Day 65 - Paraburdoo
Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 08:13AM Ok, now for any religious people reading the blog, you will be happy to know I am now a believer! You see prior to this trip I was not religious in any way! But something has happened that has made us believe that there is a higher power!
You see this van is over 3 years old and we have not yet had to change gas bottles! Seriously we are still on the same 9kg gas bottle that this van rolled out the factory with!
Now I know some of you will say that we must not have used it much!.... Bull!!! The last trip saw us cook for 4 months with the stove & the oven, the BBQ runs off the same bottle and a few times we have even switched the fridge over to gas!
I asked Ness the other week if she had changed the bottle over (we have 2 bottles on the van) and she said no. As if I would know how to do that! So that means that we have got 3 years’ worth of gas out of one bottle! Surely this can’t be right? We have had a problem with the fridge last week, it won’t run on 240V so we flicked it onto gas, it has been running on gas for the last week and we still have not changed the bottle over!
Ness & I have started calling it the Jesus bottle!
Saw another couple of interesting sights going or coming from the bathroom today, Blue dressing gown woman was at it again today, but the guy with the towel around his waist & a T- shirt on was a classic… Because he had socks and shoes on! Surely if you had the time to put socks and shoes on in the bathroom you would put a pair of pants on!
Today we went for a drive to Paraburdoo, it is the nearest town to Tom Price and is also strictly a mining town, the town was built by Hammersly Iron to house workers on the nearby mine. We arrived and had a drive around the town….Not much different from Tom Price really, but then we happened to notice a sign saying that there was racing at the local motocross track. So Ness & I decided that it was time for Annie to go to her first race meeting.
It was great, Annie was a bit confused by the noise, but once she was used to it we had a great couple of hours watching the bikes & quad bikes.
Reader’s Comments
Norm & Marg sent a message from England, Norm I agree with you that Vinikourov should not have been allowed to compete at the Olympics, he is a convicted drug cheat, but so were others in the race!
I find it funny though that Australians (Us) are quick to criticize others for cheating but as soon as an Aussie does it…..It was a mistake!!! I’m a bit over the Olympics though, there are activities in the Olympics that are just not sport! For a start anything that is “Judged” by others. And then we have ridiculous stuff like table tennis, equestrian (Sorry Kirstin) & rhythmic gymnastics. Now these things are great to watch & even to do….but are they really a sport. Soon we will have Darts, Mud wrestling & poker as Olympic events! I reckon I’d win a gold medal in 4WD’ing! Just to let you all know James has had this philosophy on sport since I have known him and is pretty harsh about…don’t get him started.
Heather said that it is a sin to wear Ugg boots with your dressing gown in public, it has to be thongs with socks!
Jack said that his Dad also calls his pig bad names, especially after cutting his hand while chasing it! Hey Jack, tell your pig to hurry up and have little pigs, so we can have roast pork! When you are older (Much older) Me & your Dad will sit you & Annie down and tell you where Roast pork comes from.
And Tereasa, you are awesome…. A nice Chev would be great in the Holden. And would you like my requests for the homecoming dinner now? Or later? Don’t you dare Tereasa.
Annie’s Blog
My teef are killing me, today I was just miserable. Mum & Dad kept asking me what was wrong! Couldn’t they see I was in pain from my mouth! I was dribbling & sticking everything I could find into my mouth! It hurts a lot.
Dad said to Mum that we should go for a drive because I sometimes sleep in the car. Not today.
We did go to this place that had these two wheeled bike thingy’s they made heaps of noise when they went past…. I want one already, I’m going to start nagging Mum & Dad to get me one for my 5th birthday! Oh really Annie….
Jack told me that his Pig made his Dad cut his hand….Wow Jack did he say funny words that don’t make sense? My Dad does, when something goes wrong or he drops something he says these words that start with S, or B, and even once when he hurt his hand he said Luck? What does Luck have to do with hurting your hand?
I’m going to bed early tonight, hopefully my teef will be better tomorrow.
Love yous all
AnnieInAVan….XXXXX
Reader Comments (3)
If you have the Jesus bottle then we have the Antichrist bottle....ours always seems to be empty when we get around to firing up the barbie... (must admit though that we haven't done that in a while - Auckland Winters aren't conducive to having a BBQ)
Re the Olympics - well I must admit I had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon yesterday hunkered down on the couch under my blanket watching the Mens Gymnastics whilst Nathan was at work and the wind and rain was hammering it down outside........my oh my - holy moley - crikey and just straight out OMG - now when's the men's swimming a diving?
OK before you declare a miracle and Saint the gas bottle I would like some more information!! A 9kg BBQ gas bottle equates to approx. 18 ltrs of LPG divide that by 3 yrs and thats 6litres of gas each year! Now a 45kg cylinder hold 89 litres and would last a household approx 2yrs if used for gas cooking oven and cook top. What I would like to know is what mj rating are your applicances?? 1 litre of LPG = 25.4mj so that would be interesting to equate (if you were bored!!!!) Also I know you mention 2 cylinders are the connected with a manifold type system? Do they draw down together? Do they have a tap between them and once one is finished you switch the bottle to the other?? So once you have clarified this amazing gas cylinder information then you may declare the Jesus bottle!!!!!! Also is it a kwikgas cylinder?? Cause if so that would make all sense....becuase Kleenheat and Kwikgas are the best!!! (CAN YOU GUESS WHERE I USE TO WORK?????)
Hey team
If you have the Jesus bottle nake sure you whack it on ebay now - it could end up paying for the whole trip! I mean people pay oloads for images on toast, in puddles etc so a bottle would be worth loads!
I'm over the Olympics - not the sports themselves (although I do have an issue with tennis, professional cyclists, basketballers and football being a part of it - don't they have enough tournaments / paychecks) it's the coverage! As a kiwi in oz you get use to ozzy commentators blowing the horn on behalf of everyone in Oz however this has been painful to watch especially when the Oz team members don't do as well as expected - I mean the pressure these guys must feel from the media hype alone must be extreme. I watched a swimmer get a bronze who was hyped for the gold and she look so upset - it's a BRONZE medal against the top competitors in the world!!! Give the guys a break and go back to enjoying the sports for what they are - no one dies if they don't win gold! Anyway that's my rant and I'm sure lots will disagree with me - thankful it's only on every 4 years.
Oh and James you are right - this is one stunningly beautiful country x