Day 23 - Back to the box on wheels
Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 08:22AM This morning we woke up in Perth, looking forward to going back to the Van. You know that is probably something that some of you might not really understand. I mean we were in a nice apartment, close to the city, all the conveniences nearby….transport, restaurants, supermarkets but I really like the Trakmaster. For a start it has a real “Homey” feel to it, and the other thing is that it just “Works” with us all in it. Ness does her thing, I do my thing & Annie even has her own spaces & routines in the van. So we are glad to be back!
This week I have work on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, at a power station near Collie, so I’ll just drive to work each day & Ness & Annie will stay at the van. Today we checked out the paths that run along the beach so Ness is looking forward to taking Annie for walks on the days that I work.
We picked up our mail today, let me share this with you. Before we arrived in WA we arranged for DG & Sandy (Ness’s parents) to collect our mail and send it to us. Well we thought we were staying at Collie for 2 weeks & told DG to send it to us there. Well you all know what happened when we got to Collie & decided that we just couldn’t stay there for 2 weeks…. But the mail had already been sent! So we asked the park owners to ring us when it arrived & we would come over & pick it up.
They called us on Friday & said it was there so we went to get it today. (Good thing we left on good terms…. Or they may have “lost” our mail)
We made it back to the van in time to watch the second V8 race of the weekend, I was sitting outside the van with Annie just relaxing & Ness said “Aren’t you going to watch the V8’s?) I said yes but I’ve got plenty of time. Ness reminded me that we are 2 hours behind the eastern states! Doh!!! And the race had already started. Got to see most of it though & Lowndes won! How cool is that!!
I’m turning Annie into a petrolhead, while we are the apartment I took her out onto the balcony & we watched cars go past and I would tell her what they were. And today she watched most of the V8’s with me. Rob & Juan if you see a cheap Ferrari over in Italy can you send it back for Annie? I promise I’ll look after it until she is old enough to drive.
Fruit & nut update…. Today I went into the centre console to get some chewing gum & guess what I found? Yep an unopened tub of fruit & nuts! I think Ness put them there so I’d forget about them!
Uneventful day today, Thanks to Rob & Juan for the pics of their market in France….Now that is a market, Thanks to Marc H for the message & also to Arama for her message to Annie.
Annie’s Blog
I slept for 12 & a half hours last night? Or that’s what dad said to me….. What’s an hour? And what is a half of an hour…. I sure wish my mum & dad would stop telling me things that I have no idea about!
Tonight I saw my cousins Anika & Archie on the computer, wow they have grown up heaps since I last saw them. I think you guys should get your Mum & Dad to buy a caravan and go travelling, it is fun as! Tell them they can store the van at our place!
Tonight Mum & Dad took me to this big bath again, it was like the one we saw in South Stralia, but it had big waves coming in. We can hear the waves from the box on wheels, I hope we go back there I saw a lot of this white dirt I want to play in.
Speak to you all tomorrow.
AnnieInAVan
xx
Reader Comments (4)
Here's your resident Botanist checking in ... that plant is called Woolly Bush (Adenanthos sericeum) and yes, it will grow like a train at Saltbush. Fantastic plant. Now when are you sending my ticket? I thought it would be at the PO on Friday. Loved the pics of Kings Park, it's a brilliant place isn't it ! Hope the next few days are nice and sunny for you ~ maybe? bit nippy over here, a little rain, but nothing to brag about. Huggies !
I miss our homey caravan. Doing house sits in UK. Looked after a little dog and a multi million dollar property near Ascot race course. Not nearly as relaxing and comfortable as another sit where our space was a 32 foot static caravan. Made smaller by the giant German Shepherd that moved in with us. I felt right at home....
Annie
Aunty Heather is so jealous, I want to sleep for 12 and a half hours but no-one will let me, even your dad likes to wake me up from my Sunday afternoon snooze.
next holidays I am going to sleep in your room and sleep as long as you do , your cousin Jamie was a very good sleeper just like you but your cousin Sydni didnt sleep till she was 8 years old and could be bribed with lollypops .
PS: you should have seen the cryptic letters I had to enter to submit my last comment, I know I could have requested a new set of undicipherable letters but solving the letters within 3 minutes is better than doing a crossword.
hence the extra comment lol