Day 81 - Catching up on bloggin

“Sally called when she got the word. And she said “I suppose you’ve heard….About Alice!” is it just me or do you think of this old Smokey song when you hear about Alice Springs? I have no idea what you are on about…must be the generation gap again.

Hello Bloggies…. I’m Back! Had a few issues with no internet, no power & to be honest no idea! I had a couple of days with mental switchoffedness, and just didn’t write a blog.

So where do we pick up? Last we spoke we were in the bush with a van full of Bulldust (Tereasa don’t you dare say it is always full of Bull when I am in it!) which Ness did an excellent job of cleaning. We then hightailed it across some of the roughest & prettiest tracks we have yet to take the Car & Van on….. and I’m happy to say it came through really well, we did have another window pop open, but luckily I spotted it before the dust got in.

For those of you with a map book we went from Top Springs to Dunmarra, will work on updating the map, have had a few issues doing this then stopped overnight at Three Ways, got a bit of a crude story here to share, I woke up early & needed to go to the loo, so I went down to the amenities (Which were filthy by the way) & got on the loo… there was no wheelchair toilet so I had to leave the door open with my wheelchair sitting in the doorway. I’m happily doing my business & this guy comes in & he just stops in front of the cubicle (there was only one cubicle working in this bathroom) and he just stood there!..... he just stood there and waited, now he wasn’t staring at me but he didn’t look away or anything!!! I’m not a shy type of guy but I don’t think I could stand there & watch another bloke take a dump! He even stood there while I wiped my bum & pulled my pants up! What is the world coming to! The things you have to go through honey…

So we left Three Ways & passed through Wycliffe Well….. Now you have to stop here, apparently this is the UFO sighting capital of Australia….the service station & Caravan Park is a crack up, there are life size green aliens out the front!

Made it into Alice Springs and pulled into the MacDonnell Ranges Holiday park, now this is a caravan park, it has great sites, all with grass areas, the bathrooms & laundry are spot on & there are heaps of things here to keep kids amused, I reckon we all head to Alice Springs for a get together one year, for those that don’t want to drive you can fly here & book a cabin! Ness & I will definitely be back to this place.

Caught up with my son Brad today, it was awesome he is really enjoying the Alice, he lives with a mate of his in a house in town, Ness, Annie & I went to where he works today, what an amazing leisure centre, Ness and Annie spent a couple of hours swimming & I got to chat to Brad while he was working. We will see him again over the next few days, great to see you mate.

Reader’s complaints!

Just kidding….. its great that you all miss the blog….Do you miss me/us too?

Norm & Marg can relate to our last trip, looking forward to the new rig Norm….I’m going to work on Ness for a camper trailer with heating & air conditioning! For the more adventurous trips…..although after this trip my admiration for Trakmaster has grown, it has handled it all with ease.

Meredith has been too busy stacking wood & cooking to miss the blog

Tereasa has sent a message…..Phew I thought I’d upset you T

Kirsten’s Edward sent a message saying his mum played up but has been asleep since! You are not 18 any more Kirsten!

Brad A gave us all a lesson on insulation & he talked his wife into getting signatures for his petition!

Arama is a Kiwi that now wants to front the Aboriginal council to claim her aboriginality!

Rob has sent me through the scores for the Collingwood V Sydney game, thanks Rob

And Pete A is off to Thailand again to sell Rubbers! What a job you have Map Man!

Happy Birthday to Cousin Marc…you know what you can do with your XXXX.

Keep them coming people, we only have two weeks to go!

Annie’s Blog

Hi everyone, boy oh boy my bottom is soooooo sore, we drove & we drove & we drove for the last few days and we didn’t stop for anything except to get into the box on wheels & sleep. Mum even got in the back with me & read me stories when I was bored or sick of driving. I’m so over the silly kids songs that Dad plays in the car, has he not heard of Cold Chisel, U2 or The Killers? Gimme some rock & roll Dad!

We came to this Springs place today, it is a nice caravan park and has pools, bouncing pillows, a games room, pedal buggies, heaps of stuff to do. I reckon we all come here one day for a big holiday.

I saw my brother today, he is so big, and he has these funny furry things in front of his ears, Mum said they were Sideburns…..but they didn’t look burnt to me! He also has this silver thing coming out of his nose…I so want to grab it but then I might get his boogers.

I went to Brads work too & he has the best job, he works in this big bath place, there are indoor baths & outdoor baths, a spa bath, water slides, kids areas & adults areas, oh and Brad wears this orange & yellow uniform like they do on Baywatch, My brother is a life guarder! How cool.

Ok I’m going to sleep now, I still feel about 90 minutes different than last week????

 Catch ya later

AnnieInAVan….XXXX