Day 10 - Fowlers Bay SA
Monday, June 4, 2012 at 06:47AM Now this is what travelling is all about. Today we left Elliston and it was quite miserable & wet. Headed up the coastal road to Ceduna. This is our last chance to stock up before we head across the Nullarbor, but we can’t stock up too much as we have to throw out fruit & veg when we get to the WA border.
Not much to report about the roads, this part of SA is mainly farming & coastal, but the road runs far enough away from the coast that you can’t see anything.
Got our groceries back to the van & had some lunch, had a laugh because we had parked outside the local CentreLink office, I was out the back of the van & saw one guy sculling his can of Rum n Coke before going inside! Some people are just destined to be losers their whole life!..... Ness & some of you will go crook at me for saying that!..... My blog & I can say what I want!
There was also a local lady standing outside the service station flagging down cars to try & get a lift, we would have given her a lift if she was clean…… and dry…… and sober….. and didn’t smell like a test subject for a deodorant factory!...... I know I know….Sorry!
Ok so today we went off road, well not really we had to travel 10km down a dirt road to get to Fowlers Bay. It was great & our first taste of Off Road for this trip. Fowlers Bay is basically just a fishing community, there is a jetty, a kiosk, caravan park and a few fishermen’s houses but not much else. It was discovered & named by Mathew Flinders. I had planned to go fishing today but by the time we got here & set up I’d lost the urge! Oh well another day.
Ness & Annie have caught the flu or a bug or something, Ness has a sore throat & has trouble swallowing & Annie has a runny nose and is grumpy & grizzly. It was a quiet time in the car today, Annie slept a lot & Ness was resting in the passenger seat. I was amusing myself by waving at other vehicles, cars, trucks, motorbikes….. It’s fun trying to get them to wave back at you.
The start of the boring bits tomorrow, ask me some questions as I’m running out of things to write about!
Annie’s Blog
Today I felt funny, I had a pain in my tummy, I got these two massive bits of hard white stuff pushing through my gums and this really yummy green stuff keeps dripping out my nose right onto my tongue! Mum & Dad kept saying “Poor Annie, you must be feeling terrible” ….Aw Duh!!! You try having a big poo in your tummy, two big things growing in your mouth and a nose that mum keeps trying to wipe dry with a cloth that feels like sandpaper!
Hey speaking of that green stuff that comes out of your nose…… I never knew we could feed ourselves, I’m going to eat as much of this stuff as I can, it tastes awesome, it’s better than some of the baby food mum gives me….. How do I make more of it?
Come to think of it, I’ve never really tasted the brown stuff that goes into my nappy! Can we eat that too? Annie I have taught you better than that…no it can’t!
Dad was annoying me today, he was waving at other cars & trucks….. How embarrassing! How much longer do I have to put up with Dad being silly?
Love to you all
AnnieInAVan
Reader Comments (4)
Lost the urge to fish? are you sure we are related? sorry the hear that the girls are sick - get well soon! I am currently darting in and out of the house watching the most awesome partial lunar eclipse
good luck with fishing tomorrow
Stocking up huh...how many tins this time?
What happens to Ness' snack box when you cross the border?????
Mate, I know why you haven't caught a fish in 2 years......to do that you have to throw a line in the water !
Get well soon Nessy & Annie XX
Sorry Ness have to agree with James.... Centrelink hmmm what can I say yes they do cater for an interesting group of people!
James I thought if you the other day I went into Aldi and guess what they sell... Collapsible Wheelchair's! So if you need a spare on the road you know were to shop! Aldi you amaze me every time I shop there. Ness tried the Aldi baby food and its all good!
Sorry to hear the girls are sick, Jacks just getting over his cooties too, hope your feeling better soon
xx T