Day 29 - Marvel Loch
Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 07:53AM Good evening, we have had a travelling day today & you would think that not much could happen during a day getting from one place to another?.....Wrong!
We left Bunbury this morning, we both came away thinking it is a lovely place, nice & clean, beach lifestyle….Not bad, check it out one day.
Ok left the caravan park & headed out through Collie where I had been working during the week. It’s a real industrial town, mining & power stations are the only reason it is there. Oh & it has a Maccas which helps the township with its obesity issues! It’s funny but I do a lot of work in mining towns & in most small mining towns the first fast food shop to set up (apart from the normal café’s & fish n chips shops that are part of any town) is Macdonald’s. Just what lazy miners with plenty of money needs! (No offence to any lazy miners reading this!).
We were getting a bit peckish around 11am & the next town was Narrogin, so we decided to find some food, as Macdonald’s is unhealthy we decided to go with a pie & sausage roll…with sauce & an apple slice & a lamington…… See, good travelling food!
Anyway as Ness was out at the bakery I watched a car pull up opposite us, he attempted to park 4times before he was happy with his efforts. He then opened his door & got out…I was a bit surprised to see this gentleman get out of his car in a pair of bright blue striped flannel pyjamas. I’m not kidding! After speaking about jammies during the week. I decided I was going to try & sneak a picture of him because Ness would not believe me….. but even better, Ness was on the way back to the car & he bailed her up & wanted to have a chat!....I was laughing in the car!
We sat in the car after Ness managed to excuse herself from Pyjama Man & were happy eating our healthy Pie & Sausage roll when Karma struck!..... Pyjama man came walking over & stuck his head in my window!!!.... He put his hand in to shake my hand & he only had 3 fingers!... What the! My options here were to wind the electric window up & risk cutting off more of his fingers…. Or look for an excuse to leave, which would be pretty hard as I had a half eaten pie in my hand!
Pyjama Man introduced himself & said that he wished he was a nomad, but he had to give his caravan away to his sister in lieu of $9000 he owed her (believe us we did not ask this, he just told us!) he then went on to tell us his life story in a very short period of time….including that he has been married for 39 years!
But guess what…..Our daughter is a legend! Just when it looked like we would be there for a while, as there was no stopping Pyjama Man…… Annie screamed out in the back of the car!!! Ness & I both said at the same time….”We better get going then as she is restless”….. Thanks Annie!
We made it to Wave Rock….. Wow is all I can say! This place is beautiful there is this massive lump of rock that curves around like a huge breaking wave. There were very few other people there so we got to enjoy it all by ourselves…Awesome! Ness will post pictures tomorrow as we are parked on the edge of a town that has no caravan park!
Short blog tonight…. Got heaps to say but no battery left in my computer! I could hook up the generator but we are enjoying the peace & quiet so this will do for tonight.
Reader’s Messages
My sister Heather is trying to start a blog fight with me but I won’t be drawn into it as she has “Issues”….. Hehehe…don’t start with me H as you know I will win.
Special message to the Delander family…congratulations on selling your house…. Yering markets trading figures will drop by 25% now you are leaving Vic! We will miss you all.
Annie’s Blog
We moved today!... this morning Mum & Dad packed up all our stuff & we drove out of the place we were at & the good old box on wheels followed us…Yay!
We stopped at this town & Mum took me to this bakery place to buy food for her & Dad, on the way back this man talked to my mum, and I might be wrong but I think he had his Jammies on! Why would a grown man go to the shops with Jammies on? I thought just us babies did that!
But guess what? He must have really liked us because he came over to meet my Dad too, and I was right…he did have Jammies on!
He kept talking & talking & I could tell that Mum & Dad were being nice to this man, but not really interested…. So I had an idea….I yelled loud as I can. Mum said we needed to go & Dad said goodbye to the man. When we were driving away Mum & Dad said I was a good girl? Why??? I think I’ll yell at adults more often.
Mum & Dad did say that the man was nice & it would be very easy to take him the wrong way. So I’ll keep that in mind when I see adults in Jammies during my life.
We went to this big rock today…. It was bigger than our house & bigger than the box on wheels! It was funny as mum tried to lie on it with me but we kept slipping down!.... it was great.
Ok I’ll speak to you tomorrow, Dad said to keep it short tonight as he does not have much power! I reckon he should have thought of that before he brought me & Mum to a place with no tricity!
Lots of love
AnnieInAVan….Kiss Kiss Kiss (Dunno what that means but Dad says it to me before he puts his lips on my head????)
Reader Comments (3)
OMG - LOVE LOVE LOVE you guys being in WA - you go through all the best towns (yes the is loaded with sarcasm :)) The towns you go through I have childhood memories of and still have family and family friends living in - hopefully not related to pyjama man lol.
Where you heading there is not much but wheat n sheep...oh and mines...as you know - have fun :)) and avoid those yukky shops with the big M (as its know in our house) at all costs :))
Sx
We are very appreciative of France's McDonalds. We wondered why in a country that is soooo particular about food and wine do they have McD? But we are glad because the Fast Food Outlet also has free WiFi. Second time today! If we could remember everything in one go it would help..... I was wondering in the Blue Striped Pyjamas were part of a Prison Uniform???? Annie picked it up more quickly than the Oldies. Clever girl.
PS Norm says why is a TrakMaster fan always promoting AVans?
Pffft! I was not trying to start a blog fight with you, I was merely pointing out your atrocious taste in fashion,music and cars in the eighties lol
if I wanted to start a fight I would have mentioned the mullet haircut
We drove to Nimbin today and you need to add that trip to your bucket list, especially with brad as I spent the whole day laughing at the priceless look on his faces when faced with some of lifes more colourful characters. Your pyjama man has nothing on the nimbin Natives lol