Our first camp of the trip

So we’ve stopped outside of Wagga Wagga and setup camp – we’ve now had dinner and just waiting for it to get dark enough to sleep.

We spent Christmas lunch at my parent’s house and left there at around 3.30pm. Thanks to everyone for our awesome Christmas gifts. We are a spoilt pair!

I’m feeling absolutely kaput right now – I think it’s due to the crazy lead up to this trip with all the organising, late nights and packing and now that we’re finally on the trip I’m totally drained! I’m sure I’ll pick up again tomorrow after a great night’s sleep. Looking forward to testing the sleeping arrangement in the back of the car.

The drawer setup in the back of the car is working a treat – thank you SO MUCH for all of your help with this Gary. We seriously couldn’t have done it without your help and workshop. And Graeme with his new found welding skills has knocked up a great steel frame.

It was raining quite heavily as we were driving this afternoon and it eased up a bit as we were setting up camp. Thankfully it’s now stopped and we’re enjoying being outside in the fresh, cool air. We rigged up a makeshift shelter for the back of the car so we could pull the drawers out and cook without us and our gear getting wet. It kept us dry and that’s all that matters.

As we were driving along the Hume Hwy at Gundagai, Graeme suddenly (but safely) jumped on the brakes and yelled “ROOF RACK!!” I jumped out and picked up this lone roof rack that had obviously fallen off a car at some point. Funny thing is, we needed one of those to attach our tarp to so we could make an awning if it rained. Hopefully it’s not broken and we can attach it to the car in the morning. If we can I’ll be waiting for someone to ask us, “Did you  lose a roof rack” because then we can say “Nah mate, we found one!”. They’ll think we’re totally weird and it’ll be worth the laugh.

Graeme’s off trying to get a photo of a couple of hares we saw hopping around near us earlier. Lol you won’t believe this but it’s actually right behind me now as I type – just hopped to within 15 feet of me. I think he just got his photo.

Can’t wait to get into more travelling in the morning. And the best bit is…we don’t know and don’t mind where we end up this time tomorrow evening.

Cheers, Cassie