooking dinner! You see yesterday we lit a fire to cook our roast and a big storm came and we ended up having toasted sandwiches for dinner so today we were determined to make sure we got in before the afternoon storm came!

While dinner was cooking we decided that we might do some washing. We bought a big drum a little while ago for bush washing but hadn't actually used it yet..... Our plan is to put all the clothes in with some washing liquid and tomorrow leave the drum in the van so it can slosh around (like a washing machine) and then when we get to our destination we can take it out and rinse. Will tell ya how this goes!

Packing up a bit this arvo to prepare for tomorrow, we were originally going to head for Mallacoota in Vic but we have decided to go to Mount Kosciusko National Park. This is mainly because we were planning to go to the Alpine NP but because of the bush fires we can't go there so this is the next best thing.

Carly & Joel

 

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